JAWS – Guidance on third party content be used with FS Reader app

JAWS – Guidance on third party content be used with FS Reader app


Problem

A customer or developer needs guidance on the requirements FS Read has in order for 3rd party content to be playable within FS Reader.

 

Resolution

Freedom Scientific in 2019 provided the following list of requirements to successfully play DAISY 2 and 3 content with FS Reader app. 

  1. Each DAISY book should be self-contained in a folder of its own.
  2. Within each DAISY book folder there should be multiple files for the title. 
  3. To open a DAISY title the user most press CONTROL+O to access the Open file dialogue.  The file used may depend on the type of DAISY title being accessed (see below).
  4. DAISY 2 books will have an NCC.HTML file which is the Navigation Control Center file.
  5. DAISY 3 books have a .OPF and an .NCX file.

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