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EASI 4-part Webinar Series: Better E-books with DAISY EPUB and More

 

Week 1: Introduction to DAISY, how it works and when is it appropriate

Presenter: Jeff Bazer from Dolphin Computer Access in the US

 

This Webinar did not use slides, therefore the recording is primarily an audio. The presenter also played a video which did not make the recording but it is linked here and the second link below will let you watch that video.

Watch the recording of the Week 1 webinar

Read the transcription of the week 1 webinar

 

 

Week 2: Tools for authoring and reading DAISY documents

Presenter: Jeff Bazer from Dolphin Computer Access in the US

 

This Webinar did not use slides, therefore the recording is primarily an audio. The presenter also played a video which did not make the recording but it is linked here and the second link below will let you watch that video.

Watch the recording of the Week 2 webinar

Youtube Video: Adding EasyReader Express to an EasyConverter DAISY Talking Book

The presentation demonstrated the EASY Converter product to author DAISY and other document formats. Below is a link to a video demonstration of this application.

Video Introduction to EASI Converter

Read the transcription for week 2 Webinar

 

Resources:

The Dolphin Web site

DAISY Consortium Web site

Bookshare.org

DAISY Consortium Explanation of the DAISY Document

Video: Introduction to Dolphin EasyConverter

Video: Adding EasyReader Express to an EasyConverter DAISY Talking Book

 

Contact information for Jeff Bazer

Jeff Bazer

Sales Manager, Alternative Format Products, Dolphin Computer Access Inc.,

231 Clarksville Road, Suite 3, Princeton Junction, NJ 08850

Phone: 609-902-5963; Fax: 609-799-0475

Web: www.YourDolphin.com

Email: jeff.bazer@dolphinusa.com

 

Week 3: Overview of the epub and other e-document formats being used by publishers of e-books

Presenter: Norman Coombs, Ph.D.

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Watch the recording from this Webinar

Read the transcription from this Webinar

The Webinar will look at 3 mainstream e-book providers and 3 mainstream software e-readers. You do not need them in advance, but for anyone wanting to explore these software e-readers before the May 1 Webinar, the 3 links below will help you find and download these 3 free e-readers:

The help for Kindle for PC is primarily for people who are using it to interface with a hardware Kindle device. There is some help for navigating the interface and a little help for reading on the PC software. This includes a few hot keys. However, this is lost in the longer help document.

 

Week 4: Demonstrating the add-in to save Word Documents in the DAISY Format

Presenter: Craig Mill, Assistive Technology Advisor at CALL Scotland (Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning)

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Watch the recording from this Webinar

Read the transcription from this Webinar

 

Resources:

Go to the DAISY Consortium Site to get the Add-in

View the Youtube Videos from the DAISY Consortium