[Dtb-talk] Fwd: 2 Webinars: Free Software to Read and Write DAISY Content

[Greg Kearney]

It's a shame they are neglecting the odt2daisy plug in for open office that is free cross platform and does not require the user to buy MSword.

We use all manner of open source software here in production. Obi Tobi Daisy Pipeline and so on.

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On 08/06/2011, at 7:34 AM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Prof Norm Coombs <norm.coombs at gmail.com>
>> Subject: 2 Webinars: Free Software to Read and Write DAISY Content
>> To: ITD-JNL at listserv.icors.org
>> 
>> While campuses are a bit slow in moving to producing alternative content in
>> the DAISY format, the 3 major resources for books for people with disabilities:
>> 1. National Library Service, Library of Congress
>> 2 RFB&D now called Learning Ally
>> 3 Bookshare.org
>> 
>> Tools that work well for producing large books or large numbers of books in
>> DAISY are a bit expensive and purchased mainly by institutions.
>> However, there is an open source, free, software player called, AMIS
>> There also is a free add-in for Word that will convert properly designed
>> Word documents into DAISY.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Webinar: AMIS: the Free, Open Source Software DAISY Player
>> 
>> Presenter: Marisa DeMeglio, Software Developer for the DAISY Consortium
>> June 21 at 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Free Webinar: Word to DAISY Add-in Thur. June 30
>> Free Webinar: Word to DAISY Add-in Thur. June 30
>> 
>> Times: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 Eastern and 8 in
>> Barcelona (all Daylight)
>> 
>> 
>> Presenters: Professor Mireia Ribera, PhD in Library Science from
>> Universitat de Barcelona
>> Afra Pascual, BS in Computer Human Interaction from Universitat de Lleida
>> 
>> 
>> read more and register for these 2 free Webinars in late June:
>> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
>> 
>> 
>> Times: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 Eastern and 8 in
>> Barcelona (all Daylight)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Presenters: Professor Mireia Ribera, PhD in Library Science from
>> Universitat de Barcelona
>> Afra Pascual, BS in Computer Human Interaction from Universitat de Lleida
>> 
>> 
>>  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>> Once you choose hope, anything's possible.  Christopher Reeve
>> Norman Coombs norm.coombs at gmail.com
>> 
>> Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students
>> with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
>> http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html
>> 
>> -----------------------
>> Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics:
>> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
>> 
>> EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi
>> Online Courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
> 
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