Only when the quality is good enough. Often, the quality of the scan is not very good.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Mar 2015, at 22:46, Steve Nutt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > You said no screen reader can read them. This is incorrect. Jaws can, with > its Convenient OCR function. > > All the best > > Steve > > Sent from Type Mail > >> On 27 Mar 2015, at 08:32, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. > 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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