It's all in preference. And in what you life style allows for. I love my open book, I read mail and scan things in, mostly mail, and I use it to read pdfs. I've got the knfb reader also, and will use it when necessary. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Judy Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 6:35 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading a PDF
George, thanks. Judy -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of George Martinez Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 6:31 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading a PDF I have had OpenBook for around 8 years now and I rarely if ever use it. I purchased the new KNFB reader for Windows at that gong $19.95 price and it will do the same thing with PDFs. That said Judy, there are a number of good free programs out there that will take a PDF and convert it to text, even some web sites where you send them your PDF and they will return it in minutes as a text file. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 3:24 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading a PDF Judy, to add a little more detail. I never bought OpenBook because I believe there are so many other ways of accomplishing what it does. Essentially, it's an OCR program with scanner that was designed with JAWS in mind. However, as you may have seen with the recent KNFB Reader thread, there are now many other, much more affordable ways to convert print to digital text. But since I don't own it, I hope Openbook users will chime in with any advantages it may have over other options. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 5:53 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading a PDF OpenBook is an FS/VFO product, and it's not exactly free. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Judy Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 5:42 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading a PDF Where do you get Open Book and is it free? Is it totally accessible to me to install? Thanks. Judy & Libby -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 7:33 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading a PDF Hi Judy, It installs when you install Openbook. This is the only way of getting it I know of. Take care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. Early to bed, early to rise, keep my iHemorrhoids from being a surprise. ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading a PDF Hi, what is the freedom import printer? How do you getit? Judy & Libby -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Tammy Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 9:52 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Reading a PDF Ok, I have a PDF which shows up as an empty document. Would you please remind me how to read this? I tried using insert with the spacebar, letter o, for ocr then letter d for document and got something really strange. I forgot how to open it using the freedom import printer. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
