1. Textalk Presentation
At the DAISY AGM
Paris, 10 June 2015
Speaker:
Fredrik Schill
Partner and head of the Textalk
Media Department

2. Privately held company
• Göteborg, Sweden
• 50 employees
• Media
• E-commerce

3. Our Story
• Late 1970s - research project in Göteborg
• 1979 - The world’s first digital newspaper was released
• 1995 - Sweden’s first newspaper published on the
internet
• 2007 - Textalk Webshop rewarded best platform in
Sweden
• 2011 - Textalk’s first DAISY Online service
• 2013 - Producing all newspaper titles in Sweden as
DAISY 3
• 2015 – DAISY Online working group co-editor

4. Textalk E-commerce
• Web based platform hosting> 4000 web shops
• Top supplier in Sweden
• Integration with all payment and delivery
providers
• Customer turnover> 200 Million Euro per year

5. Textalk media
A complete tool chain
•Textalk Webarch - Content mining and
conversion
•Textalk Vision - Accessible production and
delivery
•Textalk Reader - DAISY reader

6. Textalk Webarch
Why?
•Because XML feeds are often unreliable and
low quality
•InDesign and QuarkXPress documents are good
sources

7. Textalk Vision
Features
•Manage users, subscriptions, and equipment
•Merge input material from multiple sources
•Production pipeline for DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3
•DAISY Online Delivery Service (DODP v1 and v2
compliant)
•Personalized newspapers

8. Textalk Reader
Features
•DAISY reader app available on Android, iOS
coming soon
•Supports DODP v1 and v2
•Virtual key layout for blind users
•Launch agent- boot the Android device directly
into Textalk Reader and thus turn into a DAISY
player

9. Thank you
Fredrik Schill
fredrik@textalk.se
Partner and head of the Textalk Media department

10. Thank you
Fredrik Schill
fredrik@textalk.se
Partner and head of the Textalk Media department