[Dtb-talk] Braille Monitor in Daisy format

T. Joseph Carter carter.tjoseph at gmail.com
Sat May 9 06:59:36 UTC 2009 

I do most of my work in Pages--and I'm really learning to appreciate 
TextEdit.  The interface seems weak, but TextEdit is a powerful 
little program once you start to twiddling knobs most people don't 
realize exist.

Joseph


On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 01:51:43PM -0600, Greg Kearney wrote:
> I use OpenOffice 3 and the odt2dtbook plug in.
>
>
> On May 7, 2009, at 12:11 PM, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>
>> 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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> 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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> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
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