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DAISY Pipeline Maintenance Release (v20080502)

This latest release of the DAISY Pipeline features several usability improvements including a new Windows installer, partial Hindi localization, as well as performance enhancements and the inclusion of a validator for OPS/EPUB files, the file format based on the open standard developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Also included are beta versions of several new, pivotal transformers which support the migration of content from one DAISY Standard to another.

The DAISY Pipeline Press Release is available online. Additional information and links are also available in the DAISY Pipeline Project area of the DAISY Web site, plus the Pipeline Development area on SourceForge.

gh Player 2.2 by gh LLC

The gh PLAYER® 2.2 is a Section 508 compliant software player that is designed with accessibility as a priority. This software supports the following file formats: NIMAS, Simple text (.txt), DAISY 2.02, DAISY 3.0, ANSI-NISO (Z39.86-2002), DAISY/NISO 2005.

AMIS 3 beta

The first beta of AMIS 3 has been released for testing. It can be downloaded from the AMIS Project site http://amisproject.org/ Ambulant, the SMIL multimedia player developed by CWI (the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands) has been embedded in AMIS 3, which means it will be able to support video and other rich SMIL multimedia in addition to its capability as a DAISY book player.

ZedVal 2.0

ZedVal 2.0 is now been formally released, following 4 earlier Release Candidates, This release includes support for DTBook 2005-3 and two bug fixes.

ZedVal, also known as the ANSI/NISO Z39.86 Validator, is a DAISY 3 content validator. It is an open source development project, and is available free of charge to everyone. Those interested in learning more will find information on the DAISY Web site Project area for ZedVal.

EasyConverter 3.01 by Dolphin

EasyConverter quickly creates Large Print, MP3, DAISY and Braille versions of learning materials that can either be scanned from paper, or input from Word, PDF, HTML or text files. EasyConverter is designed for use in schools, colleges, universities, small or large companies and government organisations. It is simple to use but is equally suited to experienced professionals looking for a single flexible high quality alternate format production tool.

eClipseWare Version 4.0

eClipseWriter Pro 4.0 and eClipseWriter Personal Edition 4.0 are released with new features plus new XML To DAISY conversion support, from IRTI.

IVEO Version 2.0, Speaking Tactile Diagrams

IVEO is for those who learn better with touch, sound, and sight combined, thus utilizing any or all three learning modalities to learn faster and retain longer. A free IVEO viewer, compatible with DAISY SVG plug-in, is available from ViewPlus Technologies.

Sigtuna DAR 3, version 3.0.22

The final release of Sigtuna DAR 3, version 3.0.22, has just been made available. This DAISY 2.02 production tools supports the production of DAISY books with audio and structure, as well as full text/audio DAISY books. It is made available to DAISY Members by the Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, JSRPD. A license is required.

Milestone 311

The Milestone 311 is a DAISY 2.02 player, voice recorder and MP3-player. It is a portable, multi-purpose device about the size of a credit card. This pocket-size device provides DAISY navigation with full access to heading levels, page numbers, phrases, etc. It also supports bookmark setting and switching between books on the memory card.

DTB2iTunes 2.0

DTB2iTunes is a program used to combine all of the audio files of a DAISY DTB into a single MP3 file or iTune Audiobook format and upload it to your iTunes or other MP3 application.

MyStudio PC v2.04

The Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD) has just released Version 2.04.00.00 of MyStudio PC, the DAISY 2.02 structure and audio production tool which is available to DAISY Member organizations at no cost.

HumanWare ClassMate

This new player from HumanWare is a portable DAISY reading system for K-12 students with reading difficulties. Released October 17, 2007, this tool was designed to help students in and out of the classroom. It is quite a unique, portable and lightweight system about the size of a portable gaming system with a large LCD screen. The ClassMate supports a wide variety of electronic formats, including DAISY, NIMAS (National Instructional Material Accessible Standard) format, Bookshare.org, Audible.com, text, wav, MP3 and audio file formats. It also provides integrated text-to-speech for reading books in text format.

Victor Reader Stream by HumanWare

This is HumanWare's most portable, powerful DAISY/NISO and MP3 player and has embedded text-to-speech capability to play text only or full text/audio DAISY books, simple text and HTML files. The Stream is hand-held, uses an SD
flash memory card for storing content, and connects to computers as a USB device. Other features include variable speed playback, Go To Page, bookmarking, and processing skippable elements. It also has built-in voice recording capability.

Book Wizard Producer Version 1.3.1.0 by APH

This production software creates audio only, text only, or text and audio DAISY/NISO-2002 books and supports playback of DAISY 2.02 books. Book Wizard Producer provides options for both original recording and import of existing audio and HTML text files. An online manual is available on the APH Web site.