Hello TJ:
Thanks for the comprehensive instructions for getting the files from
Sourceforge.net. I will attend to this as soon as I have read my e-mails
and paid some bills.
----- Original Message -----
From: "TJ McElroy gMail" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Converting plain text files to DAISY files
Hello Francis,
Sorry it took so long to get an answer to your question.
I was also interested in converting text to Daisy and here is a free and
quite easy to do just that.
It will require three downloads:
1. Open Office portable
2. Open XML to DAISY
3. Open XML to DAISY manual
I am using the portable version of Open Office because I was unhappy how
the normal install version slowed down my computer.
The conversion still works with the portable version and you have the
added bonus of being to save every thing on a USB drive.
You can read the manual for the step by step, but
in a nut shell here is what to do.
1. install Open Office
2. unzip the Open XML to DAISY plug in.
3. Start open office
4. navigate to the Tools > Extension Manager >
5 Add > Odt2DaisyAddOn.oxt ( located in the file that you unzipped
earlier )
6. Restart Open Office
Once you restart Open Office there will be an export to Daisy option
under the files menu.
When that option is selected, it will prompt for a file name, then a
screen will appear telling you of the data that will be stored in the
Daisy document.
you will have to choose ok from this screen.
Ok and cancel are located at the bottom of the screen
This screen does not speak for me, maybe it will for you.
The first Daisy book conversion might give a message that the Daisy
Pipeline was not found. This message has only appeared once for me. A
light version of the Daisy Pipeline is part of what you added to Open
Office.
After the conversion you will have three folders under the filename that
you choose to save the Daisy document as.
An audio book
a Daisy book
a z3986
I do not know what the z3986 is, if you find out let me know.
I have given the download urls below:
OpenOffice.org Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB
drives
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
Download Open XML to DAISY XML Translator from SourceForge.net
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openxml-daisy/files/DAISYTranslator%20Word%20Add-Ins/Release%202.1.1/DaisyTranslator_WordAddin_24March2009.zip/download
Download Open XML to DAISY XML Translator from SourceForge.net ( manual )
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openxml-daisy/files/DAISY%20Translator%20User%20Document/Release%202.1.1/Daisy_Translator_Instruction_Manual_24March2009.docx/download
HTH
TJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Francis E. Khan
To: Blind-Computing
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 12:00 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Converting plain text files to DAISY files
I purchased the Bookport Plus player/recorder from the American Printing
House for the Blind in March this year and downloaded approximately 129
books from Gutenberg.org. What I want to do is to change these books from
plain text to a DAISY format so that I can listen to them on the Bookport
Plus.
Does anybody on this list have any expertise in doing this conversion and
is it an expensive venture? I tried setting the pitch to minus 5 and the
resulting playback sounded very gravelly like a famous jazz trumpeter by
the name of Louis Armstrong also known as Sachmo. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
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