Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and > nothing appears to have changed. > > None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to > Voiceover. > I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using > a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. > The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the > filename title of the PDF document. > > It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. > David Griffith >> On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on >> Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >>> On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open >>> the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new >>> textedit window with selection”. >>> It does exactly what it sounds like. >>> First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the >>> text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and >>> can select all. >>> >>>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then >>>> copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not >>>> nice but it works for me. >>>> >>>> Gena >>>>> On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to >>>>> know how to save a pdf as text. >>>>> My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? >>>>>> Chris >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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