Compatible devices and formats

Overview

 

Whether you want to read your books or magazines on a DAISY player, computer, smartphone, braille display, or another device, CELA offers a format that will work for you.

Once you choose your device below and identify a compatible format, you can read our related tutorials on how to download books or magazines.

iPhone, computer and headphones

Choose your technology:

Devices

DAISY player

The following DAISY players work with our Direct to Player service. This service is the easiest and fastest option for getting DAISY audio or text books and magazines. A computer isn't required - just the player and access to an Internet connection. Table top models also play DAISY CDs and regular CDs.

Victor Reader Stream, New Generation

Buy from CNIB
Buy from Humanware

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (Direct to Player)
  • DAISY text (Direct to Player)
  • Additional compatible formats include: EPUB, Microsoft Word (.docx), Braille Ready Format (.brf), but you must transfer the files yourself

Related tutorials:

 

Victor Stream

PLEXTALK Linio Pocket

Buy from CNIB

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (Direct to Player)
  • DAISY text (Direct to Player)
  • EPUB
  • Additional compatible formats include: Microsoft Word (.docx), Braille Ready Format (.brf), but you must transfer the files yourself

Related tutorials:

 

Plextalk Linio Pocket

PLEXTALK Linio Desktop

Buy from CNIB

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (Direct to Player)
  • DAISY text (Direct to Player)

Related tutorials:

 

PLEXTALK Linio Desktop

Victor Reader Stratus 4M and 12M

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (Direct to Player)
  • DAISY text (Direct to Player)
  • Additional compatible formats include: EPUB, Microsoft Word (.docx), Braille Ready Format (.brf), but you must transfer the files to an SD card or USB key yourself

Related tutorials:

 

Victor Reader Stratus

Older models of DAISY players do not work with Direct to Player service. Examples:

 

Windows desktop or laptop computer

Dolphin EasyReader for Windows (paid)

Buy EasyReader for Windows

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (Direct to Player or .zip)
    Note: If your computer has a CD player, you can also listen to DAISY CDs.
  • DAISY text (.zip)
  • Newspaper (.html)
  • EPUB
  • Microsoft Word (.docx)

Related tutorials:

 

Dolphin EasyReader

AMIS

Download AMIS

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (Direct to Player or .zip)
  • DAISY text (.zip)

Related tutorials:

AMIS

iPhone, iPad or Android

Dolphin EasyReader (free)

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (Direct to Player, .zip)
  • DAISY text (Direct to Player, .zip)
  • EPUB

Related tutorials:

 

Dolphin Easy Reader

Voice Dream Reader (paid)

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (.zip)
  • DAISY text (.zip)
  • EPUB
  • Microsoft Word (.docx)

Related tutorials:

Voice dream reader

MP3 compatible CD player

Any MP3 compatible model

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (CD)
CD player

MP3 player

You can play DAISY books on many MP3-compatible devices. You will lose the navigation, bookmarking and other special playback features of DAISY.

Any model

Compatible formats:

  • DAISY audio (Direct to Player or .zip)
MP3 player

Braille display

Any model

Compatible formats:

  • Braille Ready Format (.brf)
  • DAISY text (.zip, Direct to Player - format supported depends on the braille display model)

Related tutorials:

Braille display
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