[Amis-users] AMIS 3 Beta 4 is ready for testing

[Marisa D. <ma...@di...>]

AMIS 3, the free and open source DAISY player for Windows, has just  
reached its fourth beta release, which is likely to be the last beta  
before a stable release.  This means it's the last chance to stress- 
test it before widespread distribution.

What's new in beta 4?  Improvements were made to internationalization,  
accessibility, and overall reading experience; and specific requests  
have been implemented.  There are two new notable features: (1) AMIS  
supports text-only books now, in addition to full-text, full-audio and  
audio-TOC books; and (2) there is a new piece of documentation, in  
DAISY format: the Keyboard Shortcuts book (found in the help menu).

To get AMIS 3 beta 4 and start testing, go to: http://daisy-trac.cvsdude.com/amis/wiki/BetaTesting

You are receiving this email because of one or more of the following  
reasons:

1. You contacted us directly because you were interested in testing AMIS
2. You created a bugzilla account at http://daisy-bugz.cvsdude.com
3. You are a translator for an AMIS language pack and we think you  
would benefit from seeing the latest version of what you are  
translating.
4. Based on previous contact, we think you would be interested in this  
version of AMIS

If your organization plans to suggest AMIS to your users, then it is  
extremely important that you continue your beta testing  
participation.  We can eliminate a lot of potential problems this way.

You will find everything you need on the beta testing guidelines page:
http://daisy-trac.cvsdude.com/amis/wiki/BetaTesting

This includes instructions on creating a bugzilla account, filing bug  
reports, getting sample titles, and some important notes.

Here are a few specific changes that some of you can relate to:

* Japanese users were unable to open books in folders with Japanese  
names.  We now have support for double-byte characters in the file path.

* Text does not get clipped at the edge of the window when switching  
views or applying page styles.

* There is an option to use a different audio engine, which is good  
for playing watermarked audio files.  Just go to amisPrefs.xml and set  
"prefer-ffmpeg" to "yes".

* The settings directory moved so that users don't require  
administrative permissions.  This was requested by a school installing  
AMIS for their students.

* Another request was to be able to quickly access the documentation,  
so now there are links to the HTML versions of the help and  keyboard  
shortcuts documents from the start menu.

We appreciate all your help in moving AMIS towards a stable release.

Thank you and best regards,

The AMIS Team
http://amisproject.org
http://daisy-trac.cvsdude.com/amis/