[Dtb-talk] FW: DAISY Consortium Releases Obi 2.0 - Free Accessible Open Source Multimedia Production Tool

[Ray Foret Jr]

Too bad this isn't Mac compatible.  I wonder if there exists a Mac compatible daisy book creater.


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On Oct 21, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Andrews, David B (DEED) wrote:

> 
> Dear DAISY Community:
> 
> The DAISY Consortium is pleased to announce the latest release of Obi, an open source production tool
> for DAISY audio books utilizing the NCX navigation.
> 
> Obi 2.0 brings several significant new features as well as fixes of issues identified in earlier versions,
> based on feedback and suggestions from the worldwide DAISY community.
> 
> Greg Kearney:  “Obi is used on a daily basis at Association for the Blind of Western Australia for the
> production and conversion of books to DAISY format.  We have found it to be easy to use and able to
> generate books that are of high quality.”
> 
> 
> Obi 2.0 Features and Benefits:
> 
>  1.  Users can produce digital talking books (DTBs) conforming to both DAISY 3 and DAISY 2.02 standards.
>  2.  Full accessibility - keyboard navigation, magnification of text and graphics, audio clues as well as support
> for screen readers, including open source screen readers.
>  3.  Bookmarking - any section or phrase can be bookmarked.
>  4.  Customizable keyboard shortcuts per user’s individual preferences.
>  5.  Supports internationalization - can be easily localized into other languages.
>  6.  Minimal learning curve - simple and comprehensive GUI with logical grouping
> of menu items and self-explanatory dialog boxes make Obi easy to learn.
>  7.  Carefully designed set of intertwined views enables users to work simultaneously in various views on a
> single application window.
>  8.  Recording process caters to the needs of both - beginners and advanced users.
>  9.  Users can import projects ranging from full-text full-audio DAISY book files to navigable (audio-NCX)
> DAISY 3 books, DTBook XML and XHTML files, WAV & MP3 files.
>  10. Automated project recovery feature reduces the possibility of losing data.
>  11. Supports undo and redo operations to revert project to the desired state.
>  12. Can be further customized for accommodating special requirements as Obi is open source.
> 
> In addition, Obi 2.0 now uses the latest version of the Urakawa SDK as its data authoring backend.
> Urakawa SDK 2.0 has evolved as a result of the merger of the Obi and Tobi codebases, bringing
> many advantages to both tools.
> 
> Please visit the Obi project page to download:  http://www.daisy.org/obi/download
> 
> The DAISY Consortium would like to extend a special thanks to all contributors for their valuable
> feedback and continuous support to the Obi project which has helped Obi emerge as a powerful
> DAISY book authoring tool.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Varju Luceno
> 
> Director of Communications
> DAISY Consortium
> 
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