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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jesse,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The Sony Reader doesn’t
natively support full DAISY filesets. Which are made up of DTBook XML or HTML,
NCX files, and SMIL files. The Sony Reader does support EPUB. An EPUB book can potentially
contain DAISY (DTBook) XML but that has yet to happen in any meaningful commercial
market.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So Wikipedia is correct. It’s
just that EPUB and DAISY haven’t been accepted as sister technologies yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This doesn’t mean you can’t
get the content of a text-only DAISY book onto a Sony Reader. It simply means
that it isn’t always easy to maintain the original format or navigation
features of the DAISY book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you are scanning your own
books into DAISY XML then you could most certainly put that XML into a working
EPUB file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>DRM is another issue onto
itself. Don’t even get me started </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;
color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jon <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Jon
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hausler,Jesse<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 08, 2010 2:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Sony and ePub and Daisy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hey Guys,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I am doing research into book readers for students with
learning disabilities. I’ve searched this listserv and a few
others, but am still somewhat confused about ePub and Daisy. From what I understand,
ePub is a umbrella standard that consists of several e-book
specifications. According to the “all knowing” Wikipedia: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>“EPUB internally uses XHTML
or DTBook (an XML standard provided by the DAISY Consortium) to represent the
text and structure of the content document, and a subset of CSS to provide
layout and formatting.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If this is the case, why have I read in so many places
(including the listserv) that the Sony reader will not play DAISY?
Assuming there is no DRM (from RFB&D or otherwise), will the Sony Reader
play a DAISY book?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jesse Hausler<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Colorado State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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