[gui-talk] A news line question:

Fri Apr 3 02:59:54 UTC 2009

Hi Dave, I just loaded the daisy file on my Stream and it plays fine.  I was
sent this from the web link and not the pocket male link so I didn't think
it was being a daisy file.  

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From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A news line question:

No, no, no.  You don't have to open several files to read one 
article.  What I was trying to say is that a daisy publication, 
whether it be a book, a magazine, a newspaper, or s0omething else is 
made up of several files.  In the case of NFB Newsline, each paper 
has four files.  One has an OPF extension and is called a Package 
file and it basically identifies the publication, one has a NCX 
extension and is the structure of the publication, one has extension 
xml and is the data, and the final file has an extension of smil and 
is the connection between the structure and data.  The xml file will 
probably load into your browser by itself, from where you can read 
it, you can navigate by heading, so it isn't bad.

For full control you will need a daisy player or software package (reader.)

Dave

At 11:00 PM 4/1/2009, you wrote:
>Dave,
>
>What do you mean by this. You mean an article comes to you split into
>several file attachments, and you have to open all of them at the same time
>to get them to comprise one article? I can't imagine what that would be
>like. I never open two attachments at once, normally. Even if I did, like
>two Word attachments, they'd simply open as two different documents, each
in
>its own window. I'm confused about this.
>
>And then you're saying that a Daisy reader of some sort is best, but you
can
>read them in other ways? You mean I could read such an article using just
>Jaws, same as I do with a New York Times article, which I have no complaint
>about, but if I had a daisy thing, then it would be better? You mean I'd
>have all those navigational tricks you can do with Daisy? I don't have a
>Daisy playback,  unit or program, so I'm just talking from what I think I
>understand.
>
>Thanks.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:30 PM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A news line question:
>
>
>All of the files make up a DAISY book.  For best reading you need a
>player, such as the Victor Reader Stream, or DAISY playback software.
>
>Dave
>
>At 07:24 AM 4/1/2009, you wrote:
> >I just had sent to me an attachment containing 4 files to read a magazine
> >from the web on demand section of their site. However, I can't get it to
> >work.  The first and largest file is a .xml file and it begins to open in
> >Internet Explorer but stops after the copyright notice is read.  The
> >browser
> >announces how many heading and links in the file indicating the screen
> >reader has been able to review the pages content.  I also don't know what
> >purpose the other three files serve.  I see no answers to my questions on
> >their site and I've read the FAQ and other help files.  Any thoughts
would
> >be appreciated.  I'm using I.E. 8 and jaws 10.  thanks
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