The DAISY Standard
NISO named the DAISY Consortium as the maintenance agency of ANSI/NISO
Z39.86, also known as the DAISY Standard. With this standard, NISO and the
DAISY Consortium are working to radically improve reading experiences of
those with reading disabilities. To learn more about the DAISY Consortium,
please visit www.daisy.org.
The NISO membership approved the creation of a new working group to revise this standard in August 2008. The original revision proposal and a supporting business case can be found here. Additional questions can be sent to Karen Wetzel, NISO's Standards Program Manager, at kwetzel@niso.org.
Standard Information
ANSI/NISO Z39.86 - 2005 Specifications for the Digital Talking
Book
Abstract: This standard defines the format and
content of the electronic file set that comprises a digital talking book
(DTB) and establishes a limited set of requirements for DTB playback devices.
It uses established and new specifications to delineate the structure of DTBs
whose content can range from XML text only, to text with corresponding spoken
audio, to audio with little or no text. DTBs are designed to make print
material accessible and navigable for blind or otherwise print-disabled
persons.
ANSI Approval Date: 04/12/05
Status: Approved and Published Standard
Maintenance Agency: DAISY
Consortium
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Z39.86 ResourcesPrevious Version
This information regarding the 2002 version of the Digital Talking Book standard is provided for organizations which are still supporting the older version. The DAISY Consortium also has information related to the superseded version at their website: http://www.daisy.org/z3986/
Download Z39.86-2002
NOTE: This version has been superseded by Z39.86-2005