In the full text with audio, and the text only versions, the marked up text essential to Braille production is available. Two of these three types of books are of interest to the Braille producer. One type is the full text and full audio (hybrid), another is a table of contents with full audio, and the final version is full text with no human recorded audio (synthetic speech would provide the audio component). The DAISY specification describes three types of DTB. Three types of DAISY Digital Talking Books (DTB) Much of the content of this paper is based on the long relationship I have had with these two organizations and the fine work they have done. Aaron graciously offered to review and assist in the development of this paper. Joe and I have worked on many committees together developing this philosophy. Joe and I have worked together for years promoting descriptive markup in files used in production of Braille. I would like to thank Joe Sullivan from Duxbury and Aaron Leventhal from the Braille Planet for their contributions. This paper will explain how high quality Braille can be produced using data prepared in the DAISY / NISO DTBook 3.0 XML specification currently under development. () While DAISY is famous for development of the Digital Audio-based Information System many people do not yet know that the specifications are comprehensive and include Etext and Braille in the production techniques. The DAISY Consortium is developing the standards for the next generation of information technology for persons who are blind and print disabled.

Braille translation software