- From: George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:07:13 -0700
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Dear WAI Interest Group, I thought this would be of interest, especially because the DAISY standards are based on W3C technologies such as HTML, SMIL, and XML. Sorry for cross posting to several lists. Best George Here is authoritative information concerning the announcement: On November 13, 2007, Microsoft Corp. and the Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY) Consortium announced a joint standards-based development project that will make it possible for computer users who are blind or print disabled to make better use of assistive technology in their daily lives. A reference model for other Open XML solution providers, this open technical collaboration project on SourceForge.net will yield a free, downloadable plug-in for Microsoft Office Word that can convert Open XML-based documents into DAISY XML, the foundation of the globally accepted DAISY Standard for reading and publishing navigable multimedia content. The Board, membership and staff of the DAISY Consortium welcome this opportunity to collaborate with Microsoft and we look forward to the release of "Save As DAISY XML" early next year. Additional information is available on the DAISY Web site and from Microsoft. Important links are: The DAISY Planet newsletter: http://www.daisy.org/news/newsletters/planet-2007-11.shtml DAISY News item: http://www.daisy.org/news/index.shtml#newsitem339 Microsoft Press Release: http://www.daisy.org/news/attachments/MS-Save-As-DAISY-pressrelease.doc Microsoft Press Pass Feature: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/nov07/11-13daisy.mspx Video interview With Markus Gylling, DAISY Consortium International Technical Development Coordinator and Reed Shaffner, Microsoft Office Team http://www.mseventseurope.com/teched/07/itforum/news/Pages/day2.aspx For additional information please contact: *George Kerscher, Secretary General, DAISY Consortium, (406) 549-4687, (406) 544-2466 (cell), kerscher@montana.com *Lynn Leith, Head of Information Services, DAISY Consortium, (905) 304-9398, lynn.leith@gmail.com
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