DAISY 2.02 to EPUB 3 Conversion Guide

The DAISY Pipeline App is a multi-format converter, and it includes a script which transforms a DAISY 2.02 publication into the newer EPUB 3 publication.

If you have a book in DAISY 2.02 format, whether text-only or with audio, follow the steps given below to convert it to EPUB 3.

1. Start the Pipeline App and wait for the Pipeline engine to start (this could take 15-30 seconds).
2. In “Select a script” choose “DAISY 2.02 to EPUB 3”

3. Select the browse button and select the “ncc.html” file inside the DAISY book folder.

   Note that there is an alternative way of starting the job in DAISY Pipeline app. Instead of selecting a script, you can start by selecting the file to be converted, and then DAISY Pipeline prompts only those scripts which will work with the selected file.

   You can either drag and drop the file to be converted in Pipeline window or click the Browse button. Then you need to select the folder containing the input file. DAISY Pipeline will list files at the bottom of the window. Select the desired file/s and click on Create job.

4. Under Options check the “Include Media Overlays” checkbox if you want to retain the audio files inside the DAISY book
5. In “EPUB file name” you can provide a name for the resulting EPUB 3 output
6. Run the job by clicking the “Run” button
7. The job status will be displayed at the top of the window. It could read “Running” and later “Completed” or “Error”. The progress messages are displayed under “Messages” heading.
8. Click the “Results folder” link to view the output.
9. The output will be a file with the .epub extension. You can open it in any EPUB reading app or device.

See also

• Convert inaccessible print materials to Word formats
• Make Word documents more accessible
• Convert Word document to DAISY audio Book
• Convert accessible Word to EPUB
• Convert Word document to DTBook XML to create multiple formats including Braille
• Use high quality TTS to record text