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Automatic conversion of PDF-based, layout-oriented typesetting data to DAISY: potentials and limitations

Only two percent of new books released in Germany are professionally edited for visually impaired people. However, more and more print publications are made available to the public in digital formats through online content delivery platforms like “libreka!”. The automatic conversion of such contents into DAISY would considerably increase the number of publications available in accessible formats. Still, most data available on “libreka!” is published as non-tagged PDF. In this paper, we examine the potential for automatic conversion of “libreka!”-based content into DAISY, while also analyzing the potentials and limitations of current conversion tools.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:14-qucosa-38042
Date24 June 2010
CreatorsNikolaus, Ulrich, Dobroschke, Julia
ContributorsHochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig, Fakultät Medien, Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Blinde Leipzig (DZB),
PublisherSaechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:conferenceObject
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceTagungsband zu: DAISY International Technical Conference : Barrierefreie Aufbereitung von Dokumenten, 21. - 27. September 2009, Leipzig/Germany. - Leipzig : DZB, 2009. - S. 115 - 127

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