[nabs-l] Converting inaccessible PDF's

Fri Jun 14 19:00:46 UTC 2013

I have old braille n speak files which I'd like to conver too.
Dan, does the same technique of converting brf files apply to openbook too?
I have that but not kurzweil at home although I have access to kurzweil at 
my community college.

Thanks.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Dan Burke
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 12:54 PM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Converting inaccessible PDF's

Ariel,

I don't know about the Key Word files, as I haven't ever used that format.
However, it may be that what I share about the Braille Lite 2000 may apply.

First, if you're in Windows, you may have to change the  view settings to
show the file extensions.

I assume that your Braille Lite files were written in contracted Braille.
If they have a .BRF extension or a .BRL extension, they can be converted
with Kurzweil 1000 or possibly Open Book.  You could also send the .BRF
files to robo Braille I believe, and have them converted to text or Word.
I'm not as sure as with the .BRL extension files.

However, .BRL extensions can simply be changed to .BRF and they'll work.
Also, if they don't have any extension at all, just add the .BRF.

One problem I noticed when converting in Kurzweil is that the line breaks
don't carry over.  This means you might lose paragraph breaks

HTH
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:50 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Converting inaccessible PDF's

Hi guys,
I have a slightly related question. Is there any software or Web-based
service that will convert a Keyword Braille file (one generated on a
Braille Note) to text or Word format? I don't have a Braille Note
anymore, but have some old journals and other files I created on a
Braille Note that I'd like to read, but can't because they're in
contracted Braille (Keyword Braille). For that matter, any way to
convert old files created on a Braille Lite 2000?

Thanks,
Arielle

On 6/13/13, justin williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using jaws 14, but from what I can see, even if you use the ocr in
jaws,
> you can only read it; you can't manipulate it in any way.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget
Walker
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:30 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Converting inaccessible PDF's
>
> 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
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> 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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