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On 4 Aug 2012, at 18:04, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: Chris I have this, but it keeps crashing under Mountain Lion or Lion. Gordon On 4 Aug 2012, at 17:59, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: Failing that, get docuscan plus Sent from my iPhone On 4 Aug 2012, at 06:17, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Paul, > > You might try one of Wondershare's products -- either PDF Converter for Mac > or PDF Converter Pro -- in trial mode. This is a kind of hokey answer, and I > wouldn't want to purchase the product ($59.99 or $79.99 for Pro) unless they > made some accessibility fixes to their interface. The conversion seems > robust. What worked for me was using their trial downloads, which are > limited to converting 5 pages, to convert from PDF to Rich Text Format. By > default the conversion seems to go to Word (.docx) format, and those seemed > to come out as gibberish for me. HTML worked, and then I tried the > conversion to .rtf, which is probably what you will want to use. > > Get one of the trial downloads of either PDF Converter for Mac or PDF > Converter Pro from: > http://www.wondershare.com/pdf-converter/mac/ > If you use the web rotor set to links, and look for "Free trial", you'll get > two sets of matches to the free trial downloads for the standard and pro > versions: the first set are the standard and pro version links at the bottom > of a feature comparison table, and the second set are the summary > descriptions for the products with pricing, "trial" and "buy" links at the > bottom of the page, again for the standard and pro versions. (The pro > version adds OCR capability). > > The program starts up with a "Wondershare PDF Converter (Unregistered)" > window with a scroll area that will populate with your selected files. To run > the program use the "File" menu on the menu bar to "Add files" with the > Command-L shortcut. Your selections get loaded into the scroll area of the > Wondershare PDF Converter (Unregistered) window, and there's an unlabeled > button outside the scroll area that runs the conversion. However, you can > use the shortcuts from the "Convert" menu of Command-R to run or > Command-Shift-R to cancel instead doing a VO-Space on that unlabeled button > to run the program. For each file there is an initial "button" that can be > pressed to Preview the PDF, and then for the currently selected file there's > a second button you can press to specify the conversion format and page > range. However, you can bypass this by pressing Command-F to use the "File > Configuration" shortcut from the "File Menu" to bring up the dialog box with > the same information. This lets you specify page range (defaults to "all", > but you can customize by typing, for example "1,3,5-8" into the text box), > and the format in the pop up menu (e.g. "Rich Text Format"). The check box > for "Apply to all" lets you apply the format selection to all files you have > loaded into the scroll area to date. Run the program with Command-R. Files > with similar name but .rtf extension will be placed in the same directory as > your selected file. If you choose HTML, then the converted file is always > named index.html. > > This seems to work. There are paid versions in the Mac App Store, but if you > only need to read your bills, you can just use the trial version, which > limits you to 5 pages per document. I'll give you the App Store links: > • PDF Converter > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdf-converter/id414200948?mt=12 > • PDF Converter Pro > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdf-converter-pro/id422540826?mt=12 > > Sarah and others, the issue that Paul has hit is that the PDF versions of > tables reads out of order: all the entries from column 1 then all the entries > from column 2. Try printing a PDF version of a table you can read correctly > on the web. When you use Preview or Skim the columns are read out of order. > Using the "New TextEdit Window from Selection" service doesn't help: if you > start from the HTML version, the TextEdit window will read the table in > correct order, but if you start from the PDF version, the conversion in the > TextEdit window will read the same way. I tried a few other converters that > gave the same behavior. That's also why I tried converting to HTML, as well > with this program. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Aug 3, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> I use an app called pdf to text. simply drag the file on to the app in the >> apps folder and you have an rtf file on your desk top, I think. It's been a >> while since I used it but it works for what I need it to. >> >> I'm unsure if it will do tables but it's worth a try. >> On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Paul Hopewell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> Is there anything in the Mac App store which will run on Mountain Lion and >>> convert PDF documents containing tables into a form which can be read with >>> VoiceOver? >>> >>> My bank provides my credit card statement as a PDF file only. It does not >>> read correctly with Preview which displays each column in the table >>> separately. Using Abbyyy fine reader to create a spreadsheet document does >>> a slightly better job displaying the date and description in a table with >>> separate columns but alas the amount is in a separate following table. >>> >>> So at present I have to start Windows XP under VMWare Fusion and use Adobe >>> Acrobat to convert the PDF document into html which then enables Safari to >>> correctly read the table. this is all very inconvenient so a Mac only >>> solution would be much better. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> Best regards.... >>> >>> Paul Hopewell > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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