SADX
Save As DAISY XML
Enhancing Access to
Education with the Save as
DAISY XML Plug-in
Accessing Higher Ground 2008
Jayme Johnson
High Tech Center Training Unit
jjohnson@htctu.net
Sam Ogami
California State University office of the Chancellor
sogami@calstate.edu
Objectives of Session
Learn what DAISY is
 Understand the process for creating
DAISY
 How to install the Save As DAISY plug-in
for Microsoft Word
 Use Word and Save as DAISY plug-in to
create a DAISY xml document
 Create a full DAISY book
 Find out where to get more help
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What is DAISY?
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Most Successful and Advanced Technology for
Reading
Response to dissatisfaction with existing system of
talking books (1988)
Accessible content with intelligent navigation and
bookmarking
DAISY Consortium formed in 1996 to establish and
manage the DAISY standard
Efficient, adaptable, reliable, and easy to use reading
system
Advantages of DAISY Over other
formats
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Accessible from the onset
Powerful navigation capability
Access solution for vision and learning
disabilities
Many tools for creating and playing DAISY
books
Supports math content
Easily derive Braille and large print
It’s the best way to read!
Myths about DAISY
No advantage to supporting a redundant
format
 Nobody is using it
 It’s difficult to produce DAISY books
 It takes to long (time) to create DAISY
books
 Creating DAISY books is expensive
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Myth: No advantage to
supporting a redundant format
Fact: DAISY is a flexible, efficient, and
convenient format for accessible media.
 Fact: DAISY content created has
longevity. Content that you produce today
can be used 5, 10 years from now. DAISY
is a living standard.
 Fact: DAISY books can be converted to
mp3s, html, large print.
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Myth: Nobody is using DAISY
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Fact: RFB&D, Bookshare, and National Library
Service (largest producers of accessible content in the US).
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Fact: Worldwide DAISY is the most adopted
standard for accessible books.
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Fact: Recent high school graduates have been
using books from RFB&D that were DAISY books.
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Fact: Students who use DAISY books develop a
reading habit that lasts beyond their school years.
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Fact: Universal design principles of DAISY benefit
all consumers of the content.
Myth: It’s difficult to produce
DAISY books
Fact: DAISY is easy to produce with Save
as DAISY tool.
 Fact: Free software can be used to create
full text full audio daisy content.
 Fact: Free DAISY software is available on
the Internet to playback daisy books.
 Fact: There are also several DAISY
production tools commercially available.
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Tools for making DAISY
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Dolphin Publisher:
http://www.yourdolphin.com/productdetail.asp?id=12
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Easy Converter:
http://www.yourdolphin.com/productdetail.asp?id=25#main
 Gh Player: http://www.gh-accessibility.com/at/ghplayer.php
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Eclipse Writer: http://www.irti.net/eclipse/eClipseWriter/index.html
Book Wizard Producer: http://www.aph.org/tech/bwp_info.htm
DAISY Pipeline: http://www.daisy.org/projects/pipeline/
Phoneticom DAISY Generator: http://daisy.htctu.net/
More tools for making DAISY at DAISY Consortium:
http://www.daisy.org/tools/tools.shtml?Cat=production
Overview of the SADX plug-in
Install the plug-in
 Create or Edit your document
 Save as DAISY
 Render SADX file into DAISY Talking
Book
 Create other accessible formats
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How to install the Save As DAISY
plug-in for Microsoft Word
System requirements
 Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
 Microsoft Word XP, 2003, 2007
 .Net 3.0 or higher
 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=10CC340B-F857-4A14-
83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en
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Microsoft Word 2007 Primary Interop Assembly
 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=59daebaa-bed4-4282-
a28c-b864d8bfa513&displaylang=en
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If you have Microsoft Word XP, 2002, 2003 you will also need Microsoft
Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File
Formats
 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-
8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en
How to install Save as DAISY plugin cont.
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Go to http://www.saveasdaisy.org and
download the latest version of the plug-in
 Currently 1.4.0.0
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If installed correctly you should see the
accessibility ribbon (Microsoft Word 2007)
Using the Save as DAISY plug-in
Open or create a new Word document
 Use styles to format document with
Headings, lists, etc.
 Insert desired page breaks
 Save as DAISY XML file
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Sample Document
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Outline of our talk
What is the difference DAISY XML
and a full DAISY book?
DAISY XML is to a DAISY Book what
blueprints are to a finished building.
 A DAISY XML file is a container of
information with instructions about how the
information will be presented
 DAISY books are the compiled results of a
DAISY XML file
Create a DAISY digital talking book
(DTB)
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Use DAISY pipeline to create a full DAISY
talking book.
• Download the software at
http://www.daisy.org/projects/pipeline/
Create other accessible content
from DAISY XML cont.
Braille
 MP3 files
 Large print
 Html files
 EPUB
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Creating Braille from DAISY XML
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Braille
 Using Duxbury you can take the Save as
DAISY xml file and create good Braille
 The potential to format a document once and
then derive multiple output formats is a
recognized benefit of DAISY and a worthy
goal for any workflow
Note:
There are still some problems with DAISY to Braille production.
This is improving all the time and Duxbury and the DAISY consortium
are working hard to produce the best possible Braille from DAISY
content
DAISY Playback Tools
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Victor Stream: http://www.humanware.com
Classmate Reader: http://www.humanware.com
Easy Reader: http://www.yourdolphin.com/productdetail.asp?id=9
Eclipse Reader: http://www.eclipsereader.com/
Gh Player: http://www.gh-accessibility.com/at/ghplayer.php
Plextalk PTR2: http://www.plextalk.com/in/ptr2_top.html
AMIS: http://amis.sourceforge.net/
DDReader:
http://www.caracol.com.br/agora/doc.cfm?id_doc=1982&lang=en
Olearia: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/
More playback tools at DAISY Consortium:
http://www.daisy.org/tools/tools.shtml?Cat=playback
Demo of Playback
Where to get more DAISY
books
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Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
 http://www.rfbd.org
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BookShare.org
 http://www.bookshare.org
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National Library Services
 https://www.nlstalkingbooks.org/dtb/
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Alternet Media Exchange
 http://www.amxdb.net
Questions
Where to get more help
Save as DAISY XML forum
http://www.daisy.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=5
Jayme Johnson
High Tech Center Training Unit
jjohnson@htctu.net
Sam Ogami
California State University Office of the Chancellor
sogami@calstate.edu