I just had this same conversation with a colleague yesterday who noted
how hard it was to navigate audio books in mainstream tools like iTunes
(no scrubbing back and forth, playback rate changes, etc.) So I
mentioned 'what about DAISY' and he said 'Can I get DAISY books from the
iTunes store?'
19 aug 2009 kl. 12.18 skrev Greg Kearney:
> No, daisy is not a "blind format" it is a format used by the blind but
> is also used by dyslexics and non disabled as well.
Thanks for that correction, Greg. I was under the impression that
Daisy was developed specially for us, but apparently this
No, daisy is not a "blind format" it is a format used by the blind but
is also used by dyslexics and non disabled as well.
Greg
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On 19/08/2009, at 4:45 PM, Krister Ekstrom
wrote:
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> But, on the other hand, isn't Daisy just that, a blind getto standard?
> I had the impr
But, on the other hand, isn't Daisy just that, a blind getto standard?
I had the impression that Daisy was developed so that blind people,
especially students should easier be able to read and knnow their
place in the books and easier gather info and be able to put bookmarks
in at places a
EPub is closely related to Text only DAISY. But I would agree that
DAISY support from Apple is best as well.
Gregory Kearney
Manager - Accessible Media
Association for the Blind of Western Australia
61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
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I just read a New York Times article about Sony using a standard
called ePub,is this at all related to DAISY? There was also some
speculation that if Apple brings out a tablet, that it will have book
reading abilities. Perhaps we should request that Apple support the
Daisy standard in
