[Dtb-talk] Bookshare and the NLS player

[Greg Kearney]

Here is a thought for the list to talk over. Many of you are likely  
Bookshare member and have read their books. Bookshare produces text  
only Daisy books which are small and fine if you have a player able to  
read them, for example the VictorReader Stream.

One issue that I can foresee in the future is the need to play a  
Bookshare title on an NLS issued player which does not support text  
only Daisy titles.

I have developed but have never released a program that will read the  
Bookshare XML files and transform them into a DTBook XML file which  
can then be rendered as a full text full audio DAISY book which will  
play in the NLS playback device. Is this something anyone would ever  
find useful? Should I even be bothered with it? What say you all.


Gregory Kearney
Manager - Accessible Media
Association for the Blind of Western Australia
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