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DAISY in Korea

K. S. Choi
HIMS

Contents

1. Past of DAISY in Korea

2. DAISY Player in Braille Sense

3. Developing DAISY Authoring Tool


1. Past of DAISY in Korea

1-1. DAISY Contents

  • Korea Braille Library is the only organization that authors DAISY contents. (Approx. 1,200 titles)
  • Authoring tools
    • No authoring tool made in Korea.
    • MyStudio and LpStudio/Pro were used to author DAISY contents.

1-2. DAISY Players

  • Hardware Players
    • Imported products : Plextalk, Victor
    • The number of hardware players distributed is very small
  • Software Players on PC
    • KBLL (Korea Braille Library)
    • Lp Player 2000
    • Playback 2000
    • TPB Reader

2. DAISY Player in Braille Sense

2-1 What is Braille Sense

  • Braille Sense
    • Braille note taker developed by HIMS in Korea
  • General Features
    • 32 refreshable Braille cells, LCD, Stereo speakers (headphone)
    • Built in TTS
    • Word processor, address manager, schedule manager and so on
    • E-mail, web browser, messenger
    • Media player, DAISY player
    • LAN, USB, serial, parallel, VGA ports and CF clots
    • Wireless solutions : Bluetooth, wireless LAN

2-2 DAISY Player in Braille Sense

  • Supported DAISY version : ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005
    • It supports DAISY 2.0 and 3.0.
  • Simultaneous playback function
    • Sound, Braille and text display on LCD
    • TTS only available
  • Playback Functions
    • Play/Pause
    • Move by phrase / page / level
    • Mark
      • Move to previous/next mark, set mark, move to mark, delete mark
    • Heading
      • Move by heading, find heading, scan & read heading
    • Playback speed and tone control
  • Media : CD-ROM, CF card, USB memory etc.

3. Developing DAISY Authoring Tool

3-1 Overview

  • In order to increase the number of DAISY contents, authoring tool is one of keys.
  • DAISY Authoring Tool under development
    • Korean Braille Library entrusted the development to HIMS
    • KBL will distribute this authoring tool to all organizations who want to publish DAISY contents in Korea
    • One module of this authoring tool is DAISY Player on PC → This software player will be distributed as stand alone software for the DAISY readers.

3-2 Specification

Overview of Specification

Supported format : ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005

3-3 Menus

  • File menu
    • New project file
    • Open project file
    • Setting project information
    • Importing data file
  • Edit
    • Cut, Copy and Paste phrase / section
    • Generate, Merge and Separate sections
    • Merge, Separate and Delete phrase
  • Search
    • Searching phrase / section / heading
  • Audio
    • Continuous playback / Interval playback
    • Stop
    • Speed control
    • Volume control
  • Recording
    • Load original wave data
    • Voice recording
    • TTS recording (Analyzing silence position and synchronizing with text)
  • Option
    • Setting program option
    • Setting recording option
    • Setting editing option
  • Utilities
    • Wizard to generate contents
    • Playback for emulation
    • CD-writer
    • On line help

3-4 Milestones

  • Development stage
    • Starting development : May, 2006
    • Beta version : Dec. 2006
    • Field test : Jan. 2007
  • Distribution and Training
    • In Feb 2007, final version will be released
    • It will be distributed to all Braille Libraries and welfare centers in Korea
    • From the beginning of distribution, KBL and HIMS will train the persona in charge of handle this tool in each organization. (Scheduled in Feb 2007)