A question from a Linux new bee

[Dawes, Stephen]

So, is the entire O'Riley's collection on Bookshare?


Stephen Dawes  <B.A., B.Sc.>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
> Sent: 2005 May 03 9:13 AM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: RE: A question from a Linux new bee
> 
> 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.
> 
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> Steve Dawes
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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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