It's up there too if memory serves. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text
> Jamele Has also written an pdf to ocr thing. I can't find it ow but it is > in the top tec tedbits archive. > > SA&G > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 2:30 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text > > > I have actually been using the excellent TextPal available on the > Programs > page to read both Adobe Acrobat and PowerPoint presentations. It converts > and opens these documents in a fraction of the time Acrobat spans messing > around loading, tagging etc. What I want is the text to be read out and > Text > pal delivers this instantly without having to convert anything. Much > easier > and simpler. I have associated both PDF and PPT files with Text Pal and > life > ever since has been much easier. > > If there is no usable text and the file is just a scanned image you do > have > to use OCR. I do not have Open Book but there should be an option > somewhere > to load an image rather than a scan. You will probably have to save the > Acrobat file in a suitable image format first. This may be jpg, tiff, or > bmp - it depends on what open book will accept. You can specify a file > type > in the Acrobat save as menu - tab down to files of type in the save as > dialogue box and select a suitable image format that Open book can use. > > The Microsoft Office Document Imaging can OCR from tiff files with > excellent > results also. Kurzweil also does a good job with inaccessible scanned PDF > files. > > Regards > > David Griffith > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patricia > Dunbar > Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2008 22:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text > > so I need to read it in Open book? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text > > >> Hi, some PDFs are in fact scanned images. An OCR programme is >> required if you want to read the scanned images. Hope that helps. >> >> At 05:18 12/01/2008, you wrote: >>>Interesting.. >>>Well are there some pdf's out there that can't be converted to text? Like >>>today a friend of mine has his house up for sale and I got the pdf and I >>>had >>>that irritating adobie installed from that awful site as it was in the >>>control panel and when I opened that pdf well adobie said graphic and as >>>far >>>as I could obtain any info on the screne it didn't tell me anything about >>>the pdf in question nor did it convert it to text.. >>>So I poked around in adobie's menus and thinking I didn't set up the >>>accessibility part right when it was installed so saw that read text >>>aloud >>>choice in the menus and did the hot key for it and all it said in some >>>weird >>>voice was, blank... >>>So guess I'll never know 'bout that sale of that house,lol hehehe >>> >>>Patricia >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Rick Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:07 PM >>>Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text >>> >>> >>> > Hi Patricia, >>> > The adobe reader is just that, a reader of pdf documents. >>> > PDF TO TEXT, is a program for converting pdf documents to text. >>> > Adobe reader will also convert pdf to text. >>> > HTH, >>> > Richard Q. Justice >>> > www.blind-computing.com >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> > To: "BC" <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:02 AM >>> > Subject: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text >>> > >>> > >>> >> What does that program pdf to text do? >>> >> I mean I know what it does, I just wonder if the Adobie is for >>> >> reading >>> >> pdf >>> >> docs and this other program converts it to text then why would I need >>> >> Adobie? >>> >> >>> >> Patricia >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>> >> http://www.jaws-users.com >>> >> Address for the list archives: >>> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >> To post to this group, send email to >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >>> >> subject >>> >> or body of a blank message to: >>> >> [EMAIL 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