At 02:06 PM 2003-10-22, you wrote:
>I am totally new to software developement but want to make an audio
>Russian Bible on MP3 accessible to the blind.

You should carefully review what can be done with the DAISY 3 format,
in which the audio can be MP3.  This is an international standard
developed by a cooperative effort among the Blind libraries of the world.
Your users can play many books developed around the world and you don't
have to develop the player yourself.

Or even DAISY 2.02 for the time being.

More information at:

  http://www.daisy.org/

  http://www.loc.gov/nls/niso/

Demonstrator download:

  http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp

Al

>Please tell me what programs and ideas would be most useful.
>
>My ideas:
>1) an auto-start program
>2) which opens an audio copyright notice and simple navigation
>instructions
>3) followed by an audio index of the Bible sections and (if they don't
>pick a section) a list of the 66 books.
>If they do pick a section (ex. Paul's Letters), then it lists the books
>within that section, and when one is selected (by the enter key or mouse
>click?) then a list of the chapters within that book.  The audio starts
>when they select a chapter, or, if they don't pick any, then with chapter
>one.
>
>I will try to find out what keys are commonly used here for navigation
>within programs.  If there is an international standard for this, we
>could introduce it in our CDs.   Currently, I believe the only computers
>used by the blind in Kyrgyzstan are 3 computers at the library for the
>blind here in the capital of Bishkek.  I hope to develope a library of
>resources available to them and so would like to follow any standards for
>navigation keys if they exist.  Also these CDs hopefully could be used
>throughout the CIS and Europe.  Please send suggestions to me at
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>
>Many thanks,
>
>  Jon Post
>
>
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