[Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format

T. Joseph Carter carter.tjoseph at gmail.com
Thu May 7 18:11:15 UTC 2009 

Okay, I never really got into production of DAISY because the DAISY 
pipeline has come into existence while I've been in my current 
graduate program.  Long story short, I haven't had time to look into 
it very much, particularly since there are components that have to be 
set up together in order to make it work.

It probably doesn't help much that Word 2008 is so horrifyingly awful 
that I can't stand to use it.  I do most of my writing in TextEdit or 
using a command-line editor and dump it into Pages for polishing, 
these days.

Joseph


On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 06:04:28AM -0600, Greg Kearney wrote:
> There is a script in the Daisy Pipeline called "Audio Tagger" that will 
> put ID3 tags on all the audio in a DAISY book's audio files and build out 
> sets of various kinds of playlists, including one for iPods. We have been 
> doing those to our books so they can be played back in iPods and other 
> such devices. You will not get all the cool DAISY navigation and handling 
> features but you do get playback.
>
> Greg Kearney
> 535 S. Jackson St.
> Casper, Wyoming 82601
> 307-224-4022
> gkearney at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On 07/05/2009, at 1:44 AM, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>
>> Wait, how do you get DAISY into an iPod?  I was considering writing  
>> this insane bit of Python to try and build a playlist out of the mp3  
>> files in an audio-only talking book to import into iTunes for that  
>> purpose.
>>
>> There's a better solution?
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 03:14:14AM -0600, Greg Kearney wrote:
>>> 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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