[duxuser] Re: SGML/ICADD files from APH Repository

  • From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:35:48 +0100

Hi Steve,
 
In many ways, I'm relieved this is not specifically a DBT problem.
 
However I wonder if it would be worth dropping a line to APH explaining the 
difficulties you have faced with such inconstancies?  They may well be aware of 
the problems, but it surely can't do any harm to add your comments?
 
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Wasserman [mailto:swasserman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 September 2002 13:55
To: 'duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [duxuser] Re: SGML/ICADD files from APH Repository


I think Warren hit the nail on the head. We have downloaded 4 different files 
recently, and gotten 4 different tag lists, and three separate file formats 
(even though all 4 books were in the same literature series). Two of the files 
were identified by duxbury as SMGL/ICADD files, one imported as a text file, 
and the other as a Word Document. The Word document contained bold & italic 
text, though it did not use any styles, and had a lot of "&" codes. The others 
had SMGL style tags, but were anything but standard, some imported into duxbury 
styles, others turned into unrecognized tags. I've managed to get tolerable 
braille from them by writing Word macros and doing search & replace in Duxbury, 
but it is FAR FAR From "automatic". Apparently it's not anything we're doing 
wrong with Duxbury though, so we'll just have to deal with it.
 
Thanks for providing the interesting and enlightening discussion.
Steven Wasserman
Technology Coordinator
Minnesota State Academy for the Blind
  

-----Original Message-----
From: George Bell [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:42 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: SGML/ICADD files from APH Repository


Hi,
 
Is it possible to obtain a URL for, and details of, specific problematical 
tagged files?
 
Alternative, could we please have an example file mailed as an attachment?  ( 
mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
 
We really do need some live material for testing.
 
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd 

-----Original Message-----
From: WarrenDFig@xxxxxxx [mailto:WarrenDFig@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 September 2002 18:40
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: SGML/ICADD files from APH Repository


The files in the APH File repository are tagged files and there is no guarantee 
that they are genuine anything--XML, HTML, SGML, ICAAD. They are what the 
publishers have submitted.

Warren





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