[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 #6 from Christophe Strobbe <c_strobbe-fdo at yahoo.co.uk> ---
I supervised the development of odt2daisy when I was still working at the K.U.
Leuven (one of the partners in the AEGIS project) so I would like to respond to
a few comments.

* "Due to the vast changes in LibO since ODT2DAISY was abandoned, it probably
would be easier to rewrite ODT2DAISY from scratch." The code is organised into
parts that can be seen as libraries that are used by those parts of the code
that integrate the extension into LibreOffice. The libraries probably don't
need to be rewritten, except to update it to changes in the ODF format (if
there have been any).

* "A number of blind individuals opposed DAISY2, DAISY3, and DAISY4" I have
never heard of this. In fact, near the end of the project, we worked with an
organisation in Flanders that produced DAISY and Braille books for blind
people. If memory serves, the extension was also welcomed by the Royal National
Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the UK and the Fundación ONCE in Spain,
both of whom were partners in the AEGIS project.

* "It pushes blind individuals into a permanent, isolated ghetto". I have never
heard of this. See above. In addition, the tool was also intended to enable
blind users to create their own audio books based on texts.

* "The DAISY format specifications mandate the use of DRM." Please provide
evidence for this claim.

* 'My recommendation would be to ask the developer of the Read-Text extension,
to add "export to audio file format"' DAISY books are more than audio files.
With a proper DAISY player, you can navigate the book using chapter headings
and you can have text highlighting that is synchronised with the audio. Because
of this, DAISY does not only benefit blind people but also people with
dyslexia.

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