From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx-4.csir.co.za ([146.64.10.99] helo=apollo.csir.co.za) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IXAo2-00005a-00 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:14:08 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([146.64.19.125]) by apollo.csir.co.za (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8H7DbQw023359 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:13:37 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l8H7DZ5Z002313 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:13:57 +0200 Received: from localhost (wvdwalt@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l8H7CtHE002190 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:13:35 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: wvdwalt owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:12:54 +0200 (SAST) From: Willem van der Walt X-X-Sender: wvdwalt@localhost.localdomain To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Listening to Daisy Books In-Reply-To: <20070917044300.GA3267@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Message-ID: References: <20070917044300.GA3267@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-CSIR-MailScanner-Information: Please contact sys-admin at csir dot co dot za for more information X-CSIR-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CSIR-MailScanner-SpamScore: ss X-MailScanner-From: wvdwalt@csir.co.za X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:14:08 -0000 idair is your best option, but it is not perfect either. There is apparently a way to get amis to work under Linux, but I am waiting for a few months now for more instructions on how to do so from the developers. Regards, Willem On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Steve Holmes wrote: > Hey, I've been wondering lately, does anyone on the list here read any > books in the Daisy format under the Linux platform? If so, what player > are you using? I've tried listen-up, iduna, and daisyconsole all with > failing results. either I get seg faults all over the place or the > player just sits there and does nothing. I like the looks of > listen-up the best but it hasn't played a single book I've tried it > with. I'm mainly dealing with the 2.02 format with audio files and > some books I've created using dtbmaker perl scripts. I took a look at > the daisy player in emacspeak but that apparently only works with > bookshare books but I didn't have much luck with it either on one book > I tried on it. > > Any ideas? Thanks. > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. 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.