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Conversion Options
Conversion Options
The Stanford Converter into Braille & E-Text (SCRIBE) system offers a number of different conversion options to transform image-based and text-based documents into alternate and accessible formats. In general, text-based files may be converted to other text-based file formats or MP3 audio formats. Image-based file formats will first be converted into text-based versions using optical character recognition (OCR) before being converted to the desired format type.
The following table provide specific information as to the output options when starting with a specific file type.
Original File Formats and Output Options
| Original File Format | Audio (MP3) | Braille | PEF (Portable Embosser Format) |
DAISY (Full & Text-Only) |
MS Word | RTF | Text | ePub | MOBI | Tagged PDF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .doc, .docx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| .rtf | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| .txt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| .htm, .html | Yes | Yes (ASCII) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ePub | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | NA | Yes | No |
| MOBI | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | NA | No |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| .tiff, .jpeg, .gif .bmp, .djv, .j2k |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Please note that the above information is not a complete list, but represents the most commonly used files for upload and conversion. You can view all the supported files on the Convert a File page.
