[Blind-Computing] PDF Documents I don't know how to Access
Hi! I'm trying to read a user manual that is a PDF document. I can read the table of contents, but so far I can't seem to read exactly the instructions I want. Is there a way I don't know about, or are there just some documents that are not accessible? Thanks! Sharon For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF Documents I don't know how to Access
Hi Sharon, save it as a text file and then read it with a text reader such as note pad. sometimes it has worked for me. Samson - Original Message - From: "Sharon Hooley" To: Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:32 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] PDF Documents I don't know how to Access Hi! I'm trying to read a user manual that is a PDF document. I can read the table of contents, but so far I can't seem to read exactly the instructions I want. Is there a way I don't know about, or are there just some documents that are not accessible? Thanks! Sharon For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF Documents I don't know how to Access
It's entirely possible that the Table of Contents was entered into the PDF as text input and the main body of the manual was inserted as a photocopied image -- in which case you'll need to pass the file through some Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software such as FineReader, ReadIris or the utilities provided by OpenBook or Kurzweil. Holland's Person, Bill - "The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook." - Andy Rooney - Personal Note: Thought this an appropriate quote after the Holiday splurging! -Original Message- From: Sharon Hooley Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 6:02 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] PDF Documents I don't know how to Access Hi! I'm trying to read a user manual that is a PDF document. I can read the table of contents, but so far I can't seem to read exactly the instructions I want. Is there a way I don't know about, or are there just some documents that are not accessible? Thanks! Sharon For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF Documents I don't know how to Access
Hi everyone, I really recommend the online-service called RoboBraille ( http://www.robobraille.org ). Here you can convert between diffirent file formats, e.g. from PDF to WORD, only txt etc. You can also convert from WORD to PDF. Read more about the features regarding converting here: http://www.robobraille.org/conversionTools . Remember that RoboBraille also can make DAISY-books etc - read more about how do you do on the RoboBraille website. Regards, Anders ---slcb Wrote--- Hi Sharon, save it as a text file and then read it with a text reader such as note pad. sometimes it has worked for me. Samson - Original Message - From: "Sharon Hooley" To: Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:32 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] PDF Documents I don't know how to Access > Hi! > > I'm trying to read a user manual that is a PDF document. I can read the > table of contents, but so far I can't seem to read exactly the > instructions I want. Is there a way I don't know about, or are there just > some documents that are not accessible? > > Thanks! > > Sharon For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
