Description
DAISY is an information system specification for anyone to access easily.
DAISY stands for Digital Accessible Information SYstem. It’s an information system specification for anyone to access easily.
It’s a new digital book recording system that was developed as an international standard for visually impaired people, those with literacy obstacles, and their likes, instead of using cassettes or ordinary audio CD.
The DAISY books can be played in audio using a special player or software installed on a computer.
From the contents, it’s possible to directly go to the desired chapter, section, or page.
Besides, by playing on a computer, it’s possible to enlarge the letters or highlight the part being read.
The site below, “DAISY consortium,” provides detailed information on DAISY.
Shimane tourism information translated in English supplied in DAISY
At this site, it’s possible to have free download of tourism information in English, based on the “Complete Guidemap to Shimane” in DAISY format for visually impaired people. The data can be played on a DAISY terminal or on computer software. By converting the tourism information into DAISY format, visually impaired people and those with literacy obstacles will get to know the attractiveness of Shimane and thereby have the opportunity to travel.
Data and play back software that can be downloaded from this site
The data that can be downloaded from this site is in audio and text simultaneous playback format, called multimedia DAISY. However, the sound is robotic (synthesized speech). On computer, you can play back by installing the free “amis” software. If you don’t have “amis” on your computer, download and install it from the site below:
Data and play back software that can be downloaded from this site
The data that can be downloaded from this site is in audio and text simultaneous playback format, called multimedia DAISY. However, the sound is robotic (synthesized speech). On computer, you can play back by installing the free “amis” software. If you don’t have “amis” on your computer, download and install it from the site below:
How to download
Go to the bottom of this page and click on “Download Shimane DAISY.” Files of the compressed “zip” format will be saved on your computer. Then use file decompression software to decompress the zip files. When playing back in “amis3.1,” first select and click “Open” from the “File” menu to open the folder. Once the folder is open, click on the ”speachgen.offf” file inside the folder. Along with the sound, the text will be displayed. The index is on the left side of the screen and the text on the right side.
When playing from a specialized play back machine, first prepare a compatible SD card. Next, copy the data on the SD card from the computer, then insert the SD card into the player, select the desired file of the DAISY books and play it back.
