Digital Accessible Information System, or DAISY, is a format based on the W3C defined SGML applications XHTML 1.0 and SMIL 1.0. 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.
External links
- DAISY Consortium
- ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005 ISO Specifications for the Digital Talking Book
- DAISY 2.02 Specifications
- DAISY Consortium's guide to DAISY tools, including hardware players, software players, and authoring tools. The Consortium only provides information about tools developed by its membership, it does not claim that the list and information are all inclusive.
- Demonstration via American Foundation for the Blind
- DaisyNow.Net - The first online DAISY delivery web application
