Hi, You said no screen reader can read them. This is incorrect. Jaws can, with its Convenient OCR function.
All the best Steve Sent from Type Mail On 27 Mar 2015 08:32, at 08:32, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by >any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text. > >David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >Sent from my iPhone > >> On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> >> Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe >and nothing appears to have changed. >> >> None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were >available to Voiceover. >> I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I >was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. >> The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the >filename title of the PDF document. >> >> It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the >preferences. >> David Griffith >>> On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: >>> >>> I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were >saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO >support. >>> Jonathan Mosen >>> Mosen Consulting >>> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >>> http://Mosen.org >>> >>>> On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, >then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter >on “new textedit window with selection”. >>>> It does exactly what it sounds like. >>>> First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can >read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the >right place and can select all. >>>> >>>>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> >wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text >cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new >document. Not nice but it works for me. >>>>> >>>>> Gena >>>>>> On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> >wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. 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