[Blindtlk] A Frantic Plea for Assistance With a PDF File

[T. Joseph Carter]

Mike,

Note Adobe Acrobat Pro is able to do the same conversion, though the 
results are pretty sad unless you've got Acrobat 8 or 9.

Joseph


On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 08:04:45PM -0700, Mike Freeman wrote:
>Diane:
>
>Two possible problems:
>
>(1) the book is a PDF file that merely contains a scanned image of the 
>text. In this situation, you'll have to use scanning software such as 
>K1000, OpenBook or OmniPage Pro or similar to convert it to 
>screen-reader-friendly text. If you don't have any of those, you are S O 
>L.
>
>(2) The text is very long and Adobe is trying to convert it all at once. 
>You can either (a) wait and wait and wait till the whole document has 
>been converted (this may take quite a while -- up to an hour for very 
>large texts) or you can go into the preferences for persons with 
>disabilities and have the document converted in pages or other smaller 
>sections. Where this preference menu is depends upon which version of 
>Adobe you're using. Search around a bit.
>
>Mike Freeman
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Graves, Diane" <dgraves at icrc.IN.gov>
>To: <nfb-indiana at yahoogroups.com>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" 
><blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 4:44 AM
>Subject: [Blindtlk] A Frantic Plea for Assistance With a PDF File
>
>
>Hi Guys,
>
>I'm hoping that one of you computer savvy people might be able to help
>me.  Please keep in mind that I am  strictly a computer user/operator.
>When it comes to programming/trouble shooting, I'm somewhat challenged.
>
>Anyway, I have a class which is scheduled to start on Wednesday, and the
>textbook I have received, is supposed to be in PDF format, in fact, it
>does have a PDF extension, but when I try to open it up in Adobe, it
>looks as if it is trying to open the file as a word document, and then
>the system just freezes altogether. This file will not open.
>
>I am reasonably certain that it is not my program or on my end, because
>my other textbooks are still opening and operating perfectly.  To be
>sure though, I did download the most recent adobe update, and it is
>still doing the same thing.
>
>When I first encountered the problem about a week ago, I did contact the
>Disabled Student Services Office, for assistance.  They agreed to send
>me another copy of the textbook which they did.  This second copy is
>doing the same thing.
>
>I am going to contact them again today, but, as I've got only a couple
>of days to work with, I was hoping that someone could offer some insight
>into why the file might be acting like this, and if there is something
>that I might be able to do to adjust the format, or somehow gain access
>to the file.
>
>Any helpful hints would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>
>Diane Graves
>Civil Rights Specialist
>Indiana Civil Rights Commission
>Alternative Dispute Resolutions Unit
>317-232-2647
>
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