Hi, Nuance pdf reader is free and offers an option to convert pdf files containing image data into text files. Just check this out. You cannot read pdf files with this programm as it does not make pdf files accessible, but you can open the programm and convert any pdf file to a text file. This file then will be send to you via email.
hope that helps. cheers Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralf Kefferpuetz To: 'Baracco, Andrew W' ; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:35 PM Subject: RE: WE and pdf Abby Finereader is cheap and very good and fast. Version 10 ist the newest one, but you can get Version 9 for about $50 on ebay or Amazon. I use it myself since years. Hth, Ralf Ralf Kefferpuetz Germany From: Baracco, Andrew W [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: WE and pdf I think that Docuscan from Serotek sells for about $400. Andy From: Brenda [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:55 AM To: David; [email protected] Subject: Re: WE and pdf So what are some inexpensive OCR programs that work well with Window Eyes. I have a new Win7 machine and a new HP printer with a scanning program that will not read OCR. My old Dell printer would scan to a word document and could be read by Window-Eyes, but the HP program will not do this. I really don't have $1,000 to spend on an OCR program but could really use one. Thanks for any ideas. Brenda On 4/28/2011 10:03 AM, David wrote: OK? And what if you happen to be the owner of OmniPage? Sure it could do the trick as well. Or, I guess, even PaperPort. In short, you need what is called an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. And there is a few of them on the market. Some more accessible, some far more expensive, some cheaper but still accessible, and some useless. Just for your information! ----- Original Message ----- From: Karyn Campbell To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 3:45 PM Subject: RE: WE and pdf Nothing will help this unless you have Open Book or Kurzweil 1000. The reason is that these blank documents are scanned image files and no screen reader will read them. HTH Karyn Campbell, Illinois USA, [email protected] Using WE 7.2 on Toshiba laptop running Vista home premium SP 1 32 bit with Office 2007 and IE 7 along with Asus netbook running XP home 32 bit with Office 2007 and IE 7 with AVG 8.5 free on Asus netbook and Microsoft Security Essentials on Toshiba laptop. Check out my blog at packerbackerkaryn.blogspot.com Follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/packerbackerkar If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
