[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the Blind
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:27:44 -0700
We can keep right on dreaming, right? :-)
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From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 1:17 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the
Blind
For one, maybe it could be the beginning of the end for the dreaded
Stripper.
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From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:34 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the
Blind
> Hi James,
>
> According to the way we currently handle our submission and validation
> processes, I don't see where this new software has any impact on us. On
> the
> other hand, were we to become able to do so in the future, it would
> provide
> us a way to easily improve markup and user navigation using Microsoft
> Word,
> save out the text in DAISY format and directly submit the DAISY version
> for
> approval.
>
> I think this "Save As DAISY" option could potentially revolutionize the
> ease
> in which accessible content is created in the future.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:18 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the
> Blind
>
>
>
> Hi,
> This came over the Blind Programming list. I'm not sure what significance
> it has with Bookshare, so I thought I'd let someone else be the judge.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
> ...snip...
>
> Today the first official release of Microsoft's "Save As
> DAISY XML" translator for Word and the simultaneous release of the newest
> version of the DAISY Pipeline were announced. Full details and links to
> downloads, press release and related information, and support
> documentation
> for the Microsoft "Save As DAISY XML" add-in are available from the DAISY
> Web site:
>
> http://www.daisy.org
>
> The direct link to the Microsoft Save as DAISY area is in the
> Projects area of the DAISY Web site at:
>
> http://www.daisy.org/projects/save-as-daisy-microsoft/
>
> Information, links to the DAISY Pipeline press
> release, and downloads for the Pipeline are on the DAISY Pipeline project
> area at:
>
> http://www.daisy.org/projects/pipeline/
>
> Press releases for Microsoft's "Save As DAISY XML" translator are
> also provided in DAISY 2.02 format. This DAISY DTB with synthetic speech
> was created using the "Save As DAISY XML" translator and the DAISY
> Pipeline. It is also available for download from the
> Microsoft Save as DAISY XML project area referenced above.
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