Off-Topic: Daisy Readers

[Trevor Astrope]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Don't you mean A P H

Yep! Thanks for the correction.

> However, if you want to know more about what DAISY is all about, and by
> inference, what the software is doing, you might want to read some of my
> articles from Access World about this:
>
> http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw050104
> http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw050103

Thanks. I've already read those excellent articles. <grin> I don't recall 
seeing a review of the BookPort though. Also, I would have liked more 
information on the sound quality of each player. I thought the Victor 
Classic sounded much better then the standard 4-track players, but that 
could also be due to better quality of the source material.

Anyway, I guess what I'm asking is if it is possible to use all the 
features of the BookPort without windows? And specifically, how difficult 
is it to create daisy books in linux if that is all that is required for 
the BookPort to read files transfered via the usb port in linux...

I know I should be asking this question to APH (there, got it right this 
time), but I'm afraid I already did. Unfortunately, I got a condescending 
answer, and I quote, "Windows format is pretty standard, and most widely 
used and all of your screen readers support it."

Thanks,

Trevor