returning to bookshare.org topic

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Thu Jun 29 19:07:16 UTC 2017


Bookshare uses .xml files for its daisy markup, but, yeah--u should be
able to use any browser that supports reading xml to do so. Some
browsers seem to parse it better than others.

On 6/29/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> Once you have unzipped a Daisy text book, look for any XHTML files it
> contains. These should contain the text, and web browsers should be able to
> allow you to read and navigate these files.
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
> National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library
> of Congress
> Washington, DC 20542   202-707-0535
> http://www.loc.gov/nls/
> The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of
> the Library of Congress, NLS.
>
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> On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion
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> Subject: returning to bookshare.org topic
>
> I downloaded a bookshare book, and the opnly options i had were dazi text
> options or mp3.  I downloaded the dazi text only version, but I cannot read
> it.  How are folks doing this.  It's been suggested that firefox will, but
> not for me.
> The mp3 option won't work, because it's reading various linux commands as
> abbreviations for other things, and that's not helpful.  Converting to brf
> is
> obviously not the answer either.  I have no html files or options to have it
> saved as html.
> I think I've covered it.  What's missing here?
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> Mark Peveto
> Registered Linux user number 600552
> Everything happens after coffee!
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