[blindlaw] Question

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

I'm not sure if there is or not probably because I never thought to check.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Question


> Hi Chuck,
>
> Good points about educating others as to which formats work best. One 
> thing,
> though: You shouldn't need to actually print the document to run OCR on 
> it.
> Does Kurzweil have a setting to let you open certain types of files? I use
> my OCR software of choice (Abbyy Finereader) to access pdf's that do not
> have imbedded text. I don't have to print the file; I just run  it through
> the software. Saves a few trees (grin).
>
> Angie
>
>
>
>
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> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:03 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Question
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> The only you can get a scanned document to read is to print it out and
> rescan it using OCR software such as Kurzweil. I spend time educating my
> clients however as to the format that I need documents in. As many of my
> clients are nonprofits or public entities that serve various groups I 
> spend
> some time educating and acquainting them with web accessibility standards
> and encourage them to use them when they design content.\
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve P. Deeley" <stevep.deeley at insightbb.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Question
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>
>> How can you get a scanned document to read.  This seems to be happening
>> more and more.  I think folks are using copy-printers to scan and send
>> things like newsletters.  This is frustrating, don't you think?
>>
>> Steve-- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 6:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Question
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>>> This happens when the document contains a graphic, not actual
>>> text.  Usually this happens because someone scans a document, then
>>> makes that image file into a PDF.  You can OCR it, .
>>> At 09:45 PM 5/27/2009, you wrote:
>>>>Every time I try to open this PDF, it says, "Ellert: empty
>>>>document." I tryed converting it to text, but It won't work. Is
>>>>their some thing wrong with the document? Please email me off list,
>>>>at: rjs59 at hotmail.com Thanks, RJ
>>>>
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