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DAISY digital talking books are the international standard for audio books for the blind and print disabled. They are offered in the following formats:
DAISY 2.02
The original format used by many of the worlds libraries for the blind including Vision Australia and TPB in Sweden.
DAISY/NISO 2005
Also called DAISY 3 or DAISY z3986 this is the newer format used by Beyond Books Beyond Barriers in Western Australia and Bookshare.org
In addition to the two format there are also three types of DAISY books in each version:
Full Text/Full Audio
Both the text and the audio are present in the book. The current version of Olearia support the audio playback of this type of book. The final released version will also support the display of the text as well as reading the text in the selected computer voice rather than the recorded audio
Audio Only
Only the audio recording of the text is present. Olearia supports this type of book
Text Only
Only the text is present in the book. There is no recorded audio. Bookshare.org books are an example of this type of book. The final release version of Olearia will support this type of book.
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