When you finish a book you need to export the project and then pass it to QA for Quality Assurance.

Before a project has been exported, there will be text near the top of the main project page that reads: It has not yet been exported.

If you are a Production Assistant, remember to also pass the RT ticket back to the Production Coordinator after you export the book and pass it to QA.

This page walks you through each step in order.

After you select Export the Project you will be on the export page. Here you will see some information about the file including:

• Size
• Runtime
• Encoding

If you are asked to compress the quality of the title, see the Compress Quality section below for more instructions. If you are not asked to compress the quality see the Export section below.

There are 4 conditions that will cause COP to ask you if you want to compress the file:

1. If the book is too large to fit on a CD,
2. if the bit rate is high,
3. if it is in stereo,
4. or if the sample rate may not be supported by all DAISY players.

If one or more of these conditions occur, you may be presented with one or more following options:

• Compress to Audio Production Quality: is offered if the book is recorded at a bit rate higher than 128 kbps, or has music and special effect throughout the book.
• Compress to Standard Talking Book Quality: this is the most common option and is offered if the book is smaller than the above rate, or has no music and special effects throughout the books.
• Compress to Acceptable Talking Book Quality: is offered if the book is smaller than the above rate, or has no music and special effects throughout the books.
• Compress to Minimum Talking Book Quality: is offered if the book is smaller than the above rate, or has no music and special effects throughout the books.

The most common option will be Standard Talking Book Quality.

If you are presented with one of the above options, select the option before you export to compress the file. We do this so it is easier for the user to upload the book to their device.

If you are presented with one of the above options: Select the button to compress Button will disappear and be replaced with plain text that reads: Will Compress to [blank] Quality You can not move to the next section to export!

Here is a video tutorial on How to Compress a File for Export.

To export a file: Select the button labelled Export This will take you to a new page that will process the export, stay on this page and wait until it is done. When it is done there will be plain text that reads: Done above a link to return to the main project page. Select Return to the Main Project Page

Now you are ready to Pass the title to QA for Quality Assurance!

Here is a video tutorial on how to Export a File

You can also use Batch Mode to import and export multiple projects. Please see Batch Mode for more information.

To pass to QA:

• Select option Send to QA on project page. This will be below the option to Download the Accessible Edition
• Once you select this option you will be taken to a page that reads Title has been moved to QA.
• You can select Return Home to go back to the project page and continue working

After you have exported your project and passed it to QA, you now need to pass the RT ticket to the Production Coordinator.

To pass a ticket back in RT:

• Enter the time (in minutes) you worked on the book in the Time Worked field in RT. You will find this in the ticket's Basics tab. The default should already be Minutes.
• Transfer your RT ticket to Rachel (rachel.osolen) who can then be notified to take a look.
• You can transfer your ticket by changing the owner of the ticket. Go to the Basics tab and then the Owner field. Type in the name of the person you want to assign the ticket to.

To add a comment and pass ticket in RT:

• Go to Actions drop down menu on the top left navigational menu for the ticket.
• Select Comment
• Enter the comment into the comment field, and cc the person you want the comment to go to (this is not needed, but will ensure the comment goes into their inbox and can help ensure they see it.)
• Change the owner to Production Coordinator

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