Jo, The Adobe Reader won't do anything with scanned PDF documents. If a document is accessible, you can save the document to text, but this won't work on scanned documents.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 11:33:49 -0600, Jo Taliaferro via Talk wrote: >Hi all, >I have been reading everything I could find on the Adobe website so I do >understand that pdf documents can't be read if they're sent as "scanned" >documents. I know that authors are not always conscious about making their >documents accessible and using the WCAG guidelines. I am asking about my >own settings and whether I have them set optimally for a blind user. Do I >need Adobe Acrobat to convert to Word, etc.? I have the WE app. But I >believe it's fairly old. >I don't wish to buy the Readit Air as it's very expensive and does multiple >things I don't need. Yes, I can read pdfs on my iPhone but that doesn't >always fit for me. >I appreciate all the wisdom here. I've been screaming at my church about >their pdf newsletter but... (sigh)...someday! >Jo Taliaferro >_______________________________________________ >Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >For membership options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/steve.jacobson% 40visi.com. >For subscription options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >List archives can be found at >http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
