You might try opening the PDF directly from within Virtual View, as performing OCR on a screen shot (which will already be of poor resolution) isn't likely to give you much useful feedback.
Steve P.S. I'm a personal fan of the Elixir Polyweb .012 guage strings on my Taylor. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+sclower=aisquared....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Tom Kingston via Talk Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 11:51 AM To: fender...@sbcglobal.net; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: Virtual View 5.0: what's this garbage? D'Addario strings aren't stressful. I use them on my Taylor and it's always very relaxed. On 11/6/2015 10:52 AM, via Talk wrote: > I have a pdf called Tension_Chart.pdf, which is basically a document that > tells the amount of stress each of, I think, the D-Addario strings puts on a > guitar at standard tuning. First, I tried opening the pdf in Adobe Acrobat > DC and pressing Control-Alt-V, then selecting focused window and OCR. > Virtual View processed something, and, all I got for my trouble was the > title bar and menu bar. So I closed VV and re-opened it, this time selecting > active window. Again, VV displayed only the title bar and menu bar. Finally, > I closed Adobe and pressed Alt-Print Screen, then selected the > Tension_Chart.pdf. Here is what I ended up with. > > > > > > Object reference not set to an instance of an object. > > pdfbox-1.8.9 > > at org.apache.pdfbox.util.JPEGUtil.updateMetadata(IIOMetadata > , Int32 ) > > at org.apache.pdfbox.util.ImageIOUtil.writeImage(BufferedImage image, > String formatName, OutputStream output, Int32 dpi, Single quality) > > at org.apache.pdfbox.util.ImageIOUtil.writeImage(BufferedImage image, > String formatName, OutputStream output, Int32 dpi) > > at org.apache.pdfbox.util.ImageIOUtil.writeImage(BufferedImage image, > String formatName, OutputStream output) > > at > org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.xobject.PDJpeg.write2OutputStream(OutputS > tream out) > > at VirtualViewHelper.OCR.PerformOCR(Object source) > > Void updateMetadata(javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata, Int32) > > e.InnerException? False > > > > > > I had read in another email that TIF must be enabled in Windows programs and > features as well. So I did that. If that's true, shouldn't that be mentioned > somewhere in the VV installation notes? BTW. I opened the WE control panel > and browsed the File> Factory Settings dialog to see if there was any > additional information about Virtual View. Virtual View is not even listed > there. > > > > I'm using Win 7 64-bit and WE 9.1. > > > > I agree with the sentiment of the other list member who asserted that the > information for Virtual View is just too techie. For example, the require > UAC check box. I guess that means require User Account Control, but why is > that important to have as an option? Those 4 method radio buttons. For one > thing, what is method? I remember that script writers have three characters > of objects to consider: properties, methods, and something else I can't > recall. In the case of these radio buttons, does method mean mode? If so, > can that group of radio buttons be re-labeled to mode? > > > > As for the radio buttons themselves. Option 1: clips. What is that and how > is it used? UIA. I'm assuming User Interface something. What does that stand > for and how is it used? The bottom most radio buttn: Version. What is that > and how is it used? > > > > I don't mind a bit of trial and error, but I become discouraged when two of > my trials produce the exact same results. > > > > On a related note. Why, after several versions of Window-Eyes and Adobe, is > a WE user still unable to access the text of a pdf with the mouse? > > > > Lou N. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/tom.kingston%40charter.net. > 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/sclower%40aisquared.com. 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