Hi David & TJ; First, TJ, thank you very much for this great information. It will come in very handy . David, this is the version that I downloaded.
OpenOfficePortable_3.2.0_English.paf.exe I wonder what the differences might be.? Thanks again. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Converting plain text files to DAISY files Just to be clear this is the file I downloaded: OpenOffice_Portable_2.4.1_zh_cn.paf.exe I like to play around with some of this stuff from time to time. I also have a daisy convertor around here that does MP3 files. David Ferrin [email protected] ----- 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. > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
