[il-talk] JPEG files

[Steve Jacobson]

Andrew,

I'm not from Illinois but am still on this list as I sometimes back up Dave Andrews on technical issues.

Whenever text is presented as a picture, something that can even happen in PDF documents or in Microsoft Word, screen readers 
can't read them directly as has been said.  In general, though, any text that is part of a picture or an image can be read by 
performing Optical Character Recognition.  If you own Kurzweil 1000, for example, it will allow you to do this, although exactly 
how you do it depends a little on the type of file.  If you do not own Kurzweil 1000 or Freedom Scientific's Open Book, and if 
these programs cost more than you can afford, an off-the-shelf program like FineReader or OmniPage will also work but are a little 
more challenging to learn but much cheaper.  

Depending upon where the document came from, you might be able to write to the author and get it in another form before it was 
converted into a JPG file.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 10:21:25 -0500, Andrew Webb wrote:

>Thanks Sharon. I think you're absolutely right about this, that jpeg is
>unreadable via JAWS.  Someone mentioned to me that hse might have some
>pointers on converting the format, so hopefully that information is
>forthcoming.

>Best regards,
>Andrew

>-----Original Message-----
>From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sharon
>Howerton
>Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 5:46 AM
>To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [il-talk] JPEG files

>No because I believe it comes through as a picture.
>I think people scan documents that way, but it won't work with JAWS. Pdf or
>Word or something would work for you, as I'm sure you know.
>Good luck.
>Sharon

>-----Original Message-----
>From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Webb
>Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 12:00 AM
>To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'
>Subject: [il-talk] JPEG files

>Can anyone tell me if a .jpg file can be read via JAWS?  I've received a
>document as an attachment to an email, and I believe the attachment to be
>just a text document, but because it is in .jpg I have been unable to read
>it.  Would like to convert the thing to pdf, but I'm not sure if this is
>possible.

> 

>All suggestions welcome.  Thanks,

>Andrew

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