From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net ([208.36.108.88] helo=toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16VG0z-0004Ft-00 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:56:21 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0SHr9s02820 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:53:15 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:53:06 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: What I did on my summer holidays. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: There is a profound difference between recording digitally and the DAISY standard. If you only record, from beginning to end, you're functionally no different than the analog cassette. Instead, DAISY imposes hierarchical structure onto the recording, using the SMIL protocol. That way, you can "rewind" and "fast forward" to something meaningful, because it's structural, unlike today's media which only "rewind" or "fast forward" some number of inches of tape irrespective of the actual intellectual contents. On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi: > > Don't know about elsewhere, but I know that some agencies here in Australia > have been recording their masters digitally for some time now. > > Geoff. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org