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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 10:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] program and help needed for converting image PDF to OCR file If you try this service with your document, please report back to the list. I've used them before but they couldn't help me with files that were graphics. I'm talking about the kind that you open in Acrobat and the message Empty Document appears. Betsy At 03:47 AM 5/2/2010, you wrote: >Also, there was a service you could use free of charge as well, >www.spokentext.net they provide conversion from PDF/Doc/RTF/TXT >format to others. > >Mo. > > >Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press wrote: >>Joanne, >>There are at least two kinds of PDF formats. If the file is >>actually a picture of something like a bank statement, what is on >>the paper is actually a graphic, and it sounds like that's what you >>have. Some people have had some success with scanning software but >>generally those programs require a lot of cleanup to the scanned >>file. I run a transcription business and have had 14 years of >>experience with such files. >>We generally ask the sender to provide us a different format of the >>file such as .doc, .rtf, or even .txt. Some of the software out >>there now is fairly good, but we have not found it to be reliable >>enough for many things because of the varied use of fonts and strange symbols. >> >>The other kind of pdf is one that was created in some sort of >>wordprocessor and then made into a pdf. You can tell if the file >>you have is one of those by going to your File Menu in Acrobat >>Reader and check to see if there is a Save as Text option. You can >>then save it as a text file and open it in your preferred wordprocessor. >> >>I have had varying degrees of success with copying a pdf to my >>clipboard and pasting it into Word, but if you have a graphic to >>start with, that will not help. >>There are probably others on this list who are much more versed in >>the technical workings of all of this, and I sure hope they have >>some suggestions for you that I can use. >>Betsy >> >>At 01:02 AM 5/2/2010, you wrote: >>>Some of my very important documents have been sent to me from >>>places like banks and legal places, but they are in picture PDF >>>form. I did look on the programs page and thought the PDF to OCR >>>would be perfect, but when extracted it shows a list of 8 things >>>and I have no idea what any of these items does. There isn't a >>>help file, and there doesn't seem to be menus for conversion or >>>places where you can select a PDF file and folder to browse, etc. >>>I don't even see it in programs in start menu or on desktop. It >>>simply unzips unrecognizable folders but I don't feel it's >>>completely installed. >>> >>>If someone has a solution for this or even another easier program >>>so Jaws can read these image files, please let me know. >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>Joanne >>>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/
