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. It is standardized as ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005.[1] 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 audiobooks, 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.

Microsoft and Sonata Software created a Microsoft Office plug-in to convert Office Open XML text documents to DAISY XML.[2]

References

  1. ^ ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005 Specifications for the Digital Talking Book
  2. ^ "Easily Translate Open XML to DAISY XML Standards". openxmlcommunity.org.

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