Well, the best known examples of DAISY packages are probably the distributions of newspapers and magazines from Newsline, or the daisy versions of books downloaded from BookShare. It's a folder containing at least four files, in some instances there are maybe more, but for purely text formats there are four. They include: a .ncx, an .opf, an .smil and an .xml file. This last one, by the way, is completely readable with MS Word, and convertible by it to .txt, which is how most of us deal with DAISY packages.
The advantage of DAISY files is that they allow you the freedom of moving freely and selectably, forward or backward through a document by several levels of headings, by page, and even by bulletted list items, such as the ingredient lists in cookbook recipes. It's wonderful, and completely re-writes the reading and studying experience using books and magazines. More advanced forms of DAISY files incorporate the same facilities combining both text and audio files, and allows both kinds of files to be indexed to each other, so that you could move between both audio and tex, from audio to text and back, never losing your place. Think of listening to an audio book and being able to get the spelling of any word, or the formatting of any phrase on command. Don't think we're quite there, yet, but eventually that's where DAISY is going. Louis Gosselin -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+gosselin_louis=myfairpoint....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of David via Talk Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 6:48 AM To: john s; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Reading DAISY packages on the PC with Win-Eyes What are daisy packages? Dave Mawson On 13/06/2015 14:18, john s via Talk wrote: > Louis, I tried WE with FS Reader and it works well. > > > > earlier, gosselin_louis via Talk wrote: >> JAWS people have their FS reader to open and read daisy packages on >> the PC. >> It's a part of the regular JAWS instillation. What is available to >> us Window-Eyes users to read even the distributions from Newsline. I >> feel this is a serious disadvantage of being a Window-Eyes user., or >> am I ignorant? >> Perhaps something is available for a reasonable price? >> >> Louis Gosselin >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/jschwery%40cox .net. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/damawson%40hot mail.co.uk. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/gosselin_louis %40myfairpoint.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
