[macvoiceover] Fw: Accessibility-dev Digest, Vol 5, Issue 86

  • From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:44:01 -0500

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Peter Korn" <Peter.Korn@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <accessibility-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility-dev Digest, Vol 5, Issue 86


While the ODT2DTBook extension is a great tool it is a mistake to
imply that the results of using it will be a full DAISY book. What it
generates is a DTBook XML file which can be used to generate a DAISY
book fileset with a tool like the DAISY pipeline.

Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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On Dec 10, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Peter Korn wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> OpenOffice.org 3.0, when combined with the ODT2DTBook extension,
> should be an accessible (and open source & free) DAISY creation tool
> for you on Macintosh.  See http://sourceforge.net/projects/
> odt2dtbook/ or go through the OpenOffice.org extension website: 
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/odt2dtbook
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Korn
> Accessibility Architect & Principal Engineer,
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>
>> To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X
>> by the blind <discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: accessibility-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I still can't find a good tool for Making DAISY Books. I know Greg
>> suggested the Pipeline, but I have no idea how to install it. The
>> GUI  is VO inaccessible.
>>
>> If someone knows of a good place to find Command Line Tools for
>> the  Pipeline, and a guide, taht would be good. I searched and
>> found nothing.
>>
>> Is there also a DAISY converter like the one I need, which is not
>> based on MSAA for the Mac.
>>
>> Thanks for listening,
>> Alex,
>>
>
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