Re: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents
Joyce: There is a free online ocr service at: http://www.onlineocr.net/ I've used it a couple of times and it seems to do a pretty good job. Deanne - Original Message - From: "Joyce Espy" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 6:24 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents Hi everyone. Is there any way I could possibly read a scanned PDF document? It's an image, so it isn't showing up when I save it to text or pull it into Google docs and try plain html. I'm thinking there's not much I can do but I'd like to know from those who are more tech savvy than me. Thanks. Joyce Espy 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] Scanned PDF Documents
Jamal's PDF2Txt: http://www.empowermentzone.com/p2tsetup.exe which can carry out image recognition/OCR on image format PDF files. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: "Joyce Espy" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 3:24 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents Hi everyone. Is there any way I could possibly read a scanned PDF document? It's an image, so it isn't showing up when I save it to text or pull it into Google docs and try plain html. I'm thinking there's not much I can do but I'd like to know from those who are more tech savvy than me. Thanks. Joyce Espy For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5260 (20100707) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5260 (20100707) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents
Hi, To read scanned PDFs, you can try a little niffty program called PDF2OCR. It will help you open mostly books that are scanned into PDF format (Google books come into mind). This is a free program developed by a blind programmer, found at http://www.nonvisualdevelopment.org, click on PowerBasic link and you will get its download. As for commercial offerings, I use Abbyy Fine Reader -- this one can even read images such as GIF, jpg or png formats as long as it can find text. You can also use Open Book which does the same thing. Cheers, Ishe He who will not learn from anyone but himself has a fool for a teacher. - Original Message - From: "Joyce Espy" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 3:24 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents Hi everyone. Is there any way I could possibly read a scanned PDF document? It's an image, so it isn't showing up when I save it to text or pull it into Google docs and try plain html. I'm thinking there's not much I can do but I'd like to know from those who are more tech savvy than me. Thanks. Joyce Espy 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] Scanned PDF Documents
Hi Scorpio; Thank you so much for this excellent information. I had no idea that MS had its own programs for scanning & imaging, until now! This email is definitely going to be saved. Thanks much, take care. Mike - Original Message - From: "Scorpio Forever" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents You could use Microsoft Office to scan and read the page. Go into your start menu, then into the Microsoft Office sub-menu, then into tools, and you'll find two pieces of software there you can use. The first is Microsoft Office Document Scanning. You can use this to print your documents, then scan it into your computer using a scanner. Once scanned, it will open up in the second program, that being Microsoft Office Document Imaging. Once in that program, you can send the text to Microsoft Word, and it will perform OCR on the image, and send any text it finds to Microsoft Word for you to read. If you don't have a scanner and printer, you might be able to open up the PDF document using the Image program, then sending the OCR text to Word that way, but I can't remember if you can open up other formats other than TIFF formats with the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program, but, it's worth a try. Scorpio 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] Scanned PDF Documents
Hi You will need a program to convert the image. Personally I have had good success with Read Iris PRO. God bless, Mark -- From: "Joyce Espy" Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 6:24 AM To: Subject: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents Hi everyone. Is there any way I could possibly read a scanned PDF document? It's an image, so it isn't showing up when I save it to text or pull it into Google docs and try plain html. I'm thinking there's not much I can do but I'd like to know from those who are more tech savvy than me. Thanks. Joyce Espy 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] Scanned PDF Documents
You could use Microsoft Office to scan and read the page. Go into your start menu, then into the Microsoft Office sub-menu, then into tools, and you'll find two pieces of software there you can use. The first is Microsoft Office Document Scanning. You can use this to print your documents, then scan it into your computer using a scanner. Once scanned, it will open up in the second program, that being Microsoft Office Document Imaging. Once in that program, you can send the text to Microsoft Word, and it will perform OCR on the image, and send any text it finds to Microsoft Word for you to read. If you don't have a scanner and printer, you might be able to open up the PDF document using the Image program, then sending the OCR text to Word that way, but I can't remember if you can open up other formats other than TIFF formats with the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program, but, it's worth a try. Scorpio For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents
Joyce, Unless you have an OCR program like Open Book, OmniPage, etc all I can suggest is to print the article and then scan it into the computer. When people scan and save things as an image it is a real challenge Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of Joyce Espy Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:24 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Scanned PDF Documents Hi everyone. Is there any way I could possibly read a scanned PDF document? It's an image, so it isn't showing up when I save it to text or pull it into Google docs and try plain html. I'm thinking there's not much I can do but I'd like to know from those who are more tech savvy than me. Thanks. Joyce Espy 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/
