ReaDaisy is a Python tool for processing DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) books. It extracts audio content and metadata from DAISY books, reorganizes them into a more accessible structure, and creates Reaper project files for easy audio editing. Note that the current project was inspired by daisy-extract. It is also mainly used to reaperize Bible Daisy books. Therefore all headings at level 1 are treated as separate books and therefore extracted into separate folders and projects.
- Extracts audio files and metadata from DAISY 2.02 books
- Organizes content into a hierarchical structure (books, chapters, subheadings)
- Renames audio files based on their content and position in the book
- Creates Reaper project files (.RPP) with proper track layout and markers
- Supports batch processing of multiple books
- Python 3.11 or higher
- beautifulsoup4 with lxml
- reathon
- Clone the repository:
- Install the required packages:
Run the script with the following command:
python readaisy.py -i <input_directory> -o <output_directory>
Where:
<input_directory>is the path to the directory containing DAISY books<output_directory>is the path where you want the processed files to be saved
For each processed book, ReaDaisy will create:
- A directory structure organizing the book's content
- Renamed and numbered audio files
- A Reaper project file (.RPP) for audio editing
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the LICENSE file for details.
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.