David, Will you eventually toss this up on your site?
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Converting plain text files to DAISY files You probably got the right file and I didn't is most likely the difference. I'll go check again Mr. Mike. David Ferrin [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Converting plain text files to DAISY files > 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/DAISYTra nslator%20Word%20Add-Ins/Release%202.1.1/DaisyTranslator_Wor dAddin_24March2009.zip/download >> >> Download Open XML to DAISY XML Translator from SourceForge.net ( manual ) >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/openxml-daisy/files/DAISY%20 Translator%20User%20Document/Release%202.1.1/Daisy_Translato r_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. 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