Release notes for Obi 1.0 Beta 2 (v0.12.1)
released on July 26th, 2008.
Obi is a DAISY/NISO Digital Talking Book production tool. The Obi software was initially created to demonstrate the capabilities of the Urakawa SDK. Since then, it has evolved into a powerful authoring tool, which is easy to use, accessible and internationalized.
Obi is free software; it is available at no cost, and its source code is available for anyone to run, modify and redistribute. Obi is released under the LGPL license.
The intended audience of Obi is the individual DAISY reader who wants to create her own DAISY contents. This includes, but is not restricted to, print-disabled users.
For more information about Obi, visit:
* About this version of Obi
This is a test release of Obi v1.0; it is almost feature-complete but still
contains some inconsistencies, bugs and crashes. Please help the development
of Obi by submitting bug reports (see Help > Report bug while running Obi.)
Any feedback about user experience is also more than welcome.
* Installation
Requirements:
Obi will run on Windows XP SP2 and later. To install Obi, just double-click
on Setup and follow the setup instructions. If you do not have .Net 2.0
and/or DirectX installed, you will be given installation instructions by the
installer.
In addition to above this version of obi will also require pipeline backend for operations like mp3 encoding and DTB validation. Pipeline backend download and its installation instructions are available at same Obi webpage i.e. Obi web page
* Runnning Obi
Once Obi is installed, you can run Obi by double-clicking on the Obi icon.
You can also double click on .obi files to open in Obi. Once Obi has started,
press F1 for the inline help manual.
