[Ct-nfb] PDF Accessibility

Sun Apr 29 03:22:31 UTC 2012

Forgive then my ignorance on the new scanning tools. Like I told Justin, it
seems logical that an OCR scanning tool like Kurzweil would have the ability
to convert untreated graphics. I never knew the full extent of the recent
developments in OpenBook and Kurzweil. Such is my lack of training. Now to
make this message worthwhile to all--why do gorillas have such big fingers?
'Cause they got big noses of course.
T

-----Original Message-----
From: ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Nathanael T. Wales
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:26 PM
To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] PDF Accessibility

Justin,

The someone who told you that you can run a PDF through one of the recent
versions of Kurzweil is indeed correct: you can simply open the PDF from the
File menu in Kurzweil.  Alternatively, you can print and scan, and if you
have your computer set up correctly have it print directly to Kurzweil
(which will then open and recognize the text).  I can do it myself on my
laptop (both my old XP and very new Windows 7).  Trevor's message seems to
be unclear, but what I've said does indeed work.

I'll defer to Susan regarding Open Book.

Best,
Nathanael

-----Original Message-----
From: Salisbury, Justin Mark
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 3:36 PM
To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] PDF Accessibility

Someone told me that you could take a PDF that's currently just a picture
file and run it through Kurzweil without printing and scanning.  It sounds
like you're saying that isn't true, and that kind of bums me out.  I have
Kurzweil and haven't gotten around to setting it up yet.  The adaptive
technologist employed by East Carolina's Disability Support Services can
turn around big PDFs I send him in a matter of minutes, so I'll ask him what
he uses for that and let everyone know.

Justin

Justin M. Salisbury
Undergraduate Student
The Honors College
East Carolina University
salisburyj08 at students.ecu.edu

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change

the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."    -MARGARET MEAD

________________________________________
From: ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of
Trevor Attenberg [tattenberg at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:16 PM
To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] PDF Accessibility

Some of the newer JAWS versions are supposed to have better graphic reading
abilities, I.E. they can decipher words that are not previously formatted as
text. Or that's what they'll have us believe. Kurzweil and Openbook are
scanning tools, so you can print and scan, and then have readable
documents--very time consuming. If a PDF is properly formatted as text, you
should be able to read it with JAWS for Windows, and certainly other tools
like Zoomtext's doc reader. You can also quickly resave the PDF as a word
document using the Adobe file menu. JFW is the best there is for screen
reading so far as I know. Now don't I look like a computer whiz? Not I.
Trevor

-----Original Message-----
From: ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Salisbury, Justin Mark
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 1:39 PM
To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
Subject: [Ct-nfb] PDF Accessibility

It could depend on which type of PDF we're using.  Some PDFs have text
formatting in them so that text can be copied and pasted out of them, while
others have text in them that is locked as a picture file only so that it is
a picture of text rather than text itself.

I use one of the weakest screen reading packages on the market, and it can
read the PDFs with the highlightable text.

Another option may be Kurzweil.

Justin

Justin M. Salisbury
Undergraduate Student
The Honors College
East Carolina University
salisburyj08 at students.ecu.edu

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."    -MARGARET MEAD

________________________________________
From: ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of
Terry Hulbert [j.hulbert at worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:29 PM
To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] Vision Dynamics and Independent Transportation market
Saturday April 28th

Beth, Is it too much to ask that you put all PDF files into a word format.
All you need to do, if you have a scanners do especially with multi function
printing etc. My screen reader JFW does not read PDF files. It would be so
helpful if you could place your attachments in to a Word format.

Thanks

Terry

From: ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Elizabeth Rival
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:11 AM
To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
Cc: 'Margaret Smith-Hale'
Subject: [Ct-nfb] Vision Dynamics and Independent Transportation market
Saturday April 28th

Hi all, our walk for independence on April 28th ITN, , info attached, will
also have the presence of Vision Dynamics available to you, to look at with
Braille and low vision products, come stop by Charlie's booth, pick up a
raffle prize . Also, a magician and other activities, Thanks Beth Rival

_______________________________________________
Ct-nfb mailing list
Ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Ct-nfb:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/tattenberg%40gmail.com

_______________________________________________
Ct-nfb mailing list
Ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Ct-nfb:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/salisburyj08%40students.
ecu.edu

_______________________________________________
Ct-nfb mailing list
Ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
Ct-nfb:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/ntwales%40omsoft.com 

_______________________________________________
Ct-nfb mailing list
Ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Ct-nfb:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/tattenberg%40gmail.com