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Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) books can be heard on standalone DAISY players, computers using DAISY playback software, mobile phones, and MP3 players (with limited navigation). DAISY books can be distributed on a CD/DVD, memory card or through the Internet.

A computerized text DAISY book can be read using refreshable Braille display or screen-reading software, printed as Braille book on paper, converted to a talking book using synthesised voice or a human narration, and also printed on paper as large print book. In addition, it can be read as large print text on computer screen.

Software players

Currently available software-based players include, in alphabetical order:

Discontinued software players

• AMIS - Adaptive Multimedia Information System: a discontinued open-source self-voicing player for Windows XP, Vista and 7 that works with several screen readers and is available in many languages. It was developed by the DAISY Consortium.
• Android Daisy ePub Reader: a discontinued open-source project for the Android platform, last updated in 2013
• AnyDaisy discontinued extension for Firefox 3.x by Benetech (does not work in Firefox 4 or above)
• ButtercupReader: a discontinued web-based silverlight application for DAISY 3 books
• DAISYPlayer: discontinued free player for Microsoft Windows; only available in Spanish
• DaisyWorm: player for DAISY 2.02 (2002) and DAISY 3 (2005), for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad; iOS 4 or higher, released commercially in 2010, since discontinued
• Darwin Reader: a discontinued reader for Android, reads DAISY 2.02 and 3.0 text and audio books
• Go Read: an open source DAISY reader for older Android devices (will not install on Android 10)
• GoDaisy: discontinued online DAISY player, in Swedish
• InDaisy Reader, a discontinued player for iPhone and iPod, accessible with VoiceOver; supports Daisy 2.02 and Daisy 3
• Kolibre Vadelma, a discontinued open source DAISY 2.02-player supporting DAISY Online. Downloads and build instructions available for the Raspberry Pi-platform, compile instructions available for Debian Linux.
• MAX DaisyPlayer, a discontinued free player for Microsoft Windows.
• Mobile DAISY Player, a discontinued commercial player for Symbian phones
• Read2Go: a discontinued accessible, commercial e-book reader for Apple iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), specifically for books from Bookshare, an online library for people with print disabilities; developed by Benetech
• Read:OutLoud 6 (discontinued commercial program for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows)
• Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition {discontinued}
• ReadHear (commercial, discontinued; for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows)

Server tools

• Daisy Uppsala Archive Project, server-side system for managing DAISY files
• Online Daisy Delivery Technology, open-source software to deliver DAISY books online

Hardware players

There are a wide range of hardware products available that can play DAISY content, usually in a portable form factor. Some of these devices are dedicated to playback of books, while others focus on other functionality, such as PDA or mobile Internet access, and offer DAISY playback as either a feature of the unit or as a software add-on.

A short (incomplete) list of products that have built-in support for DAISY playback includes:

• American Printing House for the Blind, Inc., Book Port Plus and Book Port DT
• Pratsam Mobile, a portable handheld DAISY player that supports cellular networks, the DAISY Online Delivery Protocol, customized for use by the blind and visually impaired
• Victor Reader Stream, a hand-held portable DAISY player for the blind, visually handicapped and print impaired, produced by HumanWare
• Victor Reader Wave, also by HumanWare, is a portable CD player that can play DAISY content from CD media
• BookSense, a similar, smaller unit produced by GW Micro; the advanced XT model features built-in flash memory and Bluetooth headset support for playback, as well as an FM radio
• The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) in the United States has developed a proprietary DAISY player designed for use by its print-disabled patrons. The player will replace the aging cassette-based distribution system.
• SensePlayer by HIMS, is an advanced, accessible multi-media player, including field recorder, handheld tactile keyboard for the smart phone and tablet, and also including customized portable OCR device. The SensePlayer from HIMS based on Android operating system and paired with a classical, tactile keyboard.

Production systems

Add-ins or extensions to create DAISY files from office software are also available:

• Microsoft and Sonata Software created a Save as DAISY add-in for Microsoft Word to convert Office Open XML text documents to DAISY.
• odt2daisy (OpenOffice.org Export As DAISY): an extension for Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice that exports OpenDocument Text to DAISY XML or to Full DAISY (both XML and audio).

Other tools for DAISY production include:

• List of products by the DAISY Consortium
• Anemone Daisy Maker, an open-source program to make Daisy books from recordings with optional text and timings data
• Book Wizard Producer
• DAISY Demon, an open-source shell around the DAISY Pipeline to help automate the production of DAISY talking books, MP3, ePub, Word and HTML from XML file; developed by the Open University
• DAISY Pipeline
• daisy-validator
• Dolphin Publisher
• Obi: DAISY/Accessible EPUB 3 production tool
• Pipeline GUI
• PipeOnline, a web interface for the DAISY Pipeline
• PLEXTALK Recording Software
• Pratsam Producer, a production system for producing DAISY (with or without audio), import and management of PDF and XML, content quality measuring tools, automatic export of XHTML, DTBook, EPUB or Microsoft Word documents
• Tobi: an authoring tool for DAISY and EPUB 3 talking books

References

1. DAISY: Hardware Playback Tools
2. DAISY: Software Playback Tools
3. "DAISY: Technology Overview". Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
4. DAISY Consortium: "WHAT IS DAISY? Archived 2010-04-18 at the Wayback Machine". Accessed 2009-11-23.
5. George Kerscher: "Braille Production the DAISY Way", IFLA/SLB Pre-conference Seminar in Penang 1999. Accessed 23 November 2009.
6. Download Olearia
7. Olearia - Full Featured DAISY Talking Book Player For OS X at Google Code.
8. DAISY Book Reader
9. Daisy Delight
10. daisy-player
11. DaisyDuck
12. Dolphin: EasyReader - Accessible eBook reader
13. Dorina DAISY Reader
14. emerson-reader
15. Freedom Scientific, Inc.: FSReaderDAISY Player Software for PAC Mate and Desktop Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
16. Pratsam. "DAISY web player – Pratsam". www.pratsam.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
17. Pratsam. "DAISY online player – Pratsam". www.pratsam.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
18. Texthelp Ltd: .
19. DAISY Consortium: AMIS: DAISY 2.02 & DAISY 3 Playback Software
20. DAISY Consortium: Translations of AMIS
21. Android Daisy ePub Reader
22. AnyDaisy Firefox Extension
23. "ButtercupReader - The Online Digital Talking Book Reader". Archived from the original on 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
24. ButtercupReader Archived 2009-11-26 at the Wayback Machine at Codeplex.
25. "DAISYPlayer". Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
26. DaisyWorm announcement
27. "Darwin Reader". Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
28. Go Read
29. GoDaisy Online Daisy Player
30. "Levelware InDaisy Reader". Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
31. Kolibre.org
32. Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde zu Leipzig (DZB): MAX DaisyPlayer Archived 2018-11-19 at the Wayback Machine.
33. Code Factory: Mobile DAISY Player.
34. Bookshare: Benetech Announces New Accessible e-Book Reader for Apple iOS devices - iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch Users Can Read Bookshare Books with Read2Go, press release 26 January 2011.
35. Read2Go for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store.
36. Don Johnston Incorporated: 6.
37. Don Johnston Incorporated: Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition
38. gh, LLC: ReadHear PC Archived 2013-01-24 at archive.today, ReadHear Mac Archived 2013-01-24 at archive.today.
39. Daisy Uppsala Archive Project
40. A Simple Daisy Web Player
41. Online Daisy Delivery Technology
42. "Book Port DT User Guide".
43. Pratsam. "Mobile DAISY player – Pratsam". www.pratsam.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
44. HumanWare Ltd. Victor Reader Stream Product Page
45. HumanWare Ltd. Victor Reader Wave Product Page
46. GW Micro: Booksense Archived 2009-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
47. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS): NLS/BPH Digital Talking Book Player and Cartridge.
48. "SensePlayer OCR - DAISY Player - HIMS International".
49. "Save as DAISY - MS Word Add-In". DAISY Consortium. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
50. "OpenOffice.org Export As DAISY". Vincent Spiewak. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
51. "Tools & Services". DAISY Consortium. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
52. "Anemone DAISY maker".
53. "Book Wizard Producer". American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
54. "DAISY Demon". gnschmidt. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
55. "4th European eAccessibility Forum: Increasing Harmonization". The DAISY Consortium's Monthly Newsletter. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
56. "DAISY Pipeline". DAISY Consortium. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
57. "daisy-validator. A modular multi-format validator for XML and DAISY-related documents". DAISY Consortium. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
58. "Dolphin Publisher". Dolphin Computer Access Ltd. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
59. "Obi: DAISY/Accessible EPUB 3 production tool". DAISY Consortium. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
60. "Pipeline GUI". DAISY Consortium. Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
61. "PipeOnline". linusericson, martin_blomberg. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
62. "PLEXTALK Recording Software". PLEXTALK. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
63. "Pratsam Producer". Pratsam Oy Ab. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
64. "Tobi: an authoring tool for DAISY and EPUB 3 talking books". DAISY Consortium. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

External links

• DAISY Consortium
• DaisyNow.Net - The first online DAISY delivery web application
• Daisy 3: A Standard for Accessible Multimedia Books

• Accessible information
• Audiobooks
• Blindness equipment
• Markup languages
• XML-based standards
• Open formats