so I need to read it in Open book? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF to Text
> 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] 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]
