[nabs-l] Converting inaccessible PDF's

[Bridget Walker]

Hi 
I'm sorry I forgot the link.

http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/openbook-product-page.asp

Sent from my iPad

On Jun 13, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Bridget Walker <bridgetawalker13 at aol.com> wrote:

> The OCR in Openbook which is now built in to jaws 13 is all you need to read a PDF. 
> All this means is when you select the program to open I. You would pick Openbook but you do not have to do that anymore because of jaws 13. 
> I do not remember how I put Openbook as an option in the programs list because it is not a default. 
> If you would like more information on features for this software I copied a link.
> I am sorry I do not recall all of the detailed. 
> What version of jaws are you using? If it is jaws 12 or higher you have built in OCR and do not need any of this.
> Open a PDF, let it load and use your Jaws reading keys.
> I am sorry I did not ask the jaws version question befor because that could save a lot of work.
> 
> Best
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:35 PM, "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> How is it doen with open book?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget Walker
>> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:08 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Converting inaccessible PDF's
>> 
>> Hi,
>> Open-book is pretty good or other scanning software with built in OCR. 
>> Or download Zella PDF but that only converts to txt.
>> Are you using a PDF reader? Are you using Adobe?
>> If I recall Adobe  versions nine and up is compatible with jaws 12 and up because of the added jaws OCR feature
>> 
>> I hope this helps,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Kayla Weathers <brailleprincess at gmail.com> 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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