Re: [Blind-Computing] Readability of Scanned Documents - Was: pdf help needed
Hello bill, Glad that makes sense to you. I sometime have difficulty explaining how to get around a problem. As For the Kurzweil, that is a super way of doing what I have to do, but unfortunately the Kurzweil 1000 I think, is a little out of my price range. When Kurzweil was first introduced years ago, I had the privilege of using one at my job. Talk about being pricey! My employer was generous and the best part was that synthesizer was DecTalk. Can you use the Kurzweil 1000 with any scanner or does it have to be a particular one? Thanks for any help, Lennie At 12:30 PM 6/16/2007, you wrote: >Lenny writes: >As for a photo copy of a PDF file, I would print this document and if >it is only one or two page long, I would then scan the printed >results to read it. > >Does that make sense? > >Hi Lenny, > >Well, I guess you've answered my unknown. I presume that the HP scanning >software might yield similar results in that scanning a document as a text >document will produce a file that I could then access with JAWS. It makes >perfect sense to print the PDF and then scan it. But since I have Kurzweil >I can eliminate the steps of printing the PDF and then loading the paper >into the scanner bed. By virtue of the KESI Virtual Printer provided in >Kurzweil 1000 I can pass the PDF directly into Kurzweil by specifying to >print that PDF with the KESI Virtual Printer (rather than my HP PSC). It >saves paper, time and effort. > >Bill Gallik >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for >her first question. > > > >Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: >http://www.blind-computing.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now >To post to this group, send email to >blind-computing@jaws-users.com >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php >If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Blind-Computing] Readability of Scanned Documents - Was: pdf help needed
Lenny writes: As for a photo copy of a PDF file, I would print this document and if it is only one or two page long, I would then scan the printed results to read it. Does that make sense? Hi Lenny, Well, I guess you've answered my unknown. I presume that the HP scanning software might yield similar results in that scanning a document as a text document will produce a file that I could then access with JAWS. It makes perfect sense to print the PDF and then scan it. But since I have Kurzweil I can eliminate the steps of printing the PDF and then loading the paper into the scanner bed. By virtue of the KESI Virtual Printer provided in Kurzweil 1000 I can pass the PDF directly into Kurzweil by specifying to print that PDF with the KESI Virtual Printer (rather than my HP PSC). It saves paper, time and effort. Bill Gallik E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for her first question. Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Blind-Computing] Readability of Scanned Documents - Was: pdf help needed
Hi, I use a Canon printer copier and scanner. I can scan a letter or other document as a text file and it is completely accessible. As for a photo copy of a PDF file, I would print this document and if it is only one or two page long, I would then scan the printed results to read it. Does that make sense? Thanks, Lennie At 04:24 AM 6/16/2007, you wrote: >Cathie Jacobse asks: >Does this apply to scanned documents as well? For example, I scan a letter >into my computer, then email it as an attachment to you. How easy is it to >be read? > > >Well Cathie, > >The answer to your question depends on how you (or anybody) scanned the >document. Personally, I have Kurzweil 1000 and would use that to scan a >document to save and attach as a text file -- this is quite accessible. I >also have an HP multi-function printer/scanner/copier with dedicated >software that will allow me to "take a picture" of a document or attempt to >scan as text. I have no idea how accessible a document scanned as text via >this HP software will be since I prefer to use Kurzweil for this. But I >suppose it's possible that the HP scanning software would produce reasonably >accessible text files. > >Of course, I'm answering this as somebody who is totally blind and depends >on screen reading software to get anything meaningful from computer data. >If you're scanning documents and sending them to persons that at least have >reasonably functional sight there's probably no issue. And, if you were to >send a "photocopy" image to somebody who has Kurzweil he/she could always >run the attachment through the KESI Virtual Printer themselves to get a text >rendering of the letter. I don't know if Open Book has a similar feature; a >capability to have the Open Book Optical Character Recognition software >serve as a "printer" to convert images into text. > >Bill Gallik >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for >her first question. > > > >Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: >http://www.blind-computing.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now >To post to this group, send email to >blind-computing@jaws-users.com >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php >If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
