From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta02bw.bigpond.com ([139.134.6.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16VKgH-0000Dk-00 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:55:18 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.24.84]) by mta02bw.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GQO7ZY00.CXJ for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:02:22 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by bwmam06.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0h 47/5944); 29 Jan 2002 08:55:11 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16VKgB-0000gu-00; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 08:55:11 +1000 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 08:55:10 +1000 From: Geoff Shang 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: On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > 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. Yeah I realise this, but having it digital to begin with is going to save you the time needed to import it from analogue. Not to mention that quality is likely to be better - if they've invested in digital, chances are they've invested in some decent recording equipment and environment. Geoff.