[blindlaw] question about reading large documents

[Gerard Sadlier]

Hi all,

I haven't read this thread but I like to convert these files to simple
txt. That way I find they open and read very quickly and are the more
word searchable. Where the document is internally paginated, this
works particularly well.

G

On 8/29/16, Scott C. Labarre via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hey folks, I haven't closely followed this whole thread and perhaps someone
> else has already mentioned this, but when I saw the discussion about the
> iPhone, it reminded me that the KNFB Reader app does a great job of
> converting pdf files.  The app is less than $100 and does a good job alos,
> of course, of taking pictures and putting documents into text.  That is its
> main purpose, afterall, but it also does a great job with pdf's.
>
> Best,
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melissa
> Allman via BlindLaw
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 12:00 PM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: mrallman116 at gmail.com; Elizabeth Rene <rene0373 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] question about reading large documents
>
>  Hi Elizabeth. I don't think anyone suggested this and yes it is a great
> idea. M I often do this as well. Unfortunately though, I have found
> circumstances where I open the PDF in iBooks and it doesn't read it there
> either.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 29, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Elizabeth Rene via BlindLaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I haven't followed this thread, so someone may have suggested this
>> already, but I regularly read 500-1000-page files by having them sent to
>> me as digital PDF's, then opening them up in iBooks. That way I can use my
>> iPhone or iPad to listen to them using VoiceOver, or, if the file comes in
>> pieces, maybe only convert the necessary pieces into Word for closer
>> reading. Apple handles digital PDFs so beautifully.
>> Elizabeth
>>
>> Elizabeth M René
>> Attorney at Law
>> WSBA #10710
>> KCBA #21824
>> rene0373 at gmail.com
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