using SMIL to highlight text as it is spoken

[Ryan Vernon]

Hi John,



SMIL is used with DAISY ebooks. DAISY (Digital Accessible Information
System) is a format that can combine text and synthesised speech. DAISY
books can be played on a computer using specialized software, on portable
DAISY players, or on mobile devices using various apps.  The DAISY
consortium maintains a list of software that can be used with the DAISY
format <http://www.daisy.org/tools/splayback> , and the consortium is
probably a good place to gather some more information.



Good luck,

Ryan



Ryan Vernon

Coordinator of Technical Services
Langara Library
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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
Behalf Of John Fitzgibbon
Sent: February-12-16 1:23 AM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [WEB4LIB] using SMIL to highlight text as it is spoken



Hi,



We have recently received an enquiry from someone who is seeking a
portable device that uses a speech synthesizer to vocalize text as it
highlights the text on a small screen. I know Kurzweil 3000 can do this on
a laptop, but he is looking for something that is much more portable.
There is a markup language called SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia
Integration Language) which enables developers to co-ordinate spoken word
with printed text.



Has a portable device using this or any other technology ever been
developed?



I would appreciate any advice.



Regards

John



John Fitzgibbon

Executive Librarian



w: www.galwaylibrary.ie <http://www.galwaylibrary.ie>





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