[stylist] scanning

[David Andrews]

DAISY stands for Digital Accessible Information System.  It is a 
format primarily developed for use by blind and other print-disabled 
persons, although it and the ePub format used for general e-books are 
ultimately merging.  It allows for the presentation of a book or 
other information as text, or audio, or a combination of the two, 
with navigation information.  It is the format now used by NLS, 
Reading Ally -- formerly RFB&D, BookShare.org and others.

Some applications, like K1000 from Kurzweil will export to it, as 
will an add-on for Word, but generally it isn't produced by 
individuals -- although this is possible.

Probably more than you wanted to know!

Dave

At 07:21 PM 2/26/2012, you wrote:
>what IS a daisy book?
>
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>>Lynda,