[Dtb-talk] Bookshare and the NLS player

[Greg Kearney]

I figured you would be interested given how many audio only devices  
you have there in Wyoming.


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
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Email: gkearney at gmail.com

On 30/09/2009, at 2:54 AM, Kathleen Flagg McWhorter wrote:

> Yes, yes, yes!!!
>
> Kathy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk- 
> bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Greg Kearney
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:47 PM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Bookshare and the NLS player
>
> 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
> 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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