[blindLaw] accessing pdf files

[Seif-Eldeen Saqallah]

ABBY fine reader, in my opinion, is much better and faster than Jaws OCR. I
can do PDF documents, even images/scans, and convert them to Microsoft Word
or notepad TXT. It cannot do handwriting though and can have issues with
Check boxes and forms. For those, I often still need sided assistance.



On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 15:36 S B via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any tips for accessing pdf files that
> have not been written with accessibility in mind as in court documents or
> forms that clients have filled out. I have begun to need access to these
> files and no matter what I do, I can't get them to read correctly... from
> converting them to microsoft word, to opening them in every browzer I can,
> to trying to use jaws convenient ocr.. if any one has any tips or advice it
> would be appreciated. Thanks. Sarah
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