United States
About Dolphin Publisher
Dolphin Publisher is specialist software that creates talking books.
Professional narrators use Dolphin Publisher to record in DAISY and ePUB formats for distribution.
Alternatively you can create talking books in Dolphin Publisher with text files and synthetic human-sounding speech. Add visuals, images and navigation to suit your readers’ accessibility needs.
Automated editing and customisable settings ensure that your readers always have the best listening experience.
Dolphin Publisher Features
Produce Books in DAISY and ePub Formats
- Create recordings in DAISY 2.02, DAISY 3 or ePUB3
- Media overlays included
- Produce all six types of DAISY talking books
- Includes text-only, audio-only, or full text with audio
Audio
- Record audio directly to Publisher
- Import pre-recorded audio on MP3 or wav files
- Record audio from 8000Hz to 48000Hz stereo formats
- Re-sample audio during import
- Alter and edit as needed
Add Synthetic Speech
- Automatically generate synthetic speech audio from on-screen text
- Audio and text are automatically synchronised
- Compatible with SAPI 4 or SAPI 5 speech synthesisers
- Adjust speed and volume
Navigation
- Automatically mark up words, sentences, paragraphs and headings for better user navigation
- Apply automatic phrase detection to create navigable audio events
Images & Graphics
- Import images and graphics
- Add Alt Text
- Protect images from unlawful copying
Protected & Professional
- Protect images from unlawful copying with IPP files
- Validation settings check for errors in text
- Clean-up function ensures audio files are clear
Import Text
- Import Microsoft Word, text, html and xtml files
- Import NIMAS, unprotected EPUB, and DTBook XML
- Drag and drop text from other apps or web pages
Customise Visuals
- Alter font style and size
- Apply style sheet to final production
- Mark body text as skippable elements: page numbers, footnotes and producer notes.
- Display pop-up images in synch with audio
Help & Support
- Dolphin Publisher is backed up with a range of user guides and online videos to help you get more from the software.
- If you need help, the Dolphin Support Team is always on hand to answer queries and offer advice.
Read further details on each feature and find out more about Dolphin Publisher.
"Publisher is a unique audio recording tool. We use it to create full-text DAISY talking books for VI students and as a simple audio recording system to create voice-overs, podcasts and newsletters. It's brilliant!"
Alan Marlow, Open University
Flexibility for Publishers
Dolphin Publisher gives you options when producing audio books. If you need to publish quickly, you can create first-rate audio from text files in seconds, with natural-sounding synthesised speech.
Alternatively, Publisher enables you to create the highest-quality narrated audio books with your voice artists. Record live narration or import pre-recorded audio.
Then use Dolphin Publisher to add navigation functions and audio events to your book.
"We love being able to directly edit the DAISY source files. No other software allows it and that's why we have used Publisher for more than ten years. Flexibility is the core of its usability."
Mayu Hamada Makio, Assistive Technology Development Organization (ATDO)
Organisations We Work With
Over the last decade, publishers around the world have created millions of talking books, which are enjoyed by readers with print impairments and sighted readers alike.
Dolphin Publisher is the software of choice for hundreds of book producers globally, including The RNIB, The Open University, Learning Ally, Oregon State University, Vision Australia, CNIB and more.
Contact us to find out more about how you can create your own digital talking books with Dolphin Publisher.
"We find Publisher both efficient and easy to use. It's so simple to understand, which makes it easy to train operators. Publisher enables us to update our archives very efficiently. A lot of our records date back to the 1950s, so we are pleased that Publisher gives us the means to update all these books for the 21st Century."
Stefan Grimmeisen, Blista
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