On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Karanbir Singh <mail-li...@karan.org> wrote: > On 11/18/2010 07:41 PM, A. Mani wrote: >>> >> epub is a Xhtml + XML based format meant specifically for ebooks. > > you are still talking about the storage format, and not the delivery > mechanism. Blind people, afaik, dont give a rat's ass as to what or how the > content is stored. Its the delivery in such situations that makes it > relevant. > > the point you made is that epub would convert better into braile or even > text-to-speach, as compared to any other format. I'm just asking you how you > got to that result. >
It is very structured (see specs) and uses less markup. It manages TOC in a efficient way through NCX. ... In readers this is important for speed. Text to speech would be more dependent on the ability of the external s/w used. The safest thing to convert is plain text. At least that is what most of manuals/books say. >> Editing : pdf, djvu are not meant for this. >> Size: epub is better than others >> lines can be wrapped in epub but not in pdfs/djvu ... this is >> important for reading the same document on other readers/pc > > Atleast the publishing, media and newsprint industry would disagree with you > on being able to edit or change column width in pdf files :) You can render > pdf into raster files - but one would consider that for the target audience > surely ? That would mean more baggage. I would like to see a white paper/study on that. Even Acrobat reader is not a very good tool for reading on screen ... speed of auto-scroll cannot be controlled, does not support wrap in any way. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
