[Dtb-talk] DAISY Pipeline and Word add-in Installation Issues

[Greg Kearney]

As you say I'm a Mac user user and we use the MacOS textutil program  
to do what the Word add-in does in Windows so sorry I can't help.

Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
gkearney at gmail.com

On May 14, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:

> Hello Greg and listers,
>
>    I thought you would weigh in on this one. I know you're a MAC  
> user, but
> do you have any idea of why I'm having trouble getting the MS Word  
> add-in to
> install? I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks for the help.
>
>    Also I downloaded the JAWS Scripts for the DAISY Pipeline and  
> ended up
> with a corrupt script set. If someone is willing to share a set of  
> JAWS
> Scripts with me that are good that too will be appreciated. Thanks  
> or your
> help.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>;  
> "Peter
> Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] DAISY Pipeline and Word add-in Installation  
> Issues
>
>
> Peter;
>
> The paths section of the DAISY Pipeline preferences will let you
> specify what encoder you wish to use so you don't have to use Lame if
> you don't want to.
>
> Greg Kearney
> 535 S. Jackson St.
> Casper, Wyoming 82601
> 307-224-4022
> gkearney at gmail.com
>
> On May 14, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>
>>   I successfully installed the DAISY Pipeline on both of our
>> computers and
>> will begin configuring it over the next few days. The one issue I
>> have with
>> this and other software packages I use is their insistence on use of
>> the,
>> "Lame MP3 Encoder." It would be preferable for folks like myself if
>> the
>> Pipeline and similar programs would give us the option of using the
>> default
>> MP3 encoder on our computers and elect to install Lame is we prefer
>> to do
>> so. If we're satisfied with the audio quality produced by the MP3
>> encoder on
>> our machines software like Pipeline should find it and permit us to
>> use it
>> if that's our preference instead of demanding that we install Lame.
>>
>>       We use Office XP under Windows XP on both of our computers. I'm
>> having trouble installing the Save as DAISY add-in for Microsoft
>> Word on
>> both of our computers. I copied the messages displayed during these
>> attempts
>> below in the hopes someone can help me troubleshoot this problem.
>> Here they
>> are:
>>
>>
>> When attempting to install the DAISY Translator for Microsoft Word
>> on my
>> computer I'm receiving the following
>>
>> message:
>>
>> DAISY translator for Microsoft Word dialogue. Unable to satisfy all
>> prerequisites for DAISY Translator add-in for Microsoft
>>
>> Word to be installed successfully.  Setup cannot continue until all
>> components are successfully installed.Details Button
>>
>> Close Button.
>>
>>
>> I tried to look up the details of why the add-in won't install, but
>> was
>> unable to activate the, "Details Button" using JAWS 9.0. On another
>> computer
>> I'm being told that a critical file was not downloaded and that I
>> should
>> redownload the add-in. I also downloaded the JAWS Scripts for the
>> DAISY
>> Pipeline and received a corrupt file for my trouble. If someone can
>> send me
>> a good archive of these scripts that will be one problem solved on
>> both
>> machines. Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>>
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