Does VoiceOver Recognition work on documents now or just images?

I do not read PDF documents on my phone.

Thanks.

 

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Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

 

I have VoiceOver Recognition on both my 2018 Mac mini, and 2019 MacBook Pro 13. 
 Both are Intel Macs, and both are running Big Sur 11.4.

 


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On Jul 2, 2021, at 16:03, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
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Hi,

 

I believe that it is only available on the M1 Macs.  It is the last item in the 
list of categories.

 

Later…

 


Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Professional Learning Specialist

Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada





On Jul 2, 2021, at 2:47 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com 
<mailto:lorice...@gmail.com> > wrote:

 

Where is voiceover recognition in the vo utility? I looked for it in there but 
couldn't find it.

 

thanks.

Lorie





On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:02 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
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Hi,

 

Did you make sure that VoiceOver Recognition was enabled within the VO Utility? 
 If that is enabled, you should, at least, get VoiceOver to announce that it is 
a document with text on it.  Otherwise, apps like Acrobat DC or PDFPen can do 
the OCR for you.

 

Later…

 


Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Professional Learning Specialist

Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada





On Jul 2, 2021, at 6:17 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com 
<mailto:kriegle...@gmail.com> > wrote:

 

Hi Tim,

I followed your instructions. When I invoked the text recognition command, it 
reported no image description available. Was the Full N an app? Does this mean 
I can perform OCR on a pdf as can be done with Acrobat? Actually, in Windows, I 
used the Jaws facility to extract text that was identified as an empty 
document. My work space may not accommodate a scanner, so I would like to use 
software in these instances. Thanks.

Best,

 

Les





On Jul 1, 2021, at 4:10 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
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Hi,

 

Normally, you navigate to the Document area, interact with it, then if it has 
multiple pages, they will be listed.  Interact with the page you wish to read 
and the text will be read by VO.  If it requires OCR, you can try pressing 
VO-shift-l to see if VO will read it to you.  If VO-shift-l does not work, 
first make sure that VoiceOver Recognition is enabled in the VoiceOver Utility, 
then try again.  If it still doesn’t work for you, you may need to use full on 
OCR like in Acrobat DC.

 

Later…

 


Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Professional Learning Specialist

Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada





On Jul 1, 2021, at 10:16 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com 
<mailto:kriegle...@gmail.com> > wrote:

 

Hi All,
I just received my first pdf file. I loaded it into Preview, but could not 
figure out how to access the text. Also, if it is an image, is there a way I 
can perform OCR on it without attaching a scanner? Is there a version of 
Acrobat Reader for the Mac which is worth accessing? Thank you.
Best,

Les

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