It doesn't work well for me either. I invested in pdf to txt from the mac app store and it works quite well enough. It's certainly fast. A few seconds and 14 books were converted well enough to read.
Danny: On 09/11/2012, at 7:10 PM, Chris <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > You know what, I never got VoiceOver to work properly in Preview. I open a > document and nothing in terms of navigation. Perhaps it's just the way I'm > used to things, but any ideas would be very welcome indeed! > > > Christopher Hallsworth > > On 09/11/2012 07:33, Fred Smith wrote: >> Does anyone have an answer for the problem I encounter when trying to read >> PDF files with Preview? As VoiceOver reads the PDF, it cuts off the first >> letter of each sentence, and adds the first letter of the next sentence. >> >> For example, if the PDF says: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. >> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." It reads as: "he quick brown >> fox jumps over the lazy dog. T" This happens when I use the read all command >> (VO-A), and when I try reading by sentence (VO-S). Is this just the way >> things are with Preview, or is there a way of fixing the problem? >> >> So far, the best tool I've found for reading PDFs is VisioVoice, but I'd >> really like to use Preview if possible. >> >> I'm using a Macbook Air, with Lion (10.7.5). >> >> Thanks, >> Fred Smith >> >> >> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
