From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C483EE11 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:53:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fAJFrep17379 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:53:40 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fAJFreW31472 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:53:40 -0500 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se (root@khan.acc.umu.se [130.239.18.139]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fAJFrdw31467 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:53:39 -0500 Received: from stalin.acc.umu.se (daemon@stalin.acc.umu.se [130.239.18.135]) by khan.acc.umu.se (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAJFrbM11211 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:53:37 +0100 (MET) Received: (from woormie@localhost) by stalin.acc.umu.se (8.11.6/8.11.2) id fAJFrbE41828 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:53:37 +0100 Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:53:37 +0100 From: Peter Toneby To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Digital Talking Book Standard Message-ID: <20011119165337.A29158@stalin.acc.umu.se> References: <200111191500.fAJF0Qa69940@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <002201c1710d$59a53f80$7f7ef59b@essex.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <002201c1710d$59a53f80$7f7ef59b@essex.ac.uk>; from ss@saqibshaikh.com on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:17:48PM -0000 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:17:48PM -0000, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > While only an idea, > > I have considered writing a digital talking book player for my final year > project. I'm not sure how hard this will be, but if it is within my > technical grasp to do an initial version I will do it! It shouldn't be to hard for you as a CS-student, I've got a start for one, but I'm missing a (free) mp3-library with good support for searching on timecodes in the mp3-file, this is needed to support DTBs in a good way. I've only found a non-free lib :(. In general since everyhting is XML-based it's fairly easy to implement a simple reader that presents a lynxlike UI and that plays the music, but since you might want to add more UI-types, such as speech, linebased (like ed), and even a full graphical GUI (hey, we seeing people does enjoy DTB as much as you blind guys do, and we like our GUIs (most of us at least) :), and there is much more that can be added, the project can grow quite a bit out of hand... /Peter, who has to little time, and to many projects... -- Alpha Test Version: Too buggy to be released to the paying public. Beta Test Version: Still too buggy to be released. Release Version: Alternate pronunciation of "Beta Test Version".