DAISY
ReadHowYouWant.com’s DAISY books are generated through an automated process.
Pronunciation
The content of the book is checked for the presence of the following:
- Homographs
- Non-Phonetic words
These words are then processed and their pronunciation is verified by looking at their context to ensure correct pronunciation of words.
Tables
The tables in the text are described in a linear manner by announcing the cell position and then the data contained in the cell. For example, we would say “row 1 column 1, cell data”. A descriptive summary of the table can also be added.
Index
If the original print book had an index, our sophisticated technology enables us to reproduce the index in a DAISY audio book without the help of any external plug-in. The indexing has been implemented within the specifications of DAISY 2.02 and DAISY NISO/2005, so all the existing players which support the above DAISY standards will support our index. The index is added at the end of the text of the book and is displayed in the text window/view of the DAISY readers, so that people can hear the whole index, but the index is not navigable from this window.
Navigation is provided – the navigational component of the DAISY book is built with the index embedded into it. The index entries can be clicked to navigate to the:
- Top of the page where the word/Index entry is present, OR
- Start of the paragraph containing the index entry.
User Selections
Users will be able to select:
- Whether the DAISY NIMAS 2005 book comes as text only or with a synthesized voice
- Accent—US or UK
- Gender—male or female voice
- Pitch and speed of voice—further user selection options will be added over time
- Index navigation
Samples
Note: Users wanting MP3 books will be able to select accent and gender, and later on pitch and speed of the voice.
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