[blindlaw] PDF files

[William Burley]

This is true.  If you are in a firm that is scanning quite a bit, then they
have to make sure to "Scan to PDF" rather than "Scan to Image."  When they
scan as an image or .IMG file, that's when the inaccessibility comes in.  As
long as it's a .pDF, then you're fine.  I would suggest using Adobe 8.0 or
higher.  I use 8.0 at work simply for reading purposes and 9.0 Professional
for my personal use.  i like 9.0 because it will recognize a .jpg file by
recognizing the characters without having to print, re-scan and reading.

Chuck's right about the OCR technology.  Sometimes, the .IMG files can be
read by simply clicking to "Recognize with Kurzwilde."  It's a luck of the
draw with that one...especially with version 8.0.

Good luck on the PDF journey.

Will

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 1:26 AM
To: Brian Langlois; NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] PDF files

If they are created properly they are accessible for blind users. they need 
to be tabbed properly. Additionally, if you are using Kurzweil or Open Book 
they can be scanned and recognized by them and read properly. There has been

considerable improvement over the years.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Langlois" <langlois2 at verizon.net>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 7:38 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] PDF files


> Hello, listers,
> For years I have regarded PDF  files as generally inaccessible to blind 
> computer users.
> I'm wondering if this is still true in the blind community.
> Thanks!
> Brian Langlois
>
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