I forward this message, appeared on PG-EU: Carlo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Branko Collin" <collin@xs4all.nl> To: pg-eu@vrijschrift.org Priority: normal X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: [PG-EU] Daisy and Gutenberg Sender: pg-eu-admin@vrijschrift.org Reply-To: pg-eu@vrijschrift.org Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 01:09:34 +0200 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on posso.dm.unipi.it X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=2.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 The following is more of a gutvol-d subject, but I am no longer subscribed there, so I'll post it here. Vrijschrift was kind enough to get a seat reserved for a Project Gutenberg volunteer at the Symposium for Alternative Models for Copyright, and Wiebe gave me that seat. At the symposium, drs. Maarten Verboom of FNB (<http://www.fnb.nl/sub_home/english.html>, subtitle: "literature and information for people with a reading disability") gave a talk, which I did not get to hear, because I had to go and visit a prospective customer. However, afterwards I did chat with his colleague, Arne Leeman. I asked him whether they knew of Project Gutenberg ("yes, definitely"), whether they are using our texts ("Yes", though not many), and whether there are things we could do to make things easier for them. Actually, there is, and that is publishing books in Daisy (an XML application specifically geared to speaking books). I told him that that may not be the XML standard we will be ending up with, to which he replied that any XML would be better than plain vanilla text, especially richer mark-up, because it could make texts easier to convert to Daisy. I also invited FNB to send us requests for public domain books they like to see digitized. (I seem to remember that there are content providers at DP who take requests.) -- branko collin collin@xs4all.nl _______________________________________________ PG-EU mailing list PG-EU@vrijschrift.org http://mailman.vrijschrift.nl/listinfo/pg-eu