I am among the uninitiated. This sounds very interesting. I'm just
curious. Would you need copyright permission to (if I understand it
correctly) make a copy in the alternative format? I know we are trying
to better understand the issue of video (or dvds) and adding various
kinds of closed captioned or description, etc. In those cases I believe
you need copyright permission to make a copy with in order to enhance
the material. Thank you for any info you might have!

Laurie Schladweiler
Library Services Specialist
Pima Community College
West Campus Library
520-206-6821
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From: EASI's Library Accessibility Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:44 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: You Can Create DAISY Books!

Yes, even YOU can create electronic books using the new DAISY format!

Just like there are authoring tools that enable people to create Web
pages

without knowing HTML, there are new authoring tools that enable you to

create books in the DAISY format without your knowing all the nuts and

bolts of DAISY.  Obviously, in both cases, it sure helps if you
understand

some basic principles especially if you know something about the

importance of format and structure, but you need not be an expert in the

actual code of the document.

Karen McCall from Karlen Communications will present 2 EASI Webcasts

on DAISY creation.  March 28 will be an overview and preview.  May 7

will explain step-by-step how to use an authoring tool to create a DAISY

document.  Karen gave EASI an absolutely brilliant series of online

presentations last fall on PDF and how to create accessible PDF

documents.  These presentations were by far the most popular and best

attended of all the EASI Web conferences, and we know that people will

be more than pleased with the 2 presentations scheduled for this spring.

Both presentations will be at 2 PM eastern and run for about an hour
each.

You need to register to be sure you have a spot saved in the live, voice

chat, conference room.  You can register at:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Oh!  I may be assuming too much.  Perhaps you don't know what a

DAISY book is!

DAISY is a new electronic book format that gives the user fantastic
abilities

to manipulate a text that they are reading.  It permits skipping to
selected

pages, skipping ahead by header or sub header, paragraph and sentence.

Many believe it provides better ability for a reader to manipulate a
text than

anyone would have with a hard copy print book.  The Library of Congress

program providing books for the blind, Recording for the Blind and

Dyslexic as well as the books that will soon be available for k-12
students

will use DAISY or a version of DAISY.  Within 2-3 years, anyone involved

in using or obtaining books in alternate formats will be familiar with
it.



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           EASI Courses for January 2006
  Designing Accessible Course Content Using Familiar Software
  http://easi.cc/workshops/dacc.htm
  Advanced Barrier-free Web Design
  http://easi.cc/workshops/advwbsyl.htm
  Train the Trainer
  http://easi.cc/workshops/train.htm
  Completing 5 courses earns the Certificate in Accessible Information
Technology

  Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
  CEO EASI
  http://easi.cc
  (949) 855-4852

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EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi
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Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Online courses  and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm

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