Hello Austin, Using the Daisy translator plug in for Word might very well work for you on a 32-bit XP system. I tried using the Word plug-in this morning on a 32-bit Windows 7 system and it created the XML and speech parts without any problem. The conversion to XML is done first and then the narrator TTS portion of the process is done. When using my 64-bit Windows 7, the first part of the process worked well but not the Narrator TTS portion. The plug-in includes a pipeline lite executable so it should work on your system. I have to use the Pipeline separately because for some reason the process stops when trying to load the narrator TTS part of the process. Again, when I tried the plug-in today on a 32-bit Windows 7 system, I was able to create the xml as well as the Narrator TTS by just using the Daisy translator plug-in, and so I didn't need the additional Pipeline program.
If you have Word with the ribbon interface then the plug-in adds an accessibility tab to the ribbon. There is also an additional menu added to the Office Menu. There are some definite formatting rules that apply when using the plug-in. One is that there can't be a blank line as the first line of any page. There are also rules for using tables, lists, etc. If you move to the accessibility tab of the ribbon and use tab key across the lower part of the ribbon, you will find two choices identified by JAWS as being for help. The first one is just for version information. The second one is for the actual help system. Formatting rules and other requirements are in the various help topics. The "save as daisy" menu is available by clicking the office button or using Alt+F. Use down arrow in the menu and you will find the SaveAs Daisy choice and there is a submenu. The first choice is for Daisy XML from a single document. Using that choice will only create a Daisy file without the speech. It is the choice I use before using the separate Pipeline program on my 64-bit Windows 7 system. Use down arrow key to the next choice, which is for "full Daisy from single doc" and move into the submenu. Use the choice "Daisy pipeline TTS Narrator. The latter choice will create the Daisy file using the default narrator voice on your system. One thing you might want to do before starting the process is to go to the accessibility tab and use the button to import Daisy styles. You might also use the settings button and have it set to automatic. One thing I can do with the separate Pipeline program is choose a bitrate for the audio output. You can usually change the default TTS voice in the text-to-speech options of the control panel. This seems to be true for 32-bit Windows 7 as well, but it is not the case with 64-bit Windows 7. The only listed voice in the text-to-speech settings of the control panel for Windows 7 64-bit is Anna. You are using XP so that shouldn't be an issue. There are several choices on the accessibility tab. One of them is for validating your document before doing the conversion. Other choices are for working with acronyms, abbreviations, adding footnotes, picking a language, and others. You can also use the "save as Daisy" button instead of going through the office menu if you prefer that way. Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of austin pinto Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 12:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Free DAISY creation program? hello brianllee i am using windows xp 32bit so how to use the converter do i have to install the translater and pypeline also? On 8/6/10, Brian Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Chris, > > There is a free Daisy translator program for Word. If you install it there > will be a "save as daisy" menu with a submenu in the Office menu, as well as > an additional tab on the Office 2007 ribbon. There is also a free Pipeline > download. I am using Windows 7 and for some reason, the narrator to TTS > portion of this plug-in doesn't seem to work right. However the creation of > the Daisy file is done with this plug-in. I use the plug-in to create the > Daisy file and then I use Pipeline to get the TTS working correctly. I > haven't tried the plug-in on other computers that run Windows 7 32-bit or > with earlier versions of Windows, so it very well might do the TTS portion > correctly, I am not sure. However, the Pipeline does it well with the Daisy > book created by the plug-in. Links to the free Word to Daisy plug-in and > the Pipeline program, as well as an update for the Pipeline program (patch), > are shown below. > > I think that you use Windows 7 64-bit. If so, you might have difficulty > changing the TTS default voice on your system. Here is how you can do > it. > > 1. Press Windows key with R to bring up the run box. > 2. Type in or paste the following: > C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Speech\SpeechUX\sapi.cpl > 3. Tab to OK and press enter key. > 4. Your system will open in a list of voices in the text-to-speech page > where you can change the default voice being used. > > Here are the links for the Word to Daisy plug-in, the Pipeline program and > an update patch for Pipeline. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3951772/DaisyTranslatorWordAddin.zip > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3951772/PipelineGUI20100125Win.exe > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3951772/PipelineUpdate2010%200527.zip > > > Take care. > > Brian Lee > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris > hallsworth > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Free DAISY creation program? > > Hello all, > I read with interest somebody creating a document in DAISY format. Does > anyone know of a free program that will let me do such DAISY files? I > have Kurzweil 1000 already, and if no other solutions are available I > will just use that. Using JAWS 10 and 11 on a Windows 7 Professional 32 > bit laptop. > Many thanks in advance. > -- > > Signed by Chris Hallsworth > E-mail and Facebook: [email protected] > MSN: [email protected] > Skype: chrishallsworth7266 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40 > Klango: chrishallsworth > If you have any computer problems or queries, please do not hesitate to > contact me on the above channels. Many thanks. > > 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/ > -- from austin 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/
