Hi, I’ve heard that on a few places. It even appears to do better than Adobe’s built in OCR in Acrobat.
Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Oct 27, 2021, at 11:44 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Thanks for this, Tim. This was really helpful. And in case anyone feels > like one-upping JAWS and Windows, the Mac did a much better job with the OCR. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Oct 27, 2021, at 11:52 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >> <Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com <mailto:Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Donna, >> >> Basically, the answer is “yes”, as long as you have an M1 Mac. First, in >> VoiceOver Utility, under the VoiceOver Recognition category, make sure that >> Image Recognition is enabled. You can download extra languages as well if >> any of your images require translation or to be spoken in another language. >> Next, open the pdf in Preview and navigate VO to the Document area where the >> image is. Finally, press VO-shift-l. This should do the job. I tested >> this on a screen shot and it worked, sort of. The first time I pressed >> VO-shift-l, VO said “Preview, Not Responding”, then said “No Description >> Available”, Thus I said “Hmph”. So, being persistent and all, I waited a >> few seconds and pressed VO-shift-l again, and low and behold, it read out >> the text on my screen shot. It did a wonderful job too. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later… >> >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Jamf Certified Tech >> Apple Professional Learning Specialist >> Apple Teacher >> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Oct 27, 2021, at 8:14 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Someone just sent me a PDF image file. Is there a way to make the Mac OCR >>> it? >>> TIA, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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