I have only come into the thread late and this may not be the solution sought.
Re Daisy Book audio book production. There are easy free and powerful free options on the windows side. The one I use is the free daisy Book generator. This program works with any collection of mp3 files to convert them into a daisy book. . There a few restrictions. The files must be named sequentially in the order in which they are to be played and the filenames must not include any spaces. I use at the excellent free bulk rename utility if this is an issue with files I am trying to convert into daisy book. The program works in a command window but is accessible in Jaws. In essence all you have to do is collect your files into a folder, hit the application key whilst the folder is highlighted and then select daisy from the context menu in explorer. Now press enter when daisy book generator starts up, and then press enter to exit the program. You can review the progress of the program with insert b but it is very quick at conversion. The folder will them be a daisy book. If you need a text based daisy option there is the daisy plugin for Microsoft word. Obviously you have to pay for word but I think the plugin is free. i never used this but did use the free daisy pipeline option which takes more setting up. Unfortunately I do not have access to the machine I set this up on so detailed advice on daisy pipeline will have to come from a current user. Regards David Griffith Widos David Griffith [email protected] On 10 Oct 2011, at 03:03, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > hello Jane > > I totally understand where you're coming from. The prices are ridiculous, and > although it's a top class piece of software, I really don't see how they > justify those prices. > > We only got it because back in 2007 when Gordon bought the original version > the prices were a lot lower. Then there was a mix-up at Dolphin over his SMA > which they lost. Eventually, after an 18 month refusal to update him, one of > Dolphin's support people started to dig around in the records and, > eventually, she unearthed Gordon's details and it became clear that they had > not honoured his purchase agreement and that what he had been telling them > was in fact correct. > > Dolphin wrote us a very nice letter, apologising for the error and saying > that they were going to send him a totally new copy because he's clearly paid > for something and not received it. Sure enough, in the next couple of days it > arrived with a personal apology letter from Dolphin's software manager. So > that's how we came about the current version. > > The earlier version would not run without HAL, (Dolphin's screen-reader) and > their software synthesiser whose name I have forgotten. But now it runs with > anything and even without a screen-reader. > > I am very sorry that they make the thing so unattainable to a lot of people. > The product is really intended for professional users. > > Lynne > > On 10 Oct 2011, at 02:32, Jane wrote: > > Hello, Lyne. > > Looks like I won't be getting it any time soon. Right now we are trying to > keep paying bills, so I guess that will have to wait. > > Jane > > > ======================================= > > 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. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================= 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. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
