[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 137953] Include odt2daisy as a feature in LibreOffice

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137953

--- Comment #4 from jonathon <toki.kantoor at gmail.com> ---
ODT2DAISY.odt was part of a project designed to explore third generation
access. The project started in 2008, with a lifetime of 48 months.

It is licensed under the GNU LGPL 3.0 license.
Source code is a combination of C, Java, XSL.

The last version release was in 2011-11-08
The last code change was made in 2012-03-05, which was a Greek Translation.

Due to the vast changes in LibO since ODT2DAISY was abandoned, it probably
would be easier to rewrite ODT2DAISY from scratch.

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The OST2DAISY extension attempts to solve two basic issues:

* Export of the document as an audio file;
* Export of the document in DAISY XML 3.0 format;

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A number of blind individuals opposed DAISY2, DAISY3, and DAISY4 on the
following grounds:
* It pushes blind individuals into a permanent, isolated ghetto;
* The DAISY format specifications mandate the use of DRM. This actively
prevents individuals from creating documents for distribution in this file
format;
* A properly constructed ePub 2.0 is readable with a screen reader;
* ePub 3.0 has a11y features, such as criteria for audio files, and image
files. Properly constructed, the resulting ePub 3.0 item can be listened to,
with standard audio book readers;

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My recommendation would be to ask the developer of the Read-Text extension, to
add "export to audio file format" to the list of features it offers.

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