http://amis.sourceforge.net/

amis
adaptive multimedia information system

AMIS is free of charge, open source DAISY book playback software.

AMIS 2.5

November 2, 2006
Version 2.5 is the latest stable release of AMIS.
Jaws Scripts

• For AMIS 2.3 and higher, use
version 2.3.1
of the scripts.
• For AMIS 2.2, use
version 2.2.1
of the scripts.
• For AMIS 2.0, use
version 1.0
of the scripts. Read the
installation instructions.
AMIS Software Features

This is the current feature set for AMIS

DAISY playback

AMIS supports DAISY 2.02 books, and also has experimental DAISY/NISO support. Books are played back with synchronized phrase-level highlighting.
default view of AMIS

Navigation

The tabbed navigation sidebar supports different views of the table of contents, based on category: sections, pages, and special items like footnotes, producer
Notes, and sidebars. The navigation window can be toggled and dragged around the screen.

The navigation options include granularity control for heading-level navigation. You can set the player to show a specific level of headings, based on what
is available in the publication.
close-up view of the tabbed navigation sidebar

View modes

The default view looks like a typical windows application, while the basic view (shown below) looks more like the old AMIS, with a bottom row of large buttons
and no menu. Although the navigation window is off in basic view, you can re-enable it with a keypress.
basic view of AMIS

Control the contrast and text size

With AMIS, you can enlarge the text and use high-contrast colors. The screenshot below shows this, as well as the floating navigation toolbar.
Screenshot of AMIS with large text and high contrast.

Time-scale modification for the audio playback

Listen at half to double speed with no pitch distortion.

Built in preferences dialog

This allows you to set basic options, change colors, and select language packs.
dialog for changing the highlight and contrast colors of AMIS

dialog for choosing a language pack

Help file in DAISY format

The help file is a full-text, full-audio DAISY 2.02 publication. All features are indexed.

User interface style

This version of AMIS uses standard MS Windows controls for better screen-reader compatibility. AMIS can be operated using only the keyboard.

Bookmarking

AMIS supports bookmarking and uses the DAISY 3 format for all bookmark files.

Informative dialogs about the current book

Find out where you are, what your options are, and general information about the book. The summary pictured below says:

"This book is titled AMIS Version 2.0 Help. Written by DFA. Published by DFA. There are 55 navigation points in the table of contents. The maximum section
depth is 3. There are 0 pages of front material. There are 0 normal pages. There are 0 special pages. The total duration of this book is 00:17:50."
publication summary dialog of AMIS

Search for books

Search any local media for DAISY books. This dialog has a text box for entering a path (or use the browse button to browse for a folder), start and stop
searching buttons, a list of books found, and open and cancel buttons.
search for books dialog

Load from CDROM

This feature has a new dialog interface. If more than one book is present on a CD-ROM, you are prompted to select a publication. The dialog shown below
says "More than one book was found on this CD. Please select a book from the list below.";a list of books is shown and there are two buttons at the bottom:
open and cancel.
cd-rom loading

Support skippable/escapable structures

Use esc to escape, and use the Info->Skippable Items dialog for setting which publication items will be read and which will be skipped. The dialog pictured
here says "This book contains the following special structures. Check the ones you want skipped." and has a list box with checkboxes next to four items
(Footnotes, Pages, Producer Notes, Sidebars). To make AMIS not read items of a particular type, put a checkmark next the category name.
set skippability options dialog