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Latest Technical Developments and Sample Implementations such as in DAISY Mathematics
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<h1>DAISY Latest Developments and Support for and Math</h1>
<h2>Exponential Growth of the EPUB Market</h2>
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<li><em>In 2010 in the USA EPUB will account for 10% of all publishing sales!</em></li>
<li>Sales continue on exponential growth</li>
<li>If sales grow at the current rate, sometime in the year 2013 EPUB sales will surpass print sales.</li>
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<h2>EPUB and DAISY Coming Together</h2>
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<li>DAISY 4 and EPUB 3 are under revision</li>
<li>DAISY has a leadership role in the IDPF</li>
<li>Markus Gylling, DAISY CTO, is leading the EPUB revision</li>
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<h2>Some key features in EPUB 3</h2>
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<li> EPUB will support all languages</li>
<li>Support for rich layout needed in textbooks</li>
<li>Support for MathML</li>
<li>Video and synchronized audio included</li>
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<h2>Overview of the support for MathML in the DAISY Standard</h2>
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<li>Two types of Support in DAISY Reading systems</li>
<li>What do we mean by �native�</li>
<li>Importance of Native support in Reading systems</li>
<li>Demo of the ReadHere by GH</li>
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