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Dolphin Publisher
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Dolphin Publisher is the premier tool for creating professional DAISY digital talking books with human narrated or synthetic voices. Dolphin Publisher is designed for AltFormat and DAISY specialists. This includes anyone looking to create professional DAISY talking books, including publishers, transcription services, education institutions, employers and trainers.

  
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  • Allows you to create a DAISY digital talking book in minutes.
  • Create talking books with fully synchronised 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 or MS Word documents or type text 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 unauthorised 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.
  • Synchronisation structure can be automatically created from punctuation in the text.
  • Option to narrate the text as you go.
  • Option to automatically generate synthesised audio from the text on screen, fully synchronised without the need for an existing audio track.
  • Choice of format for output files (can create Type 1 and 2 Z39.86-2002 (NISO)
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 Dolphin Publisher
  • Record audio directly into Dolphin Publisher 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, normalise, 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 synchronised 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 skippable 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 synchronisation 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 unauthorised 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
System Requirements
  • Operating System:
    • Windows Vista, XP or 2000
    • Windows 7 (32 bit editions)
  • Processor Speed:
    • Pentium III 750 MHz or equivalent (required)
    • Pentium III 1 GHz or equivalent (recommended)
  • Memory Requirements:
    • 256 MB RAM (required)
    • 512 MB or higher (recommended)
  • 125 MB free hard disk space
  • CD-ROM Drive
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
  • 16 bit graphic resolution
  • 1024 x 768 monitor resolution
  • Multimedia soundcard and speakers
  • Microphone and necessary external devices for recording
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