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Textalk PresentationAt the DAISY AGMParis, 10 June 2015
Speaker:Fredrik Schill
Partner and head of the TextalkMedia Department
Privately held company
• Göteborg, Sweden• 50 employees• Media• E-commerce
Our Story
• Late 1970s - research project in Göteborg• 1979 - The world’s first digital newspaper was released• 1995 - Sweden’s first newspaper published on the
internet• 2007 - Textalk Webshop rewarded best platform in
Sweden• 2011 - Textalk’s first DAISY Online service• 2013 - Producing all newspaper titles in Sweden as
DAISY 3 • 2015 – DAISY Online working group co-editor
Textalk E-commerce
• Web based platform hosting> 4000 web shops• Top supplier in Sweden• Integration with all payment and delivery
providers• Customer turnover> 200 Million Euro per year
Textalk media
A complete tool chain•Textalk Webarch - Content mining and conversion•Textalk Vision - Accessible production and delivery•Textalk Reader - DAISY reader
Textalk Webarch
Why?•Because XML feeds are often unreliable and low quality•InDesign and QuarkXPress documents are good sources
Textalk Vision
Features•Manage users, subscriptions, and equipment•Merge input material from multiple sources•Production pipeline for DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3•DAISY Online Delivery Service (DODP v1 and v2 compliant)•Personalized newspapers
Textalk Reader
Features•DAISY reader app available on Android, iOS coming soon•Supports DODP v1 and v2•Virtual key layout for blind users•Launch agent- boot the Android device directly into Textalk Reader and thus turn into a DAISY player
