OS: all
Tools: Word processor (any), DAISY Pipeline

Using word processor software, such as LibreOffice, OpenOffice or Microsoft Word, follow these steps to prepare a quick DAISY book:

• Set the title of the document to the style "Title".

• Add a blurb for the production that explains how production is being done. E.g.:

  About this digital talking book:

  Navigation of this digital talking book is by chapter at the first navigation level. This is a talking book prepared for the National Network of Equitable Library Service. May 2013.

• Check for Find and Replace work to do on common mistakes or target abbreviations.

• Combine separate chapter files into a single file, if not already combined.
• Set chapter titles to "Heading 1".
• Add pagination.
• Save as .doc.
• Proof again to make document as error free as possible by assessing typical scanning pitfalls:
  • How to manage running title errors
  • Predictable abbreviations
  • Egregious OCR errors
• Save as DTBook XML.
• Open DAISY Pipeline.
• Choose Create and distribute.
• Choose TTS Narrator.
• Run the job to generate the DAISY book.
• When the job is complete, run the Pipeline job for Modify and Improve -> Multiformat -> Audio tagger. This will generate the playlist.