[Dtb-talk] Movies as DAISY "books"

[Greg Kearney]

I have been experimenting with producing motion picture soundtrack as  
DAISY digital talking books.

These book include the sound track with the advantages of DAISY in  
particular the ability to stop a playback remove the media, play  
something else and then return to where you were in the movie at a  
later time. You can also book mark locations in the movie, speed up  
the playback and so on just as you do with a DAISY book.

I am thinking of also implementing the DVD chapters as well if I can  
figure a good way to do that.

I have one movie done in this format "Whisper of the Heart" produced  
by Studio Ghibli. I choose it as the story is propelled by the dialog  
and less by the visuals. This movie is 1:47:46 land and is reduced to  
just over 15 MB when rendered as a DAISY book. The audio is in MP3  
format and is named such that it will play in any standard MP3 player  
but without the DAISY navigation of course.

I would welcome any thoughts, comments or suggestions.


Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
gkearney at gmail.com