Is there anything out there that will convert files one already has if one doesn't have scanning software? Christine On Jun 11, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
> I haven't tried scanning software much on the mac as yet. I know that when I > was playing with a trial of Iris, it had a utility that converted a pdf to > OCR text. I think they may even have this as a separate utility. It would be > great to have this as a feature of scanning software, similar to Kurzweil's > Kesi Virtual Printer. > > Teresa > On Jun 11, 2011, at 10:43 AM, carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi Christine: >> It's possible that they were sent as scanned images, in which case you'd >> need an OCR program to read them. >> A long way around option, if you have a scanner is to print the attachment, >> and run it through your scanner for it's ocr capability. >> >> Carolyn >> On Jun 11, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: >> >>> Greetings to all. I am trying to figure out why I cannot read two PDF >>> attachments which were sent to me this morning. I've never had difficulty >>> before. I did open two pdf files I was able to read before, to make sure >>> that they still were accessible. However, the two I received today are on >>> the screen, according to a sighted person, but are not being read. Any >>> ideas? Thanks. >>> Christine >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
