Is there any way to save the file once the text is digitized so I can put it back on my iPhone to read again? That's my main goal, really.
Thanks for the help so far. I don't have open book or Adobe Acrobat Creator but do have the latest version of jaws. On 7/2/12, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- “There is no shame in being who you are. There’s only shame in not going down swinging to protect it” -- 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.
