Hello Mahesh
The daisy stands for Digital Accessible Information System. Often, the term
is used to refer to a standard for producing accessible and navigable
multimedia documents. In current practice, these documents are Digital
Talking Books, digital text books, or a combination of synchronized audio
and text books.
DAISY is a globally recognized technical standard to facilitate the creation
of accessible content. The standard was originally developed to benefit
people who are unable to read print due to a disability, but it also has
broad applications for improved access to text in the mainstream.
The DAISY standard has been evolving over the last several years and has
recently been officially recognized by an American standards-making body.
While we may refer to it simply as "the DAISY standard," this is a generic
term.
IMPORTANCE OF DAISY:
1. Formerly it was not possible to navigate heading by heading, chapter
by chapter or page by page, but this problem has been totally overcome with
the help of DAISY.
2. One C.D. has the capacity of fifty hours of recording i.e.
equivalent to fifty cassettes. So it is easy for the user to handle one C.D.
instead of fifty cassettes.
3. The books recorded can be preserved till eternity. Even in case of
new edition the changes can be made easily in the pre-recorded book without
wasting much time.
4. A C.D. reaches far off places, without much difficulty, being light
in weight & small in size.
5. DAISY books are MEANT not ONLY for visually impaired persons but
are also helpful to the slow-learners, aged persons and persons suffering
from dyslexia; in other words these types of books are useful for all print
disabled persons. Moreover, no special skills are required to use these
books as play back softwares are available free of cost with N.A.B, Delhi.
6. These books can be played not only on the computer, but also on the
MP3 players which are easily available in the market at a low cost.
National Association for the Blind - Delhi state Branch is the regional
resource centre and has been playing important role in related to DAISY
Standards in the country. Many organizations have received training at Nab
Delhi in production of Digital Accessible Books in alternative formats.
To get more information please contact:
www.daisy.org
http://www.nabdelhi.org/about%20daisy.html
NAB Assistive Technology Helpline:
01164556968, 01126102944, 01126176379
Helpline Extension: 117, 119, 770.
Helpline e-mail: [email protected]
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Thanks
Sandeep Kaler,
Project Manager & DAISY Consultant IT and DTB Library
National Association for the Blind,
Sec-5, R.K. Puram
New Delhi- 22 India
website: www.nabdelhi.org
Personal E-Mail: [email protected]
Office Phone: +91 11 26102944,
Mobile: +91 98 730 95 104
----- Original Message -----
From: "allaka umamahesh" <[email protected]>
To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:51 AM
Subject: [AI] DAISY
Dear listed Members
Good Morning
Wat is this Daisy Format
Is there any ful form for DAISY ?
If some one knows please guide me
best wishes
Mahesh
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