This might not be the solution you are after, but still here is a couple of ideas for you to consider.
If you are the owner of any OCR program, like Omnipage, you should have the chance in there, to perform your conversion. Note that you will need a stand-alone, full-fledged OCR. The one that was provided with the VirtualView app, might not have this capability. Secondly, if your files are not too personal, or does not contain sensitive info, you might want to use an online service. It will let you upload one or more files, convert them to the format of your choice, and provide you with a downloadable result of the conversion. And there are numerous free services like that. To wet your apetite, I went to my browser, and let it search for the following term: online converter jpg to tiff . Simple as that, you get a long list of choices. I do not have a jpg for real testing, so I just quickly had a look at a couple of pages. Here is one, that seemingly should be not too complicated in its layout, that it would be possible for a screen reader user to handle it. Some sites are way too complicated in their layout, whilst others have a somehow more easly navigation for both the upload and download. It will have to be tested, and like I said, I have not done so. Hence, please take this as just an example of what you can get: https://onlineconvertfree.com/convert-format/jpg-to-tiff/ The above site, tells that it offers you convertion of a long line (something like 200) different filetypes. So enjoy. Why do you need to convert the file? If you want to run an OCR on the file, and need a TIFF file to run the OCR, maybe you could just as well get an OCR service that will take the jpg directly. In every convertion step, there is a risk of something getting lost or messsed up. The school for the blind in Denmark, Europe - along with the blind organization in the same country - has an online service for converting a number of filetypes into text or audio. I do not remember if the jpg is supported there, but you might want to check it out. It is free, and could be handy for other projects. Even if you ever need a document - like a pdf - turned into text. Their address is: robobraille.org And good thing about it being run by the school for the blind, of course is that it is all accessible. You will be guided through all steps. Don't let yourself be thrown off the wagon, just because it is located in Denmark. They have already taken care of the lingual part. The site is offered in numerous languages, like English, German, Spanish and Italian. And of course in Danish, should you want to have some fun. Smiles. RoboBraille will convert your file, and send it to you per EMail, that you can store it wherever you might prefer. They do not store your document, anything longer than what it takes to process it. Sometimes that could take a few minutes, depending on the traffic on the servers. Have benefitted from their services a few times. Again, I know this was not exactly what you were asking, but thought to leave you some alternatives. Even if they did not help you right now, they might be worth for later situations. David On 2/27/2020 5:16 PM, fenderwal--- via Talk wrote: > Hey, folks. > > As you know, Window-Eyes can't OCR a JPG file. I could have sworn I had a > file converter on my computer, but well... > > Any recommendations for software that will do the job? > > TIA, > Lou N. > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > . _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
