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Obi is a free software application - DAISY 3 (officially, the ANSI/NISO Z39.86 Specifications for the Digital Talking Book) production tool. It enables individual DAISY end users with a minimal amount of training to produce rich, yet accessible DAISY content. It is an audio recording tool for producing DAISY audio books. By empowering mainstream users, Obi brings the benefits of DAISY technology to a broader range of consumers. In situations where time and cost constraints limit the use of sophisticated synchronized multimedia production tools (e.g. classroom environment, people and organizations in developing countries), Obi can unlock the potential of producers and consumers (e.g. teachers and students).
Obi's source code is available for anyone to run, modify and redistribute. Obi is released under the LGPL license.
Downloads
Step-by-step Quick Start Guide for creating NCX-only DTBs conforming to the DAISY 3 Standard.
Obi needs a DAISY Pipeline-lite to perform operations like MP3 encoding and DTB validation, it is now included in Obi setup files.
Features
By design, Obi is a simple tool with a small feature set:
- Runs on Windows XP (SP2 and later) and Vista; uses .Net and DirectX for audio
- Support for audio-only book editing with a table of contents, this means NCX-only DTBs
- Support for uncompressed RIFF/WAVE audio format during production and support for exporting DAISY book in .mp3 format for distribution
- Full accessibility (keyboard navigation, support for screen readers, even for the less sophisticated open source screen readers)
- Internationalization - can be easily localized into various languages
- Obi utilizes the Urakawa SDK for multimedia authoring.
Support
The latest version of Obi is available for download on the Obi development site, additional documentation can also be found on this site.
If you need any help, find a bug or want to give your opinion on Obi, please go to the Obi Public Forum.
