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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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