DaisyDuck

DaisyDuck is an intuitive piece of software that can be used for playing audio books in Daisy format. It reads online books by URI as well as local DTBs (Digital Talking Books). Besides the fact that it's free and open source, the tool is also cross-platform, available for Windows and GNU/Linux.

Following a speedy setup operation that shouldn't give you any trouble, you reach the main window of the application, where the familiar interface should help you figure out how to get started. Local DTBs can be opened from Daisy NCC (ncc.html-formatted files).

To play online books, it's necessary to find out and enter the URI (Universal Resource Identifier) since the matching content is automatically picked up by the application. Additional online access settings can be configured when it comes to the names, values and labels.

Once an audiobook's contents are loaded in the main window, you can use the player navigational controls displayed on the bottom to play any selected chapter, go to the next, previous, first or last chapter, increase or decrease the speech rate, adjust the volume level, as well as pause and resume playback. The table of contents is listed on the left side of the window to help you jump through chapters easier.

You can check out the book's name, author, narrator, duration and summary, as well as edit the title and text displayed in the welcome area, which also reveals the keyboard shortcuts supported by DaisyDuck.

The software utility worked flawlessly on the newest Windows edition in our tests. It played audio books without any audio-related issues and remained light on system resources consumption throughout its runtime.

Taking everything into account, DaisyDuck provides a simple and straightforward solution for playing Daisy audio books from online sources as well as local files. It can be handled with ease by all types of users.