Hey, folks. After re-reading my post, I saw that I'd left out a step. When Active window and Focused window netted me only the title bar and menu, I pressed Alt-Print Screen, selected file from the source radio buttons, and the gibberish that Dave says is going to be a hit tune came up in the VV window. Maybe the fact that it's gibberish is why it will sell. Who knows.
Jo, I had gone to the app central site and read about VV after shooting off my original post. While a few things were made clearer as I read through the version history, there are still controls whose purpose is unclear to me. Don't anyone get me wrong. I think VV could easily become my favorite app once I can get it to work. More times than I care to ponder, I have felt shut out because I cannot access manuals and the like that were scanned into an image and stuck in a pdf. Aaron, I deeply appreciate your time and effort. Thanks for your suggestions and comiseration, people, Lou P.S. Tom, there is something truly amazing about the harmonic overtones of the G string in a set of D'Addarios. Steve, I've been meaning to buy a set of Elixirs to try on my Alvarez. A friend of mine uses them on his Larrivee and they positively sparkle. That Larrivee is the loudest guitar I've ever heard by the way. Wonder how they did that. I also like the Rotosound TB-11's because they actually make the guitar sound as if it has a reverb built into the wood. Okay. Enough. Bye for now. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Clower [mailto:sclo...@aisquared.com] Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 11:01 AM To: Tom Kingston; Window-Eyes Discussion List; fender...@sbcglobal.net Subject: RE: Virtual View 5.0: what's this garbage? 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%4 0charter.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%40aisq uared.com. 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