[Blindmath] Math and pdf

[I. C. Bray]

Theodore,

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!!!  Is it free?  Is it easy to use?
Got any more pointers for us?

Respectfully,
Ian  C. Bray


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodor Loots" <theo.loots at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Math and pdf


> Hi!
>
> The best you can do with such a PDF is to use the OCR software, 
> InftyReader
> from www.sciaccess.net.  As far as I'm aware, it's the only OCR software
> that can handle mathematics.  I use it quite often, and continuous
> improvements are made to better the product.  It can even handle
> mathematical expressions in tables.
>
> Hope this helps,
> t
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dzhovani
> Sent: 04 September 2013 06:28 AM
> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
> Subject: [Blindmath] Math and pdf
>
> Hi all,
>   I'm Dzhovani and this fall I will take a calculus course at my
> university. Unfortunately, braille textbook is not available, so the
> publisher offered me a pdf file with the textbook which they called
> "accessible". However, when I opened the file, while the text was 
> readable,
> the math formulas were presented just as blank spaces.
>   Does anybody have an idea how I can access the math parts of the
> document?
>   I'm using Windows 7 with Jaws13 and NVDA.
> Thanks in advance,
> Dzhovani
>
>
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