Hi, sorry I didn't follow this thread so hopefully I'm not wrong in understanding: Why don't you use CMD a and CMD c to extract text from PDFS? Or do you need an OCR? There was once a software called something PDFIFY for this task. It was free. All the best Jürgen
Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 02.07.2021 um 18:26 schrieb Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi Tim, > > I did a search for a PDF pen but could not find it. I found PDF pen Pro but I > don’t think I want that one. I just need something they can extract text and > $80 doesn’t seem like a good idea for that. Can you suggest we are PDF and > maybe located? I hope they still offer it. > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Jul 2, 2021, at 12:13 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> Yes, acrobat is accessible, although I do find it rather cumbersome to >> maneuver through. PDFPen or PDFPen Pro are much more voiceover friendly and >> that's much easier to use. Neither are free though. >> >> Later… >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jul 2, 2021, at 9:26 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>> Hi Tim, >>> Yes, I did enable recognition. It read some gibberish, very little, though. >>> I take it Acrobat works on the Mac? On my Windows machine, I have the >>> Reader, and I used fJaws to extract text. If I recall, Acrobat Pro was a >>> subscription service, but I could be mistaken. PDF Pen is a program I am >>> not familiar with, but I’ll check it out. Thanks. >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Les >>> >>>> On Jul 2, 2021, at 11:02 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Did you make sure that VoiceOver Recognition was enabled within the VO >>>> Utility? If that is enabled, you should, at least, get VoiceOver to >>>> announce that it is a document with text on it. Otherwise, apps like >>>> Acrobat DC or PDFPen can do the OCR for you. >>>> >>>> Later… >>>> >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Jamf Certified Tech >>>> Apple Professional Learning Specialist >>>> Apple Teacher >>>> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>>> On Jul 2, 2021, at 6:17 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Tim, >>>>> I followed your instructions. When I invoked the text recognition >>>>> command, it reported no image description available. Was the Full N an >>>>> app? Does this mean I can perform OCR on a pdf as can be done with >>>>> Acrobat? Actually, in Windows, I used the Jaws facility to extract text >>>>> that was identified as an empty document. My work space may not >>>>> accommodate a scanner, so I would like to use software in these >>>>> instances. Thanks. >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Les >>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 1, 2021, at 4:10 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >>>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Normally, you navigate to the Document area, interact with it, then if >>>>>> it has multiple pages, they will be listed. Interact with the page you >>>>>> wish to read and the text will be read by VO. If it requires OCR, you >>>>>> can try pressing VO-shift-l to see if VO will read it to you. If >>>>>> VO-shift-l does not work, first make sure that VoiceOver Recognition is >>>>>> enabled in the VoiceOver Utility, then try again. If it still doesn’t >>>>>> work for you, you may need to use full on OCR like in Acrobat DC. >>>>>> >>>>>> Later… >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>> Jamf Certified Tech >>>>>> Apple Professional Learning Specialist >>>>>> Apple Teacher >>>>>> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) >>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 1, 2021, at 10:16 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>> I just received my first pdf file. I loaded it into Preview, but could >>>>>>> not figure out how to access the text. Also, if it is an image, is >>>>>>> there a way I can perform OCR on it without attaching a scanner? 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