Special Features for Libraries and Technicians
Section 3
Book Test
Problems with a player may sometimes be due to a faulty book structure. This test can be helpful to validate the
structure of a book.
This test will work only with DAISY 2.02 and NISO books. This test only validates the book information needed
to play the book. It is not meant as a complete NISO validation, and some book information not required to play
the book is not analyzed.
During the test, progress information is played in the form of “Heading X” where “X” is the current SMIL
heading.
If an error is encountered, the heading number will be repeated along with the standard error announcement, and
the test will abort.
At the end of a book test, the player goes to Key Describer mode (as if no book cartridge were inserted in the
player) and waits for either a new book to test or the Power button to be pressed to quit the book test.
The only way to exit the book test is to power off the player.
Complete
The audio files are decoded but audio is not played. This is a long test that can be used to validate a whole
book, including format. Audio feedback during the book test is in the form of periodic beeps. The time
taken to perform this test is approximately one sixth of the book’s normal reading time.
Response
If the test is successful, the player announces
“Book OK.”
If an error occurs, the player announces
“Book error.”
“Heading X”
where X = SMIL Heading number.
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Partial
The structure of the book is tested but audio files are not decoded. This is much faster than the first test
but it will detect only book format errors since it will not validate the contents of the audio files.
Commands
Response
If no book format errors are found, the player announces
“Book OK.”
If an error occurs, the player announces
“Book error.”
“Heading X”
where X = Spine Heading number.
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