Sample Files
The following list of sample files is maintained by the DAISY Consortium for DAISY content creators, developers and end users who need sample content for testing purposes.
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DAISY Format 2.02
A Light Man
DAISY Production: DAISY Consortium (June 2009)
Author: Henry James
Submitted by Olaf Mittelstaedt
DAISY 2.02 TOC Only
A very simple DAISY 2.02 book with 26 pages and heading level 1 navigation.
Copyright: public domain
Purpose: Example of a simple DAISY 2.02 book
Download A Light Man Format: zip Size: 34.4 MB
Climbing the Highest Mountain
DAISY Production: DAISY Consortium (May 2003)
Author: Per Sennels
Submitted by Sean Brooks
DAISY 2.02 TOC Only
Contains sections and pages along with skippable elements such as sidebars, footnotes and producer notes.
Copyright: public domain
Purpose: Example of skippability and structure elements such as multi-level headings, pages, footnotes, producer notes and sidebars.
Download Climbing the Highest Mountain Format: zip Size: 1.85 MB
DAISY Brochure 2009
DAISY Production: DAISY Consortium (October 2009)
Author: DAISY Consortium
Submitted by Dipendra Manocha
DAISY 2.02 Full Text Full Audio
An overview of the DAISY Standard, DAISY Tools, and the DAISY Consortium.
Copyright: sample-copyright
Purpose: Example of image, text and audio synchronization along with navigation based on pages, headings and sentences. Synthesized voice produced using the DAISY Pipeline.
Download DAISY Brochure 2009 Format: zip Size: 7 MB
Fire Safety
DAISY Production: National Information Library Service (December 2003)
Author: Wendy Blaxland – Macmillan Education Aust Pty. Ltd.
Submitted by George Kerscher
DAISY 2.02 Full Text Full Audio
This book contains full text, images and recorded audio in human voice. It has page numbers and two levels of headings.
Copyright: sample-copyright
Purpose: Example of a Full Text Full Audio Book with many images.
Download Fire Safety Format: zip Size: 9.67 MB
Gongitsune
DAISY Production: ATDO (June 2009)
Author: Nankichi Niimi
Submitted by Mayu Hamada
DAISY 2.02 Full Text Full Audio
Japanese book with Ruby annotations, vertical text and audio. This book has page, heading and sentence level navigation.
Copyright: public domain
Purpose: Ruby (phonetic information of the Chinese characters) and vertical text (top to down, right to left) sample. Includes a story from an elementary school textbook.
Download Gongitsune Format: zip Size: 9.11 MB
Microsoft FrontPage 2003
DAISY Production: CNIB (September 2005)
Author: Jim Byens – Microsoft Press
Submitted by George Kerscher
DAISY 2.02 Full Text Full Audio
A large book with 835 TOC items and more than 1200 pages. Duration: Approximately 40 hours.
Copyright: sample-copyright
Purpose: A good book to test how well your system can handle large digital publications.
Download Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Format: zip Size: 575 MB
Valentin Haüy
DAISY Production: Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille (TPB) (April 2003)
Author: Beatrice Christensen Sköld
Submitted by TPB
DAISY 2.02 Full Text Full Audio
One of the most widely used samples as it is a complete book and a small download. Its rich navigation with page markup for the front matter, consecutive page numbers in the body, and headings at level 1, 2 and 3 make it ideal for demonstrating DAISY navigation.
Copyright: sample-copyright
Purpose: Example of a book with images, text and audio. This book has page, h1, h2 and h3 level navigation.
Download Valentin Haüy Format: zip Size: 118 MB
WBU WIPO Copyright Treaty (draft)
DAISY Production: WBU (October 2008)
Author: WBU
Submitted by Dipendra Manocha
DAISY 2.02 Text Only
Publication with sentence, heading level 1 and page navigation.
Copyright: public domain
Purpose: This is a text only sample, useful for testing playback systems capable of reading books using text-to-speech software.
Download WBU WIPO Copyright Treaty (draft) Format: zip Size: 28 KB
DAISY Format 3
Are You Ready?
DAISY Production: DAISY Consortium (April 2009)
Author: wikiHow
Submitted by Prashant Ranjan Verma
DAISY 3 Full Text Full Audio
A book on Disaster Risk Reduction, compiled from public domain articles. The audio has been produced using synthesized voice.
Copyright: public domain
Purpose: Example of image, text and audio synchronization along with navigation based on pages, headings and sentences.
Download Are You Ready Format: zip Size: 13 MB
DTBook XML Format
Selections from Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
DAISY Production: DAISY Consortium (February 2009)
Author: Esther Singleton
Submitted by Marisa DeMeglio
DAISY XML Document (DTBook)
A sample that follows the DAISY Structure Guidelines. DAISY XML is an excellent master for creating any distribution format.
Copyright: public domain
Purpose: DTBook-XML with image, image descriptions, text, headings, etc.
Download Selections from Great Pictures Format: zip Size: 584 KB
EPUB Format
Valentin Haüy
DAISY Production: IDPF (February 2004)
Author: Beatrice Christensen Sköld
Submitted by Daniel Weck
DTBook + NCX ePub
One of the most widely used samples as it is a complete book and a small download. Its rich navigation with page markup for the front matter, consecutive page numbers in the body, and headings at level 1, 2 and 3 make it ideal for demonstrating DAISY navigation.
Copyright: sample-copyright
Purpose: Example of a book with images, text and audio. This book has page, h1, h2 and h3 level navigation.
Download Valentin Haüy Format: EPUB Size: 68.9 Kb