Any news for BUB?? On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 6:17 AM, Sam Wilson <s...@samwilson.id.au> wrote:
> I agree there might be some work to do at some future point when we're > trying to import mixed-media works into Wikisource, but I'm afraid for now > the sole purpose of ia-upload is to convert IA scans of books into DjVus. > MP3s or any other non-text work cannot be converted with this tool. > > Have you tried using it? Did you notice any problems? > > — Sam. > > > On Sun, 3 Dec 2017, at 06:03 AM, mathieu stumpf guntz wrote: > > Le 29/11/2017 à 08:47, Sam Wilson a écrit : > > * Attempts to use the tool on items that don't have DjVu, PDF, or JP2 > Zip files will now fail. I'm not sure what people who were attempting to > make DjVus of MP3s were thinking, but they'll get a nicer error message > now. > > Apart from the file format, which was under some patent issues until last > year and should be soon be available to Commons (if not yet), what would be > the problem with uploading the file to Commons? All the more, some books > might have sound component. My daughter have a whole library of that kind. > She also have plenty of book with tactile data which often make me wonder > how we would integrate such a book in Wikisource, as I'm not aware of any > technology to render that kind of data linked to the material texture. > Defining a file format to store that kind of data would be surely the easy > part, all the more when "digital texture" is a topic already extensively > covered in the literature for 3D rendering purpose. > > Just sharing some thoughts… > > I dare say I'm broken something along the way, so do keep an eye out for > weirdnesses and let me know. > > Thanks, > sam. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing > listWikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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