Dolphin Publisher

The world’s most sophisticated DAISY publisher

With the growing demand for DAISY based materials, there is an increasing need for advanced software that has the power to create a wide range of high-quality digital talking books in accordance with the internationally accepted DAISY Digital Talking Book standard.
Dolphin Publisher offers versatile DAISY publishing features that make it ideal for experienced publishers, colleges, employers or disability service providers who provide for a wide range of students or staff members.

Here are just a few of the features that make Dolphin Publisher so effective:

• Insert footnotes, page numbering and pop-up pictures.
• Add images and synchronize them with audio and text.
• Mix human audio with synthetic audio. Re-sample and add
fade ins and outs and silences as required.
• Select the style of speech that suits your publishing needs - or
use an actor and record your own!
• Digitally lock your materials to prevent unauthorized use.

What's new in Dolphin Publisher Version 2.11?

• EasyReader 2.31 included
  Now includes the latest version of our popular DAISY player - EasyReader version 2.31 with new features.
• Synthesizer Exclusion List
  Now includes a text to speech engine (synthesizer) exclusion list. This external file contains information on known problem synthesizers that may be locked to another access technology product eg. TruVoice TTS engine and therefore can not be accessed by EasyConverter. The editing of the exclusion list will require administrator's rights and with the assistance of your Dolphin dealer or a member of Dolphin's Product Support Team.
• Product Authorization module updated to support Windows Vista.
• Setting files and folders moved to support Windows Vista.

Who uses Dolphin Publisher?

Alt format specialists! Anyone creating alternative formats to print, including: publishers, transcription services, colleges, employers, trainers or anyone attempting to publish information in compliance with disability acts.

Key Benefits:

• Allows you to create a DAISY digital talking book in minutes.
• Create talking books with fully synchronized text and audio.
• Use human recorded audio, synthetic speech or record your own audio directly into Dolphin Publisher for use in your talking book.
• Import html documents, copy and paste word documents or type directly into Dolphin Publisher.
• Includes HTML editing facility for simple corrections to be made within Dolphin Publisher.
• Includes copyright tools for publishers to protect content from unauthorized copying or playback.
• Ability to ‘tie’ EasyReader to the content created, so each DAISY book can be supplied with its own dedicated player.
• Audio editing tools allow you to insert pauses, resample, amplify, silence and fade audio tracks.
• Various audio file formats supported (WAV, MP3, etc.).
• Easy to use, includes wizard & tutorial to help new users.
• Insert, Foot notes, Side bars, Prod notes and page numbers in your Daisy book.
• Synchronization structure can be automatically created from punctuation in the text.
• Option to narrate the text as you go.
• Option to automatically generate synthesized audio from the text on screen, fully synchronized without the need for an existing audio track.
• Choice of format for output files (can create Type 1 and 2 Z39.86-2002 (NISO)

Full Technical Specification:

Document Inputs
• Import MS Word and TXT documents
• Import HTML and XHTML files
• Drag and Drop text from any other application including Web pages
• Import images and graphics
• Import existing DAISY books for editing
• Automatic mark up of words, sentences or paragraphs for navigation.
• Automatic mark up of all document headings from HTML tags

Audio Importing and Recording
• Import mp3 or .wav (pcm) files into Publisher
• Record audio directly into EasePublisher using a microphone and a line-in to the PC sound card
• Apply automatic phrase detection to create navigable “audio events”
• Convert MP3 files into .wav during the import process to allow full editing
• Record audio from 8000Hz mono to 48000Hz stereo formats
• Resample audio during the import process
• Audio processing functions allow audio to be altered if needed (Resample, fade in, fade out, normalize, amplify, filter and insert silence)

Text To Speech features
• Automatically generate synthetic audio from any compatible SAPI 4 or SAPI 5 synthetic voices from the on-screen text
• Audio is automatically synchronized with the on-screen text
• Generate audio for entire productions or just individual sections
• Fill in the gaps where no pre-recorded audio is available using a synthetic voice
• Adjust speed and volume of the generated synthetic speech

Editing Facilities
• Alter font styles and sizes
• Apply style sheet to final production
• Mark body text as shippable elements (Page numbers, footnotes, producer notes and side bars) that can be played or ignored by supporting playback devices.
• Add “pop-up” images that are displayed in synchronization with the corresponding audio.

DAISY Book Production Facilities
• Produce all 6 types of DAISY digital talking book
• Intellectual Property Protection (IPP) function allows protection from unauthorized copying, viewing or editing of the text and images in your production
• Validation function checks for possible errors prior to outputting
• Cleanup function removes redundant audio files and merges remaining files into logical segments
• Logically rename audio files to allow playback in standard MP3 players
• Convert full text and audio DAISY books into NCC/TOC only DAISY books

Support
• Free lifetime technical support
• Full online help facility
• Full online user guide
• Full training program available
• MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thompson



Product Brochures
Click here to download a Dolphin Publisher PDF brochure


Recommended System Requirements -
 

OS Compatibility:

Microsoft Windows 7 32 bit (64 bit has not been tested) Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Microsoft Windows XP Pro
 

Recommended System Requirements:

• Pentium III 750 MHz is minimum, we recommend Pentium III 1 GHz
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
• 256 MB RAM is minimum, we recommend 512 Mb
• 125 MB HD space for installation
• Free diskspace to store the productions (multimedia productions need plenty of diskspace)
• 16 bit graphic resolution
• 1024x768 monitor resolution
• CD-ROM Drive
• Access to a CD-writer is recommended
• Multimedia soundcard and speakers, it is recommended to use a separate soundcard i.e. not on-board
• Microphone and necessary external devices for recording

Publisher License Pricing -

License pricing is available for this product. Licenses are designed to provide quantity discounts for multiple users in unmanaged and managed environments such as educational institutions, public libraries, organizations. License pricing is usually substantially discounted over single-user pricing and allows the license holder the ability to install and run the license on the number of machines they have authorized as part of their license agreement.

Please call us directly at 1-888-640-1999 with specific questions on configuration options not listed here.

Version	Price
Publisher Professional Single User License	$2950.00
Annual Software Maintenance Agreement for PublisherProfessional	$590.00
Publisher for Education & Charitable Organizations	$989.00
Annual Software Maintenance Agreement for Education & Charitable Organizations	$197.80