Mr Hendricks briefly gave the Committee an introduction to the Daisy system. He explained that Daisy referred to Digital Accessible Information Systems. It was a means of creating digital talking books for people who wished to hear and navigate written material presented in an audible format. It utilized the latest compression technology that allowed a single CD- Rom to store more than 50 hours of speech. The system he said was also a navigation control file that enabled users to move smoothly between files while synchronization between text and audio was maintained. It was a standard protected specialized reading format that did not breach copyright law (both national and international). He explained that the production cost for one Daisy master file was R963, 37.