[Athen] text-only DAISY conversion

[Dann Berkowitz]

Don't get too excited Wink ... Adam and I developed a pretty good system
for building DTB files, but as Sean noted, DAISY as a format has not gained
as much usage as we all hoped.


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:15 PM, foreigntype <foreigntype at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hahahaha! We should discuss how to do this at AHG ---we could get rich and

> retire.

>

> ;>)

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> Wink Harner

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> foreigntype at gmail.com

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Heidi Scher

> *Sent:* Friday, September 05, 2014 9:07 AM

>

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] text-only DAISY conversion

>

>

>

> Hey there, Sean,

>

> According to the tech at Bookshare, they use the Save As DAISY plug-in. So

> not sure why we can't get it to work but they can. For GoRead, it doesn't

> want all the SMIL files either. But since we're swamped right now, I've

> moved on since my MacGyver solution has worked!  But, if things ever slow

> down, I'll revisit the issue - unless someone else can figure out what we

> haven't.

>

> Wink, I SOOOO wish we had an easy button for conversion!

>

> Heidi

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> +++++++++++++++

> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

> Associate Director

> Center for Educational Access

> University of Arkansas

> ARKU 104

> Fayetteville, AR 72701

> 479.575.3104

> 479.575.7445 fax

> 479.575.3646 tdd

> +++++++++++++++

>

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> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Sean Keegan <skeegan at stanford.edu> wrote:

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> Hi Heidi,

>

>

>

> From what I understand about the DAISY XML file produced by the Save As

> DAISY plugin is that it is not exactly a text-only DAISY DTB as it is

> lacking  the NCX or SMIL files. It is, essentially, a precursor to

> producing a DTB. That said, most DAISY reading apps can handle a DAISY XML

> file. Perhaps the issue is that the Go Read app will only support a

> complete DAISY 3 DTB and not the DAISY XML file?

>

>

>

> Glad you were able to get it to work with the ePub conversion with

> Calibre. It's probably what MacGyver would use instead of his swiss army

> knife if he did alt media production...

>

>

>

> Take care,

>

> Sean

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> On Sep 4, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Heidi Scher <hascherdss at gmail.com> wrote:

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>

> Thank you everyone for the feedback!  I'm passing every little tidbit

> along to our lab coordinator.

>

> I need to clarify a couple of points. We are not converting Bookshare

> books, but are converting the student's course materials. We already do

> full DAISY as most all of our students love using full DAISY.  I'm not

> having trouble converting to text-only DAISY. The files are converting and

> work fine with AMIS. BUT, for students who want to use the GoRead DAISY app

> for Android, the text-only DAISY that works in AMIS does not work in

> GoRead.

>

> Yesterday I got a wild hair and decided to go a different route. I

> combined all the Word Docx files that we use for DAISY conversion into one

> large file. Then ran it through Calibre for ePub. AND...drumroll....it now

> reads out loud in GoRead!

>

> Just more information to put into our arsenal for future reference!

>

> Thank you again one and all!

>

> Heidi

>

>

> +++++++++++++++

> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

> Associate Director

> Center for Educational Access

> University of Arkansas

> ARKU 104

> Fayetteville, AR 72701

> 479.575.3104

> 479.575.7445 fax

> 479.575.3646 tdd

> +++++++++++++++

>

>

>

> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Ron Stewart <ron at ahead.org> wrote:

>

> That may be an option, and it still works. Unfortunately Kris is no longer

> supporting it as far as I am aware.

>

>

>

> Ron Stewart

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Gaeir Dietrich

> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2014 2:29 PM

> *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'

>

>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] text-only DAISY conversion

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> You can also use Tech Adapt’s free TAMC program:

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> http://accessiblemediacenter.techadapt.com/

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>

>

> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>

> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich

> 408-996-6047 or 408-996-4636

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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Neal Sorensen

> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2014 12:19 PM

> *To:* athen-list at u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] text-only DAISY conversion

>

>

>

> Hello Heidi,

>

>

>

> Bookshare books are surprisingly easy to convert to Text Only.  Here’s a

> quick how-to…

>

>

>

> 1.       Unzip the file downloaded from Bookshare, and open the extracted

> folder.

>

> 2.       Look for the file ending in .XML and open it in an internet

> browser (I recommend Firefox)

>

> 3.       Copy the full text from the browser and paste it into a word

> processor.

>

> 4.       Breathe easy

>

>

>

> XML file contains the full text, often with Images, with some rich text

> formatting and pages indicated.  XML usually contains styles too, but I

> don’t think that is included in the Bookshare XML.

>

>

>

> I have noticed that newer versions of Mac OS X have had compatibility

> issues with Bookshare software.  Read:OutLoud hasn’t run successfully for

> me in almost a year on Macs.  This is the best method I have discovered for

> working around that issue, and still using Bookshare content with those

> students.

>

>

>

> Hope this helps!

>

>

>

> Neal Sorensen

>

> Specialist of Assistive Technology

>

> Office of Disability Resources

>

> Naropa University: Boulder, CO

>

> nsorensen at naropa.edu

>

> Phone: 303-546-3560

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>

>

> The Machine is Us/ing Us:

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

>

> "A wonderful exploration of how new types of text are changing the world…"

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi all,

>

>

>

> This semester we've had several students who are needing text-only DAISY

> so that they can access DAISY on their Android devices.  Is anyone out

> there converting to text-only DAISY? We've been in contact with Bookshare

> and they use the Save As DAISY plug-in for Word. But we aren't having any

> luck getting that to work.

>

>

>

> Anyone have any ideas??

>

>

>

> Thanks in advance!!

>

>

>

> Heidi

>

>

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