[humanser] JAWS 16 and pdf

[Steve Jacobson]

Dave is right, Window-Eyes cannot perform OCR on images like JAWS can.  I must say, though, that I did not have the best of luck reading an image PDF with JAWS 16 using the demo, but there could be tweaks I could have made of which I was not aware.  I've had better luck reading them with Kurzweil 1000 and also by sending the PDF to the RoboBraille web site which will convert them and send back the results.  Try www.robobraille.org/

Other OCR programs such as OmniPage and FineReader will also read them.  Buying an OCR program to read PDF's is probably not worth it, but if you already own one of these, it is worth checking out.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson
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-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews via humanser
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 8:00 PM
To: Mary Ann Robinson; Human Services Division Mailing List
Cc: David Andrews
Subject: Re: [humanser] JAWS 16 and pdf

I don't think so, I don't believe Window-Eyes has 
OCR capabilities -- but could be wrong.

Dave

At 01:33 PM 7/18/2015, you wrote:
>Hello List Friends,
>
>Does anyone know if Window-Eyes can read image 
>based PDF documents? If it can, what are the key strokes?
>
>Thank you in advance for responding,
>
>Mary Ann Robinson
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David 
>Andrews via humanser" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>To: "Human Services Division Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 2:10 PM
>Subject: Re: [humanser] JAWS 16 and pdf
>
>
>You have to actually do ocr optical character recognition on the document.
>
>Dave
>
>At 12:46 PM 7/18/2015, you wrote:
>>Deniz,
>>Tried it and I get "Empty document". Any ideas?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deniz
>>Aydemir Döke via humanser
>>Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 10:26 AM
>>To: Human Services Division Mailing List
>>Cc: Deniz Aydemir Döke
>>Subject: Re: [humanser] JAWS 16 and pdf
>>
>>Hello; for OCR you need to hit insert + space bar first and o next. It
>>should read the document. Here are the short cut keys for JAWS, it might be
>>useful.
>>http://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/archives/training/jawskeyst
>>rokes.htm
>>Best
>>
>>
>>On 7/18/15, Dr. Mary Chappell via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I hope the return from convention finds you rested and well relaxed.
>> > My curiosities are piqued as I make an attempt to read an exciting new
>> > book that I will share with the students with whom I will work. The
>> > problem is this, I just downloaded JAWS 16 on my computer and at the
>> > time I was told by Freedom Scientific that I would be able to access
>> > pdf with only the screen reading software. I have scanned the chapters
>> > of the book but, when I open the chapter I hear "Document
>> > unavailable". Is there something that I am doing wrong or something
>> > that I need to do? I ask because I have found so many on this list
>> > have great accessibility fixes. The book is a great resource for
>> > anyone who does group work in your therapy provision. Rutan, S.,
>> > Stone, W., & Shay, J. (2014). Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy (5th
>> > ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
>> >
>> > Eagerly awaiting feedback.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Mary Tatum Chappell, Psy. D.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>>
>>
>>--
>>Deniz Aydemir Doke
>>PhD Student - Counselor Education & Supervision Department of Educational
>>Psychology, Counseling, & Special Education The Pennsylvania State
>>University

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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