[Irl-dean] Converting WORD Documents to DAISY Format

[Barry McMullin]

> Microsoft, DAISY Make Reading Easier for People With Print Disabilities
> Using Office Open XML files, users of Microsoft Office Word can now produce
> content in the world's most widely used assistive technology format.

Not to rain on anybody's parade, but just to log the usual caveat
here: this is no magic solution to anything.  The quality of the
exported DAISY file is completely dependent on the quality of the
markup in the original "open xml" (i.e., MS-Word) file. Garbage
in, garbage out, unfortunately.

(Sorry if I sound a bit grouchy; there's just something about the
gushing hype in these kinds of announcements that I'm getting
very weary of, especially when I know that it is going to be
immediately propagated, if not amplified, by an essentially
uninformed and uncritical media ...)

Best regards - Barry.

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