ABSTRACT
DAISY is the acronym for digital accessible information system. The DAISY/ NISO Standard is the digital talking book (DTB) specification for accessible digital books. It is a multimedia standard which supports the traditional
CONTENTS
What Is DAISY? ................................................................................................... 293 Short History of DAISY ................................................................................. 294 Anatomy of a DAISY Book ........................................................................... 296 Three Types of DAISY Digital Talking Books ............................................ 298
DAISY Book Production..................................................................................... 299 Open-Source Software ................................................................................... 299
Tobi: Digital Content Authoring Tool ..................................................... 299 Obi: Creating Accessible Audio Books Can Be Easy ............................300 DAISY Pipeline: DTB-Related Document Transformations ................ 301
Commercial Production Tools ......................................................................303 Software ......................................................................................................303 Hardware ....................................................................................................303
DAISY Reading Systems ....................................................................................304 DAISY Playback Software (Features and Capabilities) ............................304
