<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Thank you everyone for the feedback! I'm passing every little tidbit along to our lab coordinator.<br><br>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. <br>
<br></div>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!<br>
<br></div>Just more information to put into our arsenal for future reference! <br><br>Thank you again one and all!<br></div>Heidi<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>+++++++++++++++<br>Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC<br>
Associate Director<br>Center for Educational Access<br>University of Arkansas<br>ARKU 104<br>Fayetteville, AR 72701<br>479.575.3104<br>479.575.7445 fax<br>479.575.3646 tdd<br>+++++++++++++++<br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Ron Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ron@ahead.org" target="_blank">ron@ahead.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">That may be an option, and it still works. Unfortunately Kris is no longer supporting it as far as I am aware.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Ron Stewart<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> athen-list [mailto:<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gaeir Dietrich<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 03, 2014 2:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'</span></p><div><div class="h5"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] text-only DAISY conversion<u></u><u></u></div>
</div><p></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">You can also use Tech Adapt’s free TAMC program: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://accessiblemediacenter.techadapt.com/" target="_blank">http://accessiblemediacenter.techadapt.com/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br><a href="tel:408-996-6047" value="+14089966047" target="_blank">408-996-6047</a> or <a href="tel:408-996-4636" value="+14089964636" target="_blank">408-996-4636</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> athen-list <a href="mailto:[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]" target="_blank">[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Neal Sorensen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 03, 2014 12:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] text-only DAISY conversion<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hello Heidi,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bookshare books are surprisingly easy to convert to Text Only. Here’s a quick how-to…<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Unzip the file downloaded from Bookshare, and open the extracted folder.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Look for the file ending in .XML and open it in an internet browser (I recommend Firefox)<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Copy the full text from the browser and paste it into a word processor.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Breathe easy<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hope this helps!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Neal Sorensen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Specialist of Assistive Technology<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Office of Disability Resources<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Naropa University: Boulder, CO<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:nsorensen@naropa.edu" target="_blank">nsorensen@naropa.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Phone: <a href="tel:303-546-3560" value="+13035463560" target="_blank">303-546-3560</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Machine is Us/ing Us:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"A wonderful exploration of how new types of text are changing the world…"<u></u><u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Hi all,<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Anyone have any ideas??<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Thanks in advance!!<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Heidi<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div>
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