DAISY: Producing braille from DTBook/NIMAS
Joel Håkansson
Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Hilton - Plaza B
In this module
DAISY: Producing braille from DTBook/NIMAS
Introduction
DTBook/NIMAS
Why is it difficult to produce braille from DTBook?
The Braille in Daisy Working Group
Why is it difficult to produce braille from DTBook?
Is transcribing an exceptionally hard task to automate?
What are the benifits of editing braille in DTBook?
How to bring braille editing into DTBook
The problem is…
Braille in Daisy objectives
What's wrong with ASCII?
Portable Embosser Format
The other parts of the project
Summary
Thank you for listening!
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