[Dtb-talk] Producing DAISY Algebra Textbook

[Greg Kearney]

Math and related content like chemistry are some of the most difficult and time consuming areas of DAISY production. They require extensive background in both the subject matter at hand as well as DAISY production in general.


Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
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On 02/12/2010, at 10:10 PM, James McCarthy wrote:

> Ron, Thanks, I will reach out to Dolphin hoping to benefit future releases.
> Jim McCarthy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ron Stewart
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:45 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Producing DAISY Algebra Textbook
> 
> You cannot do this kind of thing with EasyConverter, EasyProducer or Dolphin
> Publisher.  Unfortunately the current versions on the Dolphin DAISY
> production products do not support math and similar symbolic content.
> 
> The more folks that Dolphin hears about on this issue, the more likely the
> are going to move this up on the list of priorities.
> 
> Ron Stewart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of James McCarthy
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 4:45 PM
> To: dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Producing DAISY Algebra Textbook
> 
> This is my first post to this list and it is quite possible that I will show
> a true lack of knowledge in the subject area, but following the only bad
> question is the one not asked rule, I have a question.
> 
> 
> 
> I am trying to convert a PDF file of a basic college algebra text to DAISY.
> I am using Dolphin EasyConverter to do this. For this particular conversion,
> I am most interested in the mp3 audio file reading in some way that makes
> sense.  Some of the symbols seem not to be showing up in the document
> following OCR. Those most troublesome are the square root or radical signs
> and exponent signs. There may be others as well.
> 
> 
> 
> Perhaps I need different software; perhaps I would benefit by using a
> different OCR engine; perhaps there are language settings in the OCR
> settings that should be adjusted; all thoughts are welcomed.
> 
> 
> 
> James McCarthy, J.D.
> 
> Maryland Accessible Textbook Program Coordinator
> 
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