um…. I didn't say "any screen reader", I said specifically voiceover couldn't. BtW, jaws convenient OCR doesn't perform as well as Kurzweil OCR 1000. I should know, I just tried.
-eric On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:46 AM, Steve Nutt wrote: > 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, 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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