[Electronics-Talk] software application to read Daisy format on a PC or phone

[David Andrews]

That works for text-based DAISY books, but not audio.

Dave

At 10:01 AM 6/30/2020, you wrote:
>I have had good success with textbooks by unzipping a Daisy file into its
>own folder, then opening the xml portion by hitting enter on it.  It opens
>in my web browser, and I can use the usual browser commands to move by
>header, etc.  In the books I've used this method for, chapters, sections,
>and subsections all have headers at different levels, so it's easy to move
>around.
>The browser uses Jaws, so I have access to my braille display besides the
>speech.  I use this method to read programming textbooks, so I want all the
>information I can get.
>Tracy
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Rik James via Electronics-Talk
>Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 10:43 AM
>To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>Cc: Rik James
>Subject: [Electronics-Talk] software application to read Daisy format on a
>pc or phone
>
>Hello, I hope everyone is doing okay in this virus pandemic.
>There are lots of good discussions on this list. Thanks to all of you.
>So here is a question, hopefully some of you will have some suggestions.
>Who can steer me to their favorite application to read Daisy format e-text
>on their pc or phone?
>One that navigates well using a screen reader.
>One that navigates nicely from the headings and pages, as well as
>paragraphs.
>I've been using the FSReader program that comes with JAWS for years. But I
>hear there are others, too.
>And if you don't mind, where does one go to acquire it.
>
>Thanks.
>Rik J


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