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Save As DAISY XML
SADX
Enhancing Access to Education with the Save as
DAISY XML Plug-in Accessing Higher Ground 2008
Jayme Johnson
High Tech Center Training Unit
Sam Ogami
California State University office of the Chancellor
Objectives of Session
Learn what DAISY is Understand the process for creating
DAISY How to install the Save As DAISY plug-in
for Microsoft Word Use Word and Save as DAISY plug-in to
create a DAISY xml document Create a full DAISY book Find out where to get more help
What is DAISY?
Most Successful and Advanced Technology for Reading
Response to dissatisfaction with existing system of
talking books (1988)
Accessible content with intelligent navigation and
bookmarking
DAISY Consortium formed in 1996 to establish and
manage the DAISY standard
Efficient, adaptable, reliable, and easy to use reading
system
Advantages of DAISY Over other formats
Accessible from the onset Powerful navigation capability Access solution for vision and learning
disabilities Many tools for creating and playing DAISY
books Supports math content Easily derive Braille and large print It’s the best way to read!
Myths about DAISY
No advantage to supporting a redundant format
Nobody is using it It’s difficult to produce DAISY books It takes to long (time) to create DAISY
books Creating DAISY books is expensive
Myth: No advantage to supporting a redundant format
Fact: DAISY is a flexible, efficient, and convenient format for accessible media.
Fact: DAISY content created has longevity. Content that you produce today can be used 5, 10 years from now. DAISY is a living standard.
Fact: DAISY books can be converted to mp3s, html, large print.
Myth: Nobody is using DAISY
Fact: RFB&D, Bookshare, and National Library Service (largest producers of accessible content in the US).
Fact: Worldwide DAISY is the most adopted standard for accessible books.
Fact: Recent high school graduates have been using books from RFB&D that were DAISY books.
Fact: Students who use DAISY books develop a reading habit that lasts beyond their school years.
Fact: Universal design principles of DAISY benefit all consumers of the content.
Myth: It’s difficult to produce DAISY books
Fact: DAISY is easy to produce with Save as DAISY tool.
Fact: Free software can be used to create full text full audio daisy content.
Fact: Free DAISY software is available on the Internet to playback daisy books.
Fact: There are also several DAISY production tools commercially available.
Tools for making DAISY
Dolphin Publisher: http://www.yourdolphin.com/productdetail.asp?id=12
Easy Converter: http://www.yourdolphin.com/productdetail.asp?id=25#main
Gh Player: http://www.gh-accessibility.com/at/ghplayer.php
Eclipse Writer: http://www.irti.net/eclipse/eClipseWriter/index.html
Book Wizard Producer: http://www.aph.org/tech/bwp_info.htm
DAISY Pipeline: http://www.daisy.org/projects/pipeline/
Phoneticom DAISY Generator: http://daisy.htctu.net/
More tools for making DAISY at DAISY Consortium: http://www.daisy.org/tools/tools.shtml?Cat=production
Overview of the SADX plug-in
Install the plug-in Create or Edit your document Save as DAISY Render SADX file into DAISY Talking Book Create other accessible formats
How to install the Save As DAISY plug-in for Microsoft Word
System requirements Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista Microsoft Word XP, 2003, 2007 .Net 3.0 or higher
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en
Microsoft Word 2007 Primary Interop Assembly
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=59daebaa-bed4-4282-a28c-b864d8bfa513&displaylang=en
If you have Microsoft Word XP, 2002, 2003 you will also need
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3a
e9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en
How to install Save as DAISY plug-in cont.
Go to http://www.saveasdaisy.org and download the latest version of the plug-inCurrently 1.4.0.0
If installed correctly you should see the accessibility ribbon (Microsoft Word 2007)
Using the Save as DAISY plug-in
Open or create a new Word document Use styles to format document with
Headings, lists, etc. Insert desired page breaks Save as DAISY XML file
Sample Document
Outline of our talk
What is the difference DAISY XML and a full DAISY book?
DAISY XML is to a DAISY Book what blueprints are to a finished building. A DAISY XML file is a container of
information with instructions about how the information will be presented
DAISY books are the compiled results of a DAISY XML file
Create a DAISY digital talking book (DTB)
Use DAISY pipeline to create a full DAISY talking book.
• Download the software at http://www.daisy.org/projects/pipeline/
Create other accessible content from DAISY XML cont.
Braille MP3 files Large print Html files EPUB
Creating Braille from DAISY XML
BrailleUsing Duxbury you can take the Save as DAISY
xml file and create good BrailleThe potential to format a document once and
then derive multiple output formats is a recognized benefit of DAISY and a worthy goal for any workflow
Note: There are still some problems with DAISY to Braille production. This is improving all the time and Duxbury and the DAISY consortium are working hard to produce the best possible Braille from DAISY content
DAISY Playback Tools Victor Stream: http://www.humanware.com Classmate Reader: http://www.humanware.com Easy Reader: http://www.yourdolphin.com/productdetail.asp?id=9 Eclipse Reader: http://www.eclipsereader.com/ Gh Player: http://www.gh-accessibility.com/at/ghplayer.php Plextalk PTR2: http://www.plextalk.com/in/ptr2_top.html AMIS: http://amis.sourceforge.net/ DDReader:
http://www.caracol.com.br/agora/doc.cfm?id_doc=1982&lang=en Olearia: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/
More playback tools at DAISY Consortium: http://www.daisy.org/tools/tools.shtml?Cat=playback
Demo of Playback
Where to get more DAISY books
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexichttp://www.rfbd.org
BookShare.orghttp://www.bookshare.org
National Library Serviceshttps://www.nlstalkingbooks.org/dtb/
Alternet Media Exchangehttp://www.amxdb.net
Questions
Where to get more help
Save as DAISY XML forumhttp://www.daisy.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=5
Jayme Johnson
High Tech Center Training Unit
Sam Ogami
California State University Office of the Chancellor