HOMERelated Tools
DAISY Glossary
A comprehensive DAISY Glossary of terms has been compiled and is being updated as of Winter 2009-2010.
Older versions are available as listed below, or search the DAISY site for 'glossary'.
- DAISY Knowledge Network Glossary (obsolete)
- Structure Guidelines Glossary: http://www.daisy.org/z3986/structure/SG-DAISY3/glossary.html
- Braille Glossary: http://www.daisy.org/projects/braille/braille_workarea/glossary.html
DAISY Spy
DAISY Spy is available to Members of the DAISY Consortium. It will scan the file-system for DAISY-projects, collecting useful information about each project during this process. The software will maintain a record for each project and can display the "history" of a project. The Spy is a filter for the project display, so that only projects satisfying various criteria will be displayed. Such criteria can be project size, level of completeness, date of last recording, DAISY format, required meta-data, etc.
By using this software, you can get answers to questions such as:
- are there any projects not being narrated during the last week?
- is a specific narrator(s) involved in any projects at the moment?
- are there any projects that could need a clean-up?
- and more.
DAISY Spy also offers a statistics part, giving numbers for average playback time, production time, project size, number of pages, the ratio of production time to playback time etc, etc, for the current productions, or for the projects completed during the last week, month, or year, etc.
DAISY Spy gives you the answers to questions you did not even think to ask. A beta is available for download now, from the DAISY Spy Website. Contact Per Sennels: per.sennels (at) statped.no.
For more information, please visit the official website for DAISY Spy.
IVONA Accessibility Package
IVONA is committed to making a difference in the lives of millions of visually impaired persons by enabling easy access to digital information and entertainment. To further that mission, they have introduced IVONA Accessibility Packages in English (British or American), German, French, Spanish (Castilian and American), Polish and Romanian. These comprehensive and reliable solutions will provide affordable access to computer and Internet resources for work, recreation, and communications.
Latest Release:
IVONA Accessibility Package 2011-10-31IVONA Accessibility Packages include the award-winning, high quality Text-To-Speech Voices, delivering high intelligibility (capable of 4X acceleration with no loss in quality), rapid responsiveness, and the IVONA Reader − plus a free, pre-configured NVDA screenreader, the open source solution developed by the NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) Project. More information is available on the IVONA Software website.
