[Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format

Wed May 6 07:25:59 UTC 2009

Hi Greg,

Once again, it's me! would you be so kind enough to send us those tips. I'd 
love to be able to stop & resume from the same place rather than hearing the 
whole thing!

Rakesh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format

> There are some advantages to DAISY even at just the simplest level of 
> navigation, first you can move between the articles, second it can be 
> placed as a single set of files into the player. You can bookmark 
> sections and the player will remember where you are in the reading of 
> each issue.
>
>
> Greg Kearney
> 535 S. Jackson St.
> Casper, Wyoming 82601
> 307-224-4022
> gkearney at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On 01/05/2009, at 11:33 AM, Jim Barbour wrote:
>
>> Unless its been recently fixed, the NFB is not good at using a
>> standard filename template, so its hard to automate the downloading of
>> the mp3 files.
>>
>> I would love to see a sync'ed narrated/text version of the monitor,
>> but as I understand Greg, this is labor intensive and so is not likely
>> to appear.
>>
>> Without a synced version, I have a hard time seeing the benefit of
>> using Daisy to navigate articles vs having each article in its own mp3
>> file (which is how the NFB pubishes them)  I'm very curious how others
>> how others compare these two types of navigation.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 11:20:52AM -0600, Brett Winches wrote:
>>> Greg,  The mp3 files of the Monitor are posted on the website  monthly. 
>>> I am not sure if the lead time is sufficient but think  all publication 
>>> is now synchronized to have multiple media out at  the same time.  Good 
>>> luck.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk- bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On Behalf Of Greg Kearney
>>> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 10:16 AM
>>> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format
>>>
>>> Thank you. In the case of the Braille Monitor and other such 
>>> publications from the NFB we will need to arrange a more permanent 
>>> arrangement with them for doing such production work moving  forward. I 
>>> believe that we have proved the worth of such however.
>>>
>>> Gregory Kearney
>>> Manager - Accessible Media
>>> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
>>> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
>>> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>>>
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>>>
>>> On 01/05/2009, at 8:19 AM, Steve Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is great!  I look forward to reading more material such as this
>>>> in Daisy.  It is so much easier to navigate.
>>>>
>>>> Steve Cook
>>>> Assistive Technology Specialist
>>>> SC Commission for the Blind
>>>> 1430 Confederate Avenue
>>>> Columbia, SC 29201
>>>> Phone: (803) 898-8788
>>>> Fax: (803) 898-8882
>>>> E-Mail: stcook at sccb.sc.gov
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-
>>>> bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Greg Kearney
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:27 PM
>>>> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
>>>> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format
>>>>
>>>> We got permission to do this from the NFB national office. Here is a
>>>> link to the Braille Monitor for May 2009 in DAISY format produced at
>>>> the Association for the Blind of Western Australia.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cucat.org/library/openbiblio/shared/biblio_view.php?bibid=7
>>>> 9106&tab=opac
>>>>
>>>> We are using this to work out how to handle magazines and like
>>>> materials.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America)
>>>> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
>>>> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
>>>> Email: gkearney at gmail.com
>>>>
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