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Reading for All Hybrid Books Daisy2009

Hybrid books

Collaboration between Specialist Organisation and Publisher

Alexander Baars Dedicon The Netherlands

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• What is a hybrid book?

• Production steps

• Hybrid books within the learning environment

• Demonstrators

Overview

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• Full text book text-only

• Full audio book audio-only

• Hybrid book: text and audio combined and synchronized

What is a hybrid book? (1)

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Hybrid book• synchronization of audio and text (highlighting)• navigation – headings, pages, sentences• search and find• Presentation of images and lay-out

What is a hybrid book? (2)

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Hybrid book production

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• Source to Daisy conversion (2.02 XHTML)• DTP (layout editing)• Images adjustments• Lay-out demands (the higher the more production hours)• Audio production

- based on full Daisy text (= sync in the studio)

- audio production (parallel process) with a post-process for synchronization

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Benefits:• Audio as an extra input channel: see what you hear• Enriching the learning environment in general• Adjusting visual rendering (font size/color, etc.)• Beneficial to specific groups

people with low vision pupils with dyslexia or learning disabilities non-native speakers

Applications:• publishers• schools

Hybrid books within the learning environment

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Dedicon Reading Module

Dedicon’s R&D development:• Support for hybrid books• Lightweight player, no installation needed• Use on-line (web browser) or locally on PC (application)• Easy embedding in other software packages• Speed up/slow down audio• Pop ups (word explanations)• Fast, even for very large documents

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Demonstrators!

Collaboration with Publishers• Malmberg – Lekker Lezen (reading method for children)• Ahmadiyya Isha’at-i-Islam – Dutch translation of Koran• Davids Fonds – a Fairy Tale

Demonstrators online: http://streaming.dedicon.nl/demo/hybrid/

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Thank you for listening!

Alexander Baars abaars@dedicon.nl

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