[nabs-l] Converting inaccessible PDF's

Joshua Hendrickson louvins at gmail.com
Thu Jun 13 16:19:42 UTC 2013


Hi Kayla.  I agree with steve.  I have kurzweil on my computer, and I
use it when I have an Ebook in pdf format.  I can then convert the pdf
document in to audio format.

On 6/13/13, Hope Paulos <hope.paulos at gmail.com> wrote:
> DocuScan plus Will also convert PDF documents to word documents
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:11 PM, "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
> wrote:
>
>> If you already have Kurzweil 1000 or Open Book as some students do, they
>> will convert such PDF's.  If not, off-the-shelf OCR
>> programs such as FineReader and OmniPage will do it as well.  Nuance, the
>> makers of OmniPage, also has a PDF converter product, but I
>> am not sure if that product has OCR built-in and whether you can get it as
>> a stand-alone product.  Other OCR software may have this
>> ability as well.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:38:19 -0400, Kayla Weathers wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, can anyone recommend software that will convert inaccessible pdf s
>>> to word format that is accessible with JAWS?
>>> Thanks, Kayla
>>
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