Hello Mark, As you have suggested, the ability to have an accessible PDF document depends upon how the PDF document was originally created.
For example, if someone merely created the file with images of text, then on the face of it, the PDF will not be accessible in iBooks. iBooks is not an OCR app. Therefore, if you have an inaccessible PDF document, you will first need to digitize the text. There are several ways to accomplish this depending on the resources at your disposal. For instance, if you have OpenBook, you could use it to OCR the text. While I have not used it yet, the new OCR feature of Jaws is also available. Personally, I have a full version of Adobe Acrobat Creator and, consequently, when I open a PDF document, it performs an OCR on the PDF document, automatically. I'm not certain if the latest version of Acrobat Reader offers this feature. Hopefully, this information will get you started. Good luck. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marc Rocheleau Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 12:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Converting pdf files to an accessible iBooks format on the PC Hi all, I believe this has been covered here before but I have no idea when -- it seems like a long time ago. Anyway, can someone please reply here or e-mail me off-list with instructions on how to convert a pdf file so I can read it in iTunes? I tried opening the pdf file itself but it's just blank pages (I assume it's due to the digtal formatting.) Thanks in advance to anyone who can help! -Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en.
