[nabs-l] PDF Document to Accessible Word Document

[Katie Wang]

Hi, Serena,
  The virtual printer is a wonderful feature built into OCR programs
like kurzweil and Open Book to convert image files into an accessible
format. I personally use Open Book so don't know the exact steps for
kurzweil, but basically you can open the pdf document using your OCR
program and it will   automatically recognize it as if it were
scanning a printed document. For Open Book, you could also go directly
to the pdf file, choose File, Print, and then select the Freedom
Import Printer, and it will do the same trick. The result will of
course depend on the quality of the image, but it does save a lot of
trouble of printing and scanning. I discovered this feature a few
years back and it has definitely been a great help in processing all
the pdf book chapters my professors distribute. Hope this helps, and
let me know if my explanation doesn't make sense!
   Katie

On 9/12/10, Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net> wrote:
> What's the virtual printer?  Please tell me more about how that works.
>
> Serena
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Blachowicz" <rob_blach at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] PDF Document to Accessible Word Document
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>> You can also use the vertual printer and without having to print and scan.
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Serena" <serenacucco at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 10:50 AM
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] PDF Document to Accessible Word Document
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>>> Itt depends ... Is Jaws reading the file to you at all?  If yes, you can
>>> probably export it into a text document.  If, however, Jaws is not
>>> reading anything to you, that probably means there is only an immage of
>>> the text in the file, not actual text.  In this case, you cannot export
>>> the file into a text document.  You'll have to print out the file and
>>> scan it into Kurzweil. Depending on how the immage looks, the file may or
>>>
>>> may not scan very well.
>>>
>>> Serena
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Eric Gaudes" <golfereric at comcast.net>
>>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 6:44 PM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] PDF Document to Accessible Word Document
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a PDF file that I can open but isn't allowing me to fill it out
>>>> in
>>>> the PDF document. So is there another way to transfer this document to
>>>> an
>>>> accessible form?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Eric Gaudes
>>>>
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