Yes, you can use Virtual View to recognize image-laden PDFs, though your success will also depend on the quality of the images and whether the file is restricted from being accessed with screen readers. It should also work in older versions of Window-Eyes. Note we no longer support XP and have not tested the OCR component there. I expect that aspect of Virtual View will most likely fail, but you're free to give it a try.
Regards, Steve -- Stephen Clower Window-Eyes Product Support and App Development Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com Sent from my phone. > On Nov 4, 2015, at 6:53 PM, Kim Lingo via Talk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does this replace the need to run PDF files that arrive as graphic files > through something like a virtual printer such as that found in products like > the k1000, or Openbook? Also, does it work with earlier versions of Window- > Eyes such as 8.4? > P.S. you might want to get out your airsick bags. I still am using Windows > XP. > Kim Lingo > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Bushman via Talk" > <[email protected]> > To: "'Bud Schwab'" <[email protected]>; "'Window-Eyes Discussion List'" > <[email protected]>; "'Ross McGregor'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 3:36 PM > Subject: RE: Introducing Virtual View 5.0 > > >> Hi All, >> >> Maybe this will help. >> As you know window eyes has free apps that you can install and run with we. >> They do all kinds of things like help get access to many windows programs, >> help access all kinds of things etc. >> Example: You can check the weather, you can get better access to outlook the >> Microsoft email program and more. >> Well, virtual view another free wineyes app has been upgraded with some of >> the most useful features you could imagine. >> So, use the free app called app get and either get or update your virtual >> view app. >> Then try out the new features Aaron and others are mentioning below. >> Example: I just pressed ctrl-alt-v and launched the virtual view app. >> I then was able to tab through the apps settings/features. >> I cut and pasted a pdf file in to the Virtual View window and wow it did OCR >> on the file and I could read just the text. >> This is way cool, check it out and rely on your friends / users on this list >> to learn more and get answers. >> >> Hope this helps. >> Thanks, >> Sam >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk >> [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Bud Schwab via Talk >> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 4:30 PM >> To: Ross McGregor <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: Introducing Virtual View 5.0 >> >> Very well put. I agree 100 percent as a guy who knows very little about >> this whole thing. >> >> BudAt 03:17 PM 11/4/2015, you wrote: >>> Hi Aaron, >>> >>> Yes virtual view sounds like a very good tool. >>> >>> But I'd like to point out that computer programmers, software writers and >>> general computer geeks or nerds, always write with a lot of assumed >>> knowledge. They just assume all folks know what they know. And of >>> course we don't. >>> >>> Case in point is your email. You mentioned virtual view. But didn't say >>> what is it, where do we get it, and what is the cost if any. You just >> assumed. >>> >>> So please could geeks and nerds and others, realise that many of us aren't >>> buried head first in to a computer all day and every day. It's just a >> tool >>> we use, to live our lives. >>> >>> This comment can be applied to 99 per cent of geeks and nerds. So >>> please could the we squared staff, remember to write from the users's >>> point of view when communicating? >>> >>> >>> Just a friendly tip. >>> All the best, >>> >>> Ross. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Talk >>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>> On Behalf Of Aaron Smith via Talk >>> Sent: Thursday, 5 November 2015 7:34 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Introducing Virtual View 5.0 >>> >>> Virtual View 5.0 now supports exciting new features such as the ability >>> to OCR images from files or the screen, plus virtualizing various >>> document formats, including PDF files. Here are some other features: >>> >>> * You can open an image in any format (jpg, bmp, png, tiff, >>> etc.). >>> * If you press Alt-Print Screen to capture the active window, >>> Virtual View will automatically OCR it for you. >>> * The Virtual View options dialog lets you control image >>> manipulation to increase OCR success. >>> * Supports UAC, allowing you to get contents (specifically UIA) >>> from windows that are elevated. >>> >>> * Images inside PDF files are prepended with [BEGIN >>> IMAGE] and appended with [END IMAGE]. >>> * You can choose several different kinds of file formats to >>> virtualize, including: >>> >>> * Txt >>> >>> * Html >>> >>> * Xml >>> >>> * Zip >>> >>> * And if you have Office installed: >>> >>> ? Docx >>> >>> ? Xlsx >>> >>> ? Pptx >>> >>> Imagine a Word document filled with text boxes and word art. That >>> information will show up as plain text when passed through Virtual View. >>> Spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations are the same way. If you want >>> to quickly skim a PowerPoint presentation without opening PowerPoint, >>> use Virtual View. >>> >>> With zip files, Virtual View can open the zip file and get the text of >>> all text files. 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