Daisy and the Trouble with Life (A Daisy Story)

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We hope to extend this offering in support of our mission to provide universal access to all knowledge. If you know of ways we might be able to extend the program into other regions in the world, or would like to help out, please get in touch with us at [email protected]. DAISYtalking books are an older approach to providing audio representations of your module materials with built in navigation and accessibility features, allowing you to listen to text at the same time as viewing it on screen.

The rechargeable battery provides up to 15 hours of listening and eight hours of recording. Battery charges in around five hours when fully drained. will struggle with complex mathematical notation and scientific symbols especially if the document is older

This type of software can be free, but the more sophisticated versions can be quite expensive. Examples of text-to-speech software include ClaroRead and Read and Write, both by TextHelp. Text-to-speech software is suitable for:

Enjoy access to the rest of our library collection, with access to braille books, as well as music and learning resources. Daisy Darker is a first-rate, gripping thriller. Alice Feeney's gorgeous writing will sweep you up like a runaway train. Hold on for the ride!Our Talking Books are available on DAISY CDs that hold around 25 hours of audio, all playable on the DAISY player of your choice. They’re loaded with chapters and sections so that our members can jump around the text at will – giving blind and partially sighted people the same reading opportunities as sighted people. What makes DAISY so useful? Wow! Echoes of Christie's And Then There Were None but turned into something wonderfully original and wrapped in a genuinely creepy dysfunctional family fairy tale of a novel, this takes Feeney to the next level. LOVED IT! Currently, our protected DAISY books can only be opened using a key issued by the Library of Congress NLS program. At present our protected DAISY books can be played on the Victor Reader Stream.

It's short for Digital Accessible Information System, DAISY is now the technical standard for Talking Books. It’s how we transform them from recordings you can play, to books that you can absorb and interrogate. All our Talking Books are unabridged and high quality, giving you the best possible reading and listening experience.The DAISY Standard is managed and maintained by The DAISY Consortium. The current version of the DAISY standard is DAISY 3, released in 2005. Copies of the full standard and specification can be accessed within the DAISY 3 sub-menu.