Pandoc is an open source gpl totally cross-platform document converter that has both epub2 and epub3 as one of its supported formats as well as docx and odt as other formats so there so there is no need for a windows only approach to generating epub3s via pandoc.
So I wonder why Daisy is only producing its pandoc based converter for Windows only?
Seems strange from an Accessibility point of view.
For those interested in trying pandoc checkout pandoc.org.
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Originally Posted by elibrarian
Reading the previous posts, I can't help asking (and this may ultimately belong in another forum), if anyone has tried this one:
https://daisy.org/activities/software/wordtoepub/
It's Windows-only, uses Pandoc as its motor, and produces accessible epub3's from any properly formatted .docx - works as an MS Word plugin, or standalone.
I have tried it, and though I don't like its formatting of images, it might work for others. And it's probably better, not least for newbies, at producing epubs, than all those more or less esotheric procedures that have been invented over the years for lack of better.
Regards,
Kim |