A question from a Linux new bee

[LARRY SKUTCHAN]

Actually, the markup of these books in bookshare.org is quite good. 
There is no way these were created from flat text files.  I know most
books in the bookshare collection leave something to be desired in the
markup area, but the O'reilley collection is the exception.

The drawback to the Safari solution is that you must read the books on
line, and navigation from section to section, while accessible, is a
pain.

Don't even try copying a section to your clipboard, the service will
lock you out.

>>> Stephen.Dawes at calgary.ca Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:57:00 AM >>>
I am aware of book share's O'riley's collection. I am also aware of
how
the collection was created. As I have been told, the source for the
bookshare was flat text files. So this is going to have a significant
impact on the mark-up of the text. I was think of looking into safari
to
see if it would be any better. I know that O'Riley has been a big
advocate of making their publications available to the print disabled
community in the past, so it doesn't surprise me to hear that the
safari
service is accessible.


Steve Dawes
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Email: SDawes at calgary.ca 
 
 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: 2005 May 03 8:44 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: A question from a Linux new bee
> 
> Hi, Stephen:
> 
> Dawes, Stephen writes:
> > Janina,
> > 
> > How accessible is O'Reily's Safari service?
> 
> I should point out that I've never been a subscriber, but I 
> did look at their examples some months ago and found the 
> service very accessible.
> They use very clean html, imho, with docbook sgml on their 
> back end, I believe.
> 
> However, I also think it important to point out that Book 
> Share has access to all O'Reily titles, though their markup 
> leaves much to be desired.
> 
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