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In that vein, a plug-in to convert PowerPoint slides into DAISY XML is in the works, Shaffner said, with the DAISY Consortium just finishing gathering requirements for such a tool.
An Excel plug-in is unlikely, he said, due to technical difficulty and lack of user interest.
Meanwhile, the existing Word plug-in is built in such a way that it could someday be ported to versions of OpenOffice.org that support OOXML, such as Novell's version, Shaffner said.
Besides accelerating the conversion of electronic documents and books into DAISY for visually impaired computer users, the plug-in(s) could aid in the DAISY Consortium's new goal of helping to make documents and books accessible to the illiterate, dyslexic or developmentally disabled.
For instance, the DAISY Consortium is helping to convert HIV and AIDS prevention manuals into the DAISY format so that poor, illiterate South Africans can access them. DAISY might also be used to "help synchronize text and audio and help kids who are learning to read," Shaffner said.
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