Advanced Talking Book Player: Navigating a DAISY Book

Hi, I'm Vikki Vaughan, and today, we'll explore navigating a DAISY book. We'll use the NLS advanced digital talking book player for today's workshop.

If you're unsure about which player you're using, there's an easy way to distinguish between the standard and advanced players. You'll want to locate the round speaker on the front of your player. If there are five keys directly below the speaker labeled info, previous, menu, next, and mark, you have the advanced player. The standard player does not have these five buttons. For information about navigation while using the NLS standard digital talking book player, check out our resources section.

Let's start off by discussing DAISY books. DAISY standards for Digital Accessible Information System. It's the world standard for digital talking books for people who are blind or have a print disability.

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