DAISY Digital Talking Book

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Digital Accessible Information SYstem, or DAISY, is a format based on the W3C defined SGML applications XHTML 1.0 and SMIL 1.0. Using this framework, a talking book format is presented that enables navigation within a sequential and hierarchical structure consisting of (marked-up) text synchronized with audio. DAISY assists people who, for different reasons, have problems using regular printed media. DAISY books have the benefits of regular audio books, but they are superior when it comes to navigating the content and displaying synchronized text. For example, DAISY books can enable users who are blind to navigate an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia as a regular audio book would be useless because it lacks search and navigation features and requires a linear listen.

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DAISY Consortium
ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005 ISO Specifications for the Digital Talking Book
DAISY 2.02 Specifications
DAISY Consortium's guide to DAISY tools, including hardware players, software players, and authoring tools. The Consortium provides information about tools developed by its membership, it does not claim that the list and information are all inclusive.

[edit] DAISY players not in the Consortium's tool list

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Emacspeak for Linux (open source)
DaisyPlayer Project for Linux (open source project)

This is a university student project out of Norway. This may be of interest to both developers and those who read or wish to read DAISY Digital Talking Books.

Iduna DAISY Reader for Linux (open source project)

The IDAIR area on SourceForge is interesting as the entire content other than the introductory sentence which says it is under heavy construction, is filled with strike out.

Listen-up for Linux (open source project)

The Listen Up for Linux link has not been updated since 14-Aug-2003, it was alpha at that time. The link to the DAISY Specification on this site goes to the 2001 Specification, which is very much out of date. For the current DAISY/NISO 2005 Specification, go to: [1]

KEY Foundation DAISY Reader for Windows (freeware download)

This player was developed by the Key Foundation. They are partners in the euain project and although there is at least one partner in euain which is a member of the DAISY Consortium, at this time the Key Foundation is not a member. This DAISY player may be of interest to those who use DAISY Digital Talking Books or those who wish to.