tab to the text and it should work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willem van der Walt" <wvdwalt@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:33 AM Subject: Re: daisy reader It might be the book i am using, but this one remains on the main menu while talking. Can you recall with which book you tested? If it is downloadable, I would like to grab that for more testing of the various readers. TIA,Willem On Mon, 9 May 2005, david poehlman wrote: > interesting, I found that it does synchronize text with voice. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Willem van der Walt" <wvdwalt@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:00 AM > Subject: Re: daisy reader > > > Hello, > The player by Jos works well and is easy to install, but it does not > synchronize the text with the audio at all. > It is the most stable among the players that i have tested. > If it is a daisy book with audio only and just the basic ncc file, it is a > good tool to use. > As it uses lynx, one can easily find a heading by using lynx's own search > feature. It does not implement speed control, but in some situations, one > can live with that. > Listen-up once it is ready would be the most feature-Rich player of the > ones I have tested. > I kind of like the Perl script daisy player, but it seem buggy to me. I > was also trying to get Idair going, but One needs a lot of extra tcl > packages and it seem to run under X regardless of its claim to be a > command-line daisy player. I got all the required packages installed, > and will ask a sighted person to see if it is actually running. > Most of my tests were done using the Access World magazine daisy book that > can be found on the speakup site. > I could get no where with the daisy player that is built into emacspeak, > but i am not conversant in emacspeak so it might have been my stupidity > rather than the lack of functionality in the program. > Regards, Willem > > > On Fri, 6 May 2005, Aldo wrote: > >> On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 09:35:48AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: >>> Are the elements in the TOC navigable? Can I go next, next next, item by >>> item? Can I go previous, previous, previous, item by item? Can I adjust >>> the granularity and move next next next by chapter, or next next next by >>> page? Or previous? >> Navigating is quite intuitive, the reaction in Jos' daisyplayer is >> immediate, I don't know which features it should have more or less than >> Listenup, but maybe you can download and try it. >> >>> If so, can I do this from within the content? Or do I need to go back to >>> the TOC to do this? >> The content in Jos' daisyplayer is played while you still are in Lynx, >> and can switch toanother chapter or so, so you continuously see the >> total "menu" of your cd. >> >> In Yannick's daisyreader you are not using Lynx as interface, so you >> can't do what you told above, but these two players are very very easy >> to install; maybe an effort can be done for Listenup so that more people >> can download and install it without having to read any doc or becoming a >> scientific :-) >> >>> DAISY would require this kind of navigation within the structure. Early >>> in the NISO specification process we specifically discussed this, and >>> there are supporting documents to describe these things. >> >> In my opinion, the most powerful application in the world can't be >> considered as 100% as long as it requires more efforts to install it >> than efforts to use it. >> >>> PS: Though many books may not provide multiple navigational levels, the >>> spec does support multiple levels. >> >> At this moment, as well in France as in Belgium where I live, lots of >> magazines are on cassettes; in the Netherland they have migrate to Daisy >> since 2004; I just asked for a cd, tried one from the speakup-goodies... >> but that's all, the goal/my goal was to check if I was able to obtain a >> daisy player who was functional and easy to install and to use. >> >> Aldo. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. 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