[Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format

Greg Kearney gkearney at gmail.com
Wed May 6 09:14:14 UTC 2009 

These are standard DAISY books and any DAISY playback system or  
hardware should support saving your location in them as well as  
bookmarks and other DAISY navigation and reading functions. They can  
also be played on iPod and other similar devices but those do not  
offer such options.

Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
gkearney at gmail.com



On 06/05/2009, at 1:25 AM, Rakesh Chand wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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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