Hi, some PDFs are in fact scanned images. An OCR programme is required if you want to read the scanned images. Hope that helps.
At 05:18 12/01/2008, you wrote: >Interesting.. >Well are there some pdf's out there that can't be converted to text? Like >today a friend of mine has his house up for sale and I got the pdf and I had >that irritating adobie installed from that awful site as it was in the >control panel and when I opened that pdf well adobie said graphic and as far >as I could obtain any info on the screne it didn't tell me anything about >the pdf in question nor did it convert it to text.. >So I poked around in adobie's menus and thinking I didn't set up the >accessibility part right when it was installed so saw that read text aloud >choice in the menus and did the hot key for it and all it said in some weird >voice was, blank... >So guess I'll never know 'bout that sale of that house,lol hehehe > >Patricia > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rick Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> >Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:07 PM >Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text > > > > Hi Patricia, > > The adobe reader is just that, a reader of pdf documents. > > PDF TO TEXT, is a program for converting pdf documents to text. > > Adobe reader will also convert pdf to text. > > HTH, > > Richard Q. Justice > > www.blind-computing.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "BC" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:02 AM > > Subject: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text > > > > > >> What does that program pdf to text do? > >> I mean I know what it does, I just wonder if the Adobie is for reading > >> pdf > >> docs and this other program converts it to text then why would I need > >> Adobie? > >> > >> Patricia > >> > >> > >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > >> http://www.jaws-users.com > >> Address for the list archives: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > >> 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.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > >> following address: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > Address for the list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > > 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.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > > following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ >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.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ 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.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
