Tobi 2.0 is a production tool for DAISY 3 and EPUB 3 talking books, with a dedicated editor for image descriptions, built-in content validators, MathML support, and much more! The DAISY Consortium is pleased to release Tobi Version 2.0, a free open source authoring tool designed to help users worldwide achieve excellence in accessible publishing. This major update includes support for EPUB 3 "Medi

NISO and DAISY Consortium Publish Authoring and Interchange Framework Standard Baltimore, MD - August 7, 2012 - The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the DAISY Consortium announce the publication of the new American National Standard Authoring and Interchange Framework (ANSI/NISO Z39.98-2012). The standard defines how to represent digital information using XML to produce docum

Dear all, The next major milestone in tobi development is support for EPUB 3 media overlays. The planned roadmap for Tobi 2.0 with support for EPUB 3 media overlays is as follows: Tobi 2.0 Alpha release: Late June/early July 2012 Tobi 2.0 public test release: September 2012 Tobi 2.0 release: October 2012 With regards Avneesh Singh

Making Digital Content Accessible for All: DAISY Pipeline 2 Version 1.0 Now Available The DAISY Pipeline is a suite of tools designed to meet the changing needs of the DAISY community. It provides a cross-platform, customizable and extensible framework for document and Digital Talking Book (DTB)-related transformations. The DAISY Pipeline supports the migration of digital content to various format

From The Editor All month I have been expecting that this issue of the DAISY Planet would be rather 'light', that things would slow down somewhat as the year drew to a close. As you read the articles and columns in this month's newsletter you will see that this is not at all the case. The first article this month is, as promised, the second part of the article DAISY = Accessibility, Will EPUB3 = A

Simple Daisy Web Player (SDWP) is a software that allows users to play DAISY 2.02 content in a web browser and it is available for download from SourceForge. The web interface opens DAISY book files directly from HTTP by streaming the MP3 files into the browser. More information will be provided in the December issue of the DAISY Planet newsletter.

From The Editor In last month's Letter From the Editor I briefly introduced the decision of the DAISY Consortium Board of Directors regarding the DAISY Standard and the EPUB3 standard, both of which are under revision. I also promised to include an article in this issue providing more information. The word I used about the development of the two standards was "merger", however I have since been in