Instructions for Beta Testers

If you haven't been in touch with us already, please let us know you are getting involved. Thanks!

To download the beta version of AMIS

To create an account at Bugzilla

  1. Go to the  Bugzilla Main Page
  2. Select "New Account" in the menu
  3. Type your e-mail address and press "Send"
  4. Go to the URL which will be given in the e-mail
  5. Fill out the form and press "Send"

To report a bug

  1. Go to  bug report
  2. State what feature didn't work, or didn't work as expected in the description field
  3. Write a recipe giving the steps required to reproduce the problem in the description field
  4. Attach the AMIS log file [1]
  5. Press "Commit" button
  6. Upload the book you were reading to our FTP site (you should have received details in an email; email us if you need them again)

Please read  Bug Writing Guidelines for help on how to write a bug report.

To view the list of bugs

 https://daisy-bugz.cvsdude.com/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=amisbugs

Sample Titles

Titles for download

Download and unzip these files. Open the "ncc.html" file of each book in AMIS.

Titles online

Please copy the URL and use it to test the Open URL function.

  • The Little Match Girl (http://amisproject.org/books/matchM/ncc.html)
  • The Story of the Three Little Pigs (http://amisproject.org/books/pigsM/ncc.html)
  • Valentin Haüy - The father of the education for the blind (http://amisproject.org/books/valentin_hauy/ncc.html)

"The Little Match Girl" and "The Story of the Three Little Pigs" are produced and provided by the  Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD). Please use these titles only for testing purpose and do not distribute without permission from JSRPD.

Some notes

Supported and not supported

  • Supported operating systems are: Windows2000, XP and Vista.
  • DAISY 2.02 and ANSI/NISO-Z39.86-2005 books are supported.
  • ANSI/NISO-Z39.86-2002 books are not supported.
  • Protected (encrypted) books are supported, but not necessarily from all sources, because each organization supplies their keys in a different way. We know that Dedicon's protected books can be read, but RFB&D books are likely unsupported for the time being.
  • Bookshare.org books are not supported.

The log file

This is a very useful file for debugging. It is found here:

Windows XP: 

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AMIS\settings\amisLog.txt

Windows Vista: 

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\AMIS\settings\amisLog.txt

Other feedback

We love to hear from our users, so please use the  AMIS forum to talk about things like new feature requests, how you're using AMIS, and other topics.

In order to be effective, beta testing should only provide information about problems with current features, so please use the ticketing system here for beta testing feedback, and the forums for all other feedback.