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DAISY e-books can be helpful for students of all ages:

• DAISY provides an enriched multimedia reading experience that is completely accessible and navigable

• DAISY offers text and audio synchronization, text can be voiced using synthetic speech

• DAISY audio recordings can be made by professional or volunteer narrators, or can be generated as synthetic speech

• DAISY can support Braille output• DAISY provides adjustable character display• DAISY meets both simple and advanced reading needs

DAISY multimedia can be:• A talking book or computerized text.• A synchronized presentation of text and audio

produced according to DAISY Standards. • While reading a DAISY book, a reader can go

to the next or previous page, chapter or sentence.

• DAISY books can be distributed on a CD/DVD, memory card, USB drive, downloaded or streamed online.

Is it hard for older adults to learn DAISY technology?

• Many older adults who try DAISY books and players find them easier to use than books on tape.

• DAISY books can be contained on one CD or on a memory card / flash drive, there is no need to play multiple cassettes.

• DAISY books have good sound quality, you may find a DAISY book easier to hear.

• Different models of DAISY players have been designed for older adults and leisure reading, with large buttons and simple operation.

You can listen to DAISY books on:• Standalone DAISY Players• Computers using DAISY playback

software such as AMIS• Mobile phones • MP3 players - with limited navigation• Apple devices: iPhone, iPod Touch

and iPad

A computerized text DAISY book can be:• Read using refreshable Braille display or

screen reading software• Printed as Braille book on paper• Converted to a talking book using

synthesized voice• Printed on paper as large print book• Read as large print text on computer screen

Is DAISY multimedia useful for students?

• Readers can place multiple bookmarks and move around quickly, therefore DAISY is ideal for locating material quickly when studying.

• The DAISY structuring allows essays and papers to be completed to academic standards with footnote details and bibliography.

• Some digital DAISY playback devices have the ability to record, so you can record lectures.

Where do I get DAISY books?

• Bookshare• Learning Ally (US)• National Library service for the Blind (NLS) in the United States• RNIB in the United Kingdom• ReadHowYouWant• Celia Library and many other libraries in Finland• BrailleNet in France• Dedicon in the Netherlands• NLB (Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille)• Nota in Denmark• TPB and many other libraries in Sweden• Swiss Library for the Blind and other libraries in Switzerland• DZB in Germany• Project Gutenberg• Vision Australia• ONCE in Spain• CNIB Digital Library in Canada• National Braille Press• Raidoropa• Project Gutenberg• O’Reilly e-Books (Bookshare files)

Please check DAISY Members and Friends list for additional providers and producers of DAISY content.

DAISY is for EVERYONE who needs accessible information.

DAISY features have been integrated into the mainstream EPUB 3 standard.