<s>
Ampache	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
web-based	O
audio	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
media	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
blend	O
of	O
the	O
words	O
"	O
amplifier	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Apache	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
Apache	B-Application
's	O
mod_mp3	O
module	O
but	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
adapted	O
to	O
use	O
its	O
own	O
streaming	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
's	O
Mascot	O
is	O
a	O
squirrel	O
called	O
Fraz	O
,	O
originally	O
drawn	O
by	O
Kirsten	O
Petersen	O
,	O
later	O
digitized	O
by	O
Ben	O
Shields	O
,	O
and	O
redesigned	O
by	O
Agnès	O
Champavier	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
lead	O
development	O
of	O
Ampache	B-Application
has	O
changed	O
hands	O
several	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
date	O
,	O
Ampache	B-Application
has	O
support	O
from	O
over	O
100	O
different	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
's	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
allow	O
access	O
to	O
one	O
's	O
music	O
from	O
anywhere	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
's	O
primary	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
maintain	O
a	O
simple	O
,	O
secure	O
and	O
fast	O
web	O
front	O
end	O
that	O
will	O
run	O
on	O
almost	O
any	O
hardware	O
and	O
any	O
platform	O
that	O
supports	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
for	O
extracting	O
meta	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
XML	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
data	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
via	O
the	O
many	O
methods	O
supported	O
in	O
the	O
API	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
created	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Amarok2	O
,	O
but	O
which	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
other	O
front-ends	O
to	O
Ampache	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
the	O
API	B-Application
is	O
controlled	O
by	O
internal	O
Access	O
Control	O
Lists	O
;	O
for	O
performance	O
reasons	O
,	O
all	O
requests	O
currently	O
have	O
a	O
5000	O
result	O
limit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
applications	O
are	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
plug-ins	O
that	O
use	O
Ampache	B-Application
's	O
XML	O
API	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
3.7.0	O
,	O
Ampache	B-Application
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Subsonic	O
clients	O
and	O
Plex	B-Application
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
's	O
features	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
powerful	O
instructional	O
and	O
assistive	O
technology	O
for	O
students	O
with	O
language-based	O
learning	O
differences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Chelsea	O
School	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
advanced	O
technology	O
students	O
recognized	O
Ampache	B-Application
's	O
potential	O
for	O
providing	O
important	O
accommodations	O
and	O
modifications	O
that	O
serve	O
their	O
learning	O
styles	O
;	O
they	O
built	O
and	O
configured	O
an	O
Ampache	B-Application
server	O
that	O
was	O
put	O
to	O
work	O
to	O
enhance	O
teaching	O
and	O
learning	O
in	O
the	O
classroom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
adding	O
audio	O
recordings	O
of	O
instructional-level	O
texts	O
and	O
assignments	O
to	O
an	O
Ampache	B-Application
catalog	O
,	O
the	O
instructor	O
empowers	O
students	O
to	O
individually	O
and	O
independently	O
listen	O
to	O
a	O
streaming	O
text	O
while	O
reading	O
a	O
print	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
material	O
;	O
used	O
in	O
that	O
way	O
,	O
Ampache	B-Application
allows	O
students	O
to	O
avail	O
themselves	O
of	O
curriculum	O
material	O
and	O
instruction-level	O
texts	O
they	O
may	O
not	O
otherwise	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
thus	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
compromise	O
between	O
three	O
common	O
accommodations	O
:	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
a	O
human	O
reader	O
,	O
and	O
audiobooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ampache	B-Application
's	O
video-streaming	O
features	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
enhance	O
teaching	O
and	O
learning	O
at	O
the	O
Chelsea	O
School	O
.	O
</s>
