Ok, all I’m really wanting to do at this point, is correct the spelling errors I’m constantly finding in these PDF’s I’m sent, a perfect example I’m always finding is the I is always left out of the word “financial,” so Voiceover will always pronounce it “financal”. What means would you think would be easiest for me to do this? > On Aug 4, 2023, at 7:26 AM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The process of turning an inaccessible PDF document into a document that can > be reviewed by a screen reader is called tagging. > With tagging you can also indicate if an item is a heading or list item or a > paragraph. > Depending on how well the OCR does, tagging to that level might be difficult > for a blind person. > Certainly Adobe Acrobat (which I believe can be obtained for about $5/month) > can do tagging, but there are also non Adobe product that can do this. > Obviously the best solution is to start with a word or in-design document and > then convert it to a PDF. When one does things this way, most of the editors > styles will get directly converted into the appropriate tag in the PDF > Also, I believe that Pnema solutions has a cloud based service that uses AI > to better convert scanned text into a usable pdf using AI for spelling > corrections and detecting font changes that might indicate headers. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Aug 3, 2023, at 7:43 PM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com >> <mailto:junglebookfa...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Over the last few months, I’ve been getting PDF’s via e-mail which have >> mostly been news letters from the clients the company I work with >> audits/remediates for accessibility, and I check over them to make sure >> everything is readable. >> However, some of these I’ve been noticing have been scanned, but not >> proofread, because they are so riddled with spelling errors, which while >> this is technically not considered an accessibility violation, some of them >> are so bad they make the document borderline unreadable if you’re reading it >> with a screen reader. However, I’m only using Adobe Acrobat Reader, and am >> wondering how doable the process to go through via Voiceover and edit these >> would be before I consider purchasing a license to do this. Has anyone done >> this who could give me some pointers? >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you >> can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/12652BD0-2412-4929-9138-1CCEAE136699%40gmail.com. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/1ED15DC9-4B0C-49C1-A75C-E2A1DF775AA0%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/1ED15DC9-4B0C-49C1-A75C-E2A1DF775AA0%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
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