[Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format

Greg Kearney gkearney at gmail.com
Fri May 1 02:45:58 UTC 2009


We are working with the NFB to have those files put onto the website  
so we can use them in future edition without having to digitze tapes.

Greg

Sent from my iPod

On Apr 30, 2009, at 5:52 PM, "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>  
wrote:

> Hello Greg and listers,
>
> If you get copies  ofBraille Monitor Issues on cassette you could  
> digitize
> the masthead and prelims that way. JMO.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format
>
>
> Because we do not have access to the recordings of the masthead and
> front matter we have to record those sections with a computer-
> generated voice provided to us by Apple. It is perhaps the best
> quality synthetic voice available. It is also the only high quality
> voice which is released for talking book production without paying
> licensing fees.
>
> Gregory Kearney
> Manager - Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
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> On 30/04/2009, at 3:32 PM, Tina Hansen wrote:
>
>> I was impressed by this Monitor in DAISY format, but I think there
>> could be some improvement on the way the electronic voice handles
>> the address, phone number, web site, and the like. They sounded a
>> bit off. Once we got past the table of contents, the audio moves
>> into the recorded narration produced by National. Just a suggestion.
>> Thanks.
>>
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