Hi everyone. I'm still getting my head around JAWS 18. How do you access Convenient OCR? Also, I purchased OpenBook a few months ago and am still on the waiting list for training. Can anyone give me a few pointers to get started with PDFS?
Thanks Michele ----- Original Message ----- From: Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> To: "jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Date: Wednesday, 12 July 2017 5:56 am Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 18 and PDF? > > > Hi, Vicky. I'll answer with a qualified yes. I'm assuming that JAWS 16 > doesn't have the Convenient OCR feature, but I could be wrong. With > convenient OCR, JAWS makes it easy to convert PDF files. The typical sequence > of keystrokes is JAWS key+spacebar, then o for OCR, then d for document. You > wait a while, not long at all for short documents and maybe a few minutes for > longer ones, and then the text of the PDF file is displayed in a new window. > > If you can live with those steps, the Convenient OCR feature is well > worthwhile. I use it all the time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Vicky Vaughan > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 3:23 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 18 and PDF? > > Hi List, I am wondering if it is worth spending the money to upgrade to 18 > from the latest 16. If you say that it can read PDFs without going through > recognition steps, then, it will be worth it for me. > > Please let me know. > > Sincerely, Vicky Vaughan > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
