[Athen] Daisy Software

[Sesock, Kevin A]

Don't forget about AMIS, the open source DTB playback software.
 
http://amis.sourceforge.net/
 
Kevin A. Sesock, A+, NET+, CNA, MCSA
Assistive Technology Specialist
Student Disability Services
Division of Student Affairs
Oklahoma State University
 
http://access.it.okstate.edu <http://access.it.okstate.edu/> 
 
"Hail to the speaker, hail to the knower; joy to he who has understood,
delight to they who have listened." --Odin
 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kilcommons,Cath
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:49 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Daisy Software


Hi James,
At CSU, we are still experimenting with a variety of ways to have our
students access the content of digital talking books, and what is used
tends to depend upon a variety of things, including where the DTB
originated from and the format (DAISY 2 vs.3). Our students also tend to
like the hardware players, and we continue to look at various options
for these.  Personally, I tend to like the ghplayer because of its
versatility.
 
Back in March, Robert Beach starting working on an ATHEN project to
compile member reviews of some of the players, and you might want to
contact him to find out about the status of this project.  He is on the
list or you could contact him directly: Robert Beach [rbeach at kckcc.edu].
 
Regarding production, (which we are not currently doing), I think a
prime candidate is the Dolphin software. One of the nicest aspects of
this is that there is great documentation on using this from AHEAD -
AHEAD's Alternate media Production Resources
(http://www.ahead.org/etext/AHEAD%202005%20Production%20Binder%20-%20Dis
tribution.pdf)
<http://www.ahead.org/etext/AHEAD%202005%20Production%20Binder%20-%20Dis
tribution.pdf> .  Thanks again, Gaier and Ron!
 
Please feel free to look at the materials that our center and grant
complied for a recent training we provided for our CO/WYO Disability
Provider Consortium:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC/alttext/alt_textbooks.htm.
 
Best regards,
Cath
 
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Cath Stager-Kilcommons
ACCESS Project
Access  Specialist
Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC)
Colorado State University
970-491-0788
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC/
<http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC/> 
cathk at cahs.colostate.edu 

 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Weier, James
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:09 PM
To: 'athen at athenpro.org'
Subject: [Athen] Daisy Software



Hello,

 

I'm new to this listserv. I've been on the DSSHE listserv for a long
time and only recently decided to see what this listserv is like.
Anyway, I have a question about Daisy Readers and Authoring software.

 

I've been testing Daisy software lately...Dolphin EaseReader (they sent
me the full version to test), ghPlayer, eClipseWriter, and Book Wizard
Reader. I know my likes and dislikes about these and would like to find
out what other schools are using to create and/or read Daisy books
(software-wise, not hardware-wise). I would also like to know as to why
you use that software, and what you like & dislike about it.

 

Thank you,

James A. Weier
Adaptive Tech. Specialist/Access Office
St. Louis Community College
3400 Pershall Road
Ferguson, MO. 63135
314-513-4162 (phone)
314-513-4876 (fax)
jweier at stlcc.edu

 

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