Hi Dinesh If I remember, ODF was promoted by Microsoft on Source forge. So, it may not be disimformation really. Harish.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: [AI] plugin for Microsoft Word files to daisy talking books > Following article seems a bit misinformation, as it says that microsoft > and > sourceforge will provide a plugin, which seems wrong, as sourceforge is a > portal hosting opensource projects, but I may be wrong, and sourceforge > might be directly involved, but I suspect that this should be the work of > daisy organization. > > > CNET News > Tuesday, November 13, 2007 > > Microsoft Word files to serve as talking books > > By Elsa Wenzel > > Microsoft and open-source site SourceForge http://www.sourceforge.net/ > will > offer a free plug-in early next year that will convert Office 2007 files > to > the DAISY format that translates text to speech. > > The free tool will add a "Save as DAISY" option within Word 2007, 2003 and > XP software. DAISY XML files can be read aloud by speech synthesizers, > paired with audio narration and used to create electronic Braille. Users > can > navigate open-standard DAISY documents quickly by jumping between page > elements, such as headers and indexes. > > The DAISY Consortium of 70 nonprofits has aimed since 1996 to make all > published information available to people with visual impairments and > learning disabilities. The acronym stands for Digital Accessible > Information > System. > > http://www.daisy.org/ > > Digital narration serves computer users with visual impairments, people > with > learning challenges like dyslexia, as well as those with Parkinsons > disease > and other conditions that make it hard to type or hold a book. > > With the release of the Office 2007 suite in January, Microsoft shunned > the > popular, XML-based Open Document Format for its own, new Open XML format. > The OOXML documents, which include Word files with the DOCX extension, are > easier to retrieve if corrupted than the older DOC files. > > Versions of Word prior to 2007 can open OOXML documents after a one-time > download of a free converter from Microsoft. However, critics gripe that > Microsoft's format change was unnecessary and clumsy. Microsoft maintains > that the new format enables greater flexibility, such as accessibility > features. > > > http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9815836-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs > > > Regards > Dinesh Kaushal > > blog at > dineshkaushal.blogspot.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pranay > Gadodia > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:52 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Episode 28 of Eyeway Yeh Hai Roshni Ka Karawan > > Dear friends, > This is a late posting about our radio show series, as i was on holidays > for > a full week and resumed office only today. > > There are many students across the country whose blindness have never > stopped them excelling in their studies and extra curri-cular activities. > One such example is with us in episode 28 - Rahul Gambhir. Rahul is now a > student of First year B.A. in Venkateshwara college in Delhi. Studied in > mainstream schools throughout and a very outbound he is like any other > youngster. > > > > In the profile section, listen to the success story of a dashing > personality, who is a well known actor and a musician of United States. He > is Rick Boggs. Tom Alter is with us once again, to tell us how Rick's life > is a true example of how adversity can be turned into advantage. > > > > By now you all know that Score Foundation has a helpdesk, where people > call > or write and ask about issues related to eye and blindness. On the medical > front, we have got many queries related to retina problems such as > retinitis > pigmentosa, macular degeneration, retina detachment, etc. So to address > many > of these we called in the advice section of our show, a well known retina > expert from Delhi, Dr.Cyrus Shroff. > > > > So, don't miss out on listening to episode 28 of Eyeway Yeh Hai Roshni Ka > Karawan online at www.eyeway.org/include/radio/radio.php. 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