The DAISY Planet
Introduction to DAISY
The DAISY Consortium develops, maintains and promotes international DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) Standards.
DAISY digital format assists people who, for various reasons, have challenges using regular printed media. DAISY digital talking books offer the benefits of regular audiobooks, but they are superior because DAISY includes navigation.
DAISY Makes Reading Easier (YouTube Video) transcript
Open Source Development
How to Markup a Book with DAISY XML (DAISY 3 Structure Guidelines)
Tobi: a software tool to author DAISY multimedia
DAISY Online Delivery Specification
AMIS (free DAISY Reader)
Obi (free DAISY 3 production tool)
Recent News 
2012-01-20
DAISY Marketplace
Darwin DAISY Reader App for Android: Version 1.21
2012-01-11
This app is completely navigable with the arrow keys. All menus are vocalized. Users with dyslexia and other print disabilities can quickly navigate by tapping the stylized graphics on the screen. The Darwin Reader integrates with Benetech Bookshare and Librivox. It is available for purchase on the Android Market.
Read2Go App Version 1.0.2.0
2011-12-12
This version has support for iOS 5 and further enhancements for handling large books. Large books will be broken into smaller segments, but the segments will be invisible to the user. Read2Go is available for purchase on the iTunes Store.
PLEXTALK Recording Software (PRS) Now Bundled with the PLEXTALK Pocket
2011-12-01
The PLEXTALK Pocket portable player offers both DAISY playback and recording. The PRS Software is now available at no cost to PLEXTALK Pocket users. Three functions are provided in one package: Recording, Editing and CD-R Writing. If you have a PLEXTALK Pocket, you can download the installer from the PLEXTALK website downloads area and install it onto your computer while your player is connected via USB.
Milestone 312 Version 4.47
2011-11-30
Version 4.47 of the software for DAISY Player/Recorder Milestone 312 is now available. This is a substantial upgrade which contains useful new features. Some of the highlights include support for Word DOC files as well as DAISY 3 and EPUB. Go to Bones website for details and download.
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The DAISY Consortium envisions a world where people with print disabilities have equal access to information and knowledge without delay or additional expense.
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