Olearia. Olearia is a free open source Macintosh based DAISY playback software under development at Curtin University Centre for Accessible Technology. When completed Olearia will offer the following features: Playback of DAISY 2.02, DIAYS/NISO 2002 and DAISY/NISO 2005 books. Playback of text only DAISY digital talking books. (Bookshare and NIAMS) Support for skippable content. (Notes and sidebars) Support for MacOS X features such as VoiceOver, braille displays and Spotlight.
Download Public Beta Version Olearia User Guide A DAISY/NISO book which can be played on Olearia This is the same text as in the Olearia help in the application. The beta source code for Olearia can be downloaded from Google Code . DAISY is an international standard for digital talking books for the blind and print disabled. As some have asked, Olearia got its name from a kind of daisy flower native to Australia.
Below is a selection of Macintosh software tools for working with DAISY books. TextOnlyDTB Back to Projects. AMIS: DAISY 2.02 & DAISY 3 Playback Software. AMIS stands for Adaptive Multimedia Information System.
AMIS is a software program that you can use to read DAISY books. It is self-voicing, meaning that no specialized screen-reading software is needed in order for it to be used by visually impaired people. AMIS is open source software and is provided free of charge. The current version is AMIS 3.1.3, developed by the DAISY Consortium and released November 18, 2011. Features See the full list of features . AMIS offers a fully-featured multimedia reading experience. AMIS supports DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3 books of several varieties: Full-text/Full-audio Audio-NCX Text-only Multi-volume (DAISY 2.02 only) Contact If you need any help, find a bug or want to give your opinion on AMIS, the best place to discuss it is the AMIS Forum . If you are interested in creating a translation for AMIS, please email us . Balabolka. Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program.
All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as an audio file. The program can read the clipboard content, extract text from documents, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys. Balabolka supports text file formats: AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, EML, EPUB, FB2, FB3, HTML, LIT, MD, MOBI, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDB, PRC, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TCR, WPD, XLS, XLSX. Download Balabolka Portable Version: Download (23.2 MB)Portable Balabolka does not require an installation and can be run from a USB drive. Command Line Utility: Download (653 KB)The utility contains no graphical user interface and works only from the command line. Text Extract Utility: Download (5.8 MB)The program allows to extract text from the various types of files. . * Balabolka is a Russian word, it can be translated as "chatterer".
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