[Dtb-talk] PC Daisy Reader for Bookshare Books

[Burke, Dan]

Yes Mike - 

You probably have checked this out already on the Bookshare Reading
Tools page, but there is a version of VictorSoft, the AMIS Daisy reader
from Daisy, and AnyDaisy as a Firefox plug-in.    AMIS can work pretty
well, but can also be sluggish when moving from page to page.  AnyDaisy
has even more mixed results, and it doesn't look like there's much more
development on this.  Finally, there is another Firefox plug-in from
Brazil that seems to continue to receive some development - DD Reader.  

But I wouldn't be too hasty in blaming the Bookshare flavor of Daisy for
your FS Reader problems ... It could be as simple as a portion of the
book is actually missing, but got through the validation process anyway.

Dan

Dan Burke
Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator

Disability Services for Students
The University of Montana
Emma B. Lommasson Center 154
Missoula, MT 59812

406.243.4424
406.243.5330 FAX

www.umt.edu/disability

-----Original Message-----
From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 6:23 PM
To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] PC Daisy Reader for Bookshare Books

Bookshare members used to be able to download a version of the PC 
Victor Reader software, modified for Bookshare -- as a part of their 
subscription.  I believe they still can.  Nose around on the BSO site
and see.

Dave

At 01:00 PM 5/15/2011, you wrote:
>I recently downloaded a book in Daisy format from Bookshare. I opened
it
>with FSReader and found that I could not access the whole book. I
presume
>Bookshare is up to its usual trick of not quite conforming to Daisy or
Niso
>standards. I can put it on my Victor Reader Stream but would rather
read
>this one on a PC as it is computer-related.
>
>
>
>What's a good PC Daisy reader that can handle the vagaries of reading
>Bookshare books? Or will I have to download the .BRF version, not
knowing if
>it conforms to Computer Braille standards? Wish Bookshare still would
>produce .HTML files.
>
>
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>Mike Freeman


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