1. Copyright 2008 Vision Australia DAISY Online Standard Bringing things together Trish Egan Vision Australia

2. Copyright 2008 Vision Australia Contents Background Online Standard –How it Works –Features –Benefits Vision Australia experience A working demonstration What Next?

3. Copyright 2008 Vision Australia Background – DAISY Online High level of agency interest – on line offers many possibilities for future service delivery and information exchange Standard overseeing delivery of digital, accessible content – DAISY Consortium 2007 Technical development and user needs Bring together DAISY and the world wide web via a Services Orientated Architecture – the DAISY online standard

4. Copyright 2008 Vision Australia Daisy Online What is Daisy Online? It is a protocol that standardises the communication between a compliant Reading System and a DAISY based service eg library How does the Daisy Online standard bring Daisy, SOA and the World Wide Web together? It has been primarily built to transfer Daisy and other accessible content from a service provider to a Reading System. It defines a Web Service and specifies the use of associated standards and satisfies the requirements of a service orientated architecture A reading System downloads/streams content over http and https, and interacts with a Service through the web Service defined by this protocol.

5. Copyright 2008 Vision Australia Daisy Online - Features Security Content protection via PDTB2 Transmission standard of https Service Models Lending Acquisition Multi format : DAISY text and audio Content selection Non-player based eg phone, website Player based eg player menu Others Publishing updates to content Saving and retrieving bookmarks Messaging Dynamic menus

6. Copyright 2008 Vision Australia Daisy Online - Benefits Information delivery pathway is consistent Cost effective- quick and simple Inter-agency content sharing easier, notwithstanding copyright issues Supported by Consortium members Client needs have remained top of mind Enhanced independence Method of playback enhances choice and mobility Direct interaction allows for speed of delivery Non-computer dependent

7. Copyright 2008 Vision Australia Test Implementation of the Daisy Online Protocol Vision Australia has built a test implementation of the Daisy Online protocol that enables a user to: 1. Download pre-defined content 2. Perform the following activities using the Dynamic Menu Feature of the protocol: Search the catalogue. Take a Survey. Buy a book. Update User profile. 3. Save and Retrieve bookmarks. 4. Receive updated versions of pre-accessed content. 5. Receive messages from the Service. Test implementation enables hardware manufacturers to include compatibility

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9. Copyright 2008 Vision Australia i-access® online test implementation flowchart DAISY Library FTP Server Narrator OCR Internet Electronic file from Publishers i-access Web services DAISY Converter Vision Australia Production Server Synthetic Voice (If requested) DAISY 2.02 & DAISY 3 i-access Downloader (application) DAISY Text or Audio Range of reading devices Hardware or software Automated

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13. What Next? Standardised communication between a Reading System and a Service provider. Would not be possible without the contribution of many members of the DAISY community. The Daisy Online Standard is scheduled to be submitted for approval as a draft standard for test use at the Daisy Board meeting this weekend. The test implementations will allow DAISY developers to develop products or implement protocol into existing and new DAISY readers – hardware and software. The next step could be to extend the standard to enable communication between two Service Providers for the interchange of content - the Global Library?

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