VISION AUSTRALIA

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VISION AUSTRALIA INFORMATION LIBRARY
SERVICE Alternative Format Conference February
2008 Tony Iezzi Information Access Services
Manager Jamie Kelly Online Training Support
Officer
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DAISY Technology Vision Australia

• Using, testing and developing
• Very brief overview of what we use
• The service we deliver
• DAISY CD players
• Handheld devices
• Software
• The BookPort Demonstration
• Questions

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One of many

• Working Group of W3C - Web Content Accessibility
  Guidelines (WCAG)
• Online Protocol Working group of the DAISY
  consortium
• Public library system
• Work with developers (Plextor, Dolphin, APH,
  Humanware)

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i-access in a Nutshell - Backgrounding
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i-access Online

• Audio DAISY books and magazines
• Braille books
• Newspapers
• Other publications
• Uses devices such as the Book Port via the
  internet and your personal computer.
• The service can be used by Library Clients on any
  PC that has the software installed and offers
  clients the ability to customise elements of the
  service

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What does it look like?
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• Software
• www.daisy.org
• Dolphin EasyReader
• Production software EasyProducer
• http//www.quantech.com.au/
• http//www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page1
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The Demonstration

• Bookport awaiting new model
• 12 files types read
• Voice recorder
• Alarm clock
• Braille note taker
• Navigates DAISY books
• TTS flexibility

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Future

• Forthcoming Trials Developments
• PTX
• Victor Stream
• DIODE II / web services
• ICT phones services
• New models for testing
• Bones 311
• Korean SKI

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For More Information

• Tony Iezzi
• Information Access Services Manager
• Vision Australia Information Library Service
  (VAILS)
• tony.iezzi_at_visionaustralia.org