Hello Jane Do a Google for Dolphin Publisher. But I warn you it costs about 1000 Dollars.
Lynne On 10 Oct 2011, at 01:51, Jane wrote: Where can I fid out more info about this Dolphon DAISY book maker? I want to invest or somehow get something like that for my daughter to help her with reading. I want to take etexts and sync them with audio so she can play it and read. Jane On Oct 9, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Dane > > We have Dolphin Publisher for DAISY and it's the best publisher package in > the world. It gives you absolute control over absolutely every function of > your DAISY recording and it can synchronise human reading with on-screen text > in real time. So what you finish up with is a book read by a person and on > the screen the text is displayed and scrolls at the exact speed that the > voice reads. I did that for Gordon with one of the Jennings books, and the > results were spectacular. I'm trying to get hold of more of those books, but > that's a matter for another time and another place. > > As for the Braille, yes; I know about your embosser. But ours is a different > system. Unfortunately it's somewhat older than yours, the label says it was > made in April 2001. it doesn't have USB on it, nor does it have Ethernet. So > it's kind of difficult to use on the Mac. I bought a Keyspan adapter, on the > advice of members of our other group. But I never got it to work on the Mac > at all; it's just not visible. > > Be that as it may, we now have to try and get it all set up on Windows. We > have DBT for Windows, (version 11.1) and if we can get the adapter to play > nice Gordon has a heap if things he needs to emboss. > > As for Office I think we are on the same page. I refuse to pay those > extortionate prices for software. Microsoft is pricing itself out of the > market, in my opinion. There are alternatives for both Mac and Windows which > will do just about everything you can do with Office and buying the whole lot > of them together for both platforms would still leave you paying less than > you'd pay for Office. > > Lynne > > > > On 10 Oct 2011, at 01:26, Dane trethowan wrote: > > I'm not going to comment on Daisy production as its an area I'm not familiar > with. > > I have Braille embossing going on my Mac with my Keyspan adaptor and my > Mountbattin Braille Writer, have had it going for a number of years now, > there was document explaining how it all worked published on the Internet. > > No intention of buying any Microsoft Office products either, we've discussed > the reasons already but the other main reasons says volumes, all my > substitute software was far cheaper than the Microsoft products were, in fact > I doubt whehter the cost of the substitute software would even come to the > price of one of Microsoft's "Stand-alone" Office applications. > > > > On 10/10/2011 11:13 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >> Helo Dane >> >> Microsoft products are very bloated for the most part. There is a lot of >> junk inside their self-extracting archives which a lot of people who know >> about this kind of stuff say simply doesn't need to be there. >> >> As you might know, Windows itself is very messy as far as cleaning up >> temporary files and old registry entries are concerned. We don't plan on >> doing more than we have too with Windows; don't get me wrong. We migrated to >> the Mac so that we could escape from all the dross that Windows brings with >> it. But whether we like it or not there are certain tasks which you simply >> cannot accomplish under OSX so we have little option where they are >> concerned. >> >> For instance, Braille transcription. We haven't been able to get any joy at >> all on the mac with that. Our Keyspan adapter has never shown us any signs >> of working on the Mac, and I doubt it ever will. Gordon is now getting >> pretty irritated by the lack of functionality in that area so we are going >> to have to use Windows. Our embosser has done absolutely nothing for almost >> 2 years now and that situation is one which we find intolerable. >> >> DAISY publication is another area where we need Windows. There's absolutely >> nothing which comes close to meeting our needs on the Mac and that stuff >> that they did with Open Office is a bit of a joke. It's absolutely no use at >> all for what we need. Gordon needs to be able to control the navigation >> points, and all that thing does is very basic production with no level of >> user control at all. >> >> As for Office, we have absolutely no intention whatsoever of installing >> Microsoft Office. It's a very over-rated and grossly over-priced suite of >> software which, although you can now buy it in separate components, is >> simply not worth the money. >> >> Lynne >> >> On 10 Oct 2011, at 00:55, Dane trethowan wrote: >> >> Yes indeed<smiloe>. >> >> I've never relied or been tempted to use any Microsoft products much at all, >> in the main they're very bulky for one thing. >> >> I've always had trouble getting Outlook Express to work so I gave up on >> that. did try Outlook 2003 at one point though it appeared to be a mess >> when it came to all its functions and integrating them hence I spent a lot >> more time using that software and wasting that time if that makes any sense. >> >> The "Live" stuff I didn't enjoy at all and thus have found replacements for >> many of the "Live" utilities and functions. for example Miranda is an >> excellent multi protocol chat client in much the same way as Adium for the >> Mac. I can write my blogs under Windows using something called Blogjet, not >> the most accessible piece of software on the planet but it is usable. >> >> I don't use Microsoft Office utilities as I've found substitutes for them, >> Jarte Plus for Word Processing, nothing for spreadsheet design yet and Ask >> Sam for database management, could also use that for Word Processing too if >> i wanted. >> >> and for email? Well i use the now tried and true Thunderbird, I use NVDA a >> lot of the time so I'm insulated for the problems that users of Window-eyes >> have with this software<smile>. >> >> >> >> On 10/10/2011 10:45 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>> Hello Dane >>> >>> On 10 Oct 2011, at 00:08, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, I never thought of relying on it anyway<smile>. >>> >>> Just a figure of speech. >>> >>> Lynne >>> >>> >>> ======================================= >>> >>> The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free >>> >>> To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web >>> pages located at >>> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at >>> either of the following websites: >>> >>> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html >>> >>> Or: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> >>> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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