[nabs-l] PDF Files

Tue Nov 5 01:41:49 UTC 2013

Hope,
What does that mean? Sorry, but I'm not up to date with all this technology.
Haha.
Thank you, hannah

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Hope Paulos
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 4:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] PDF Files

Can you try reading document with  convenient OCR?

Hope Paulos

> On Nov 4, 2013, at 6:02 PM, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> Adobe processes the files, but I think it's probably a picture because
after it is processed, nothing happens.  When I try to get Jaws to read it,
there doesn't seem to be anything there.  I've been using Robobraille.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com
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> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org Date sent: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 14:25:10 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] PDF Files
> 
> What do you mean adobi doesn't read the file? Does jaws say "alert, 
> document is empty" or something along those lines? If it does, the 
> document has been scanned in as a picture and there's really no way fo 
> ryou to read it except use Kurzweil or robobraille to convert them.
> 
> On 11/4/13, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cindy,
> I've tried adobe.  However, when I open the file, Jaws won't read it.  
> is there something I can purchase to make it more accessible?
> Thank you, Hannah
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy 
> Bennett
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 10:54 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] PDF Files
> 
> Hi Hannah,
> 
> Most of the PDF's that I use are accessible through Adobe's 
> accessibility feature.  For me, it comes up automatically when I open 
> a PDF, but it is under the accessibility tab under the edit menu.  
> There are a series of boxes, but I just keep the recommended settings, 
> and Adobe does an OCR.  I will say that although it is pretty 
> successful with text, tables and graphics are messy.
> 
> Most commonly, I have a problem with Adobe combining strings of words 
> with no spaces or not interpreting a page that has multiple columns as 
> such and so I hear paragraphs out of order.  Also, I have found that 
> hand scanned in documents cannot be read well by the Adobe OCR.
> 
> In this case, I use Kerzweil which is an OCR software.  There are 
> others such as ABBYY Fine Reader.  A good OCR option can be considered 
> a reasonable accommodation if your state has something comparable to a 
> Division of Services for the Blind, so funding is typically available 
> for it.
> 
> I do not know how to use the OCR function of JAWS 14.
> 
> One workaround would be to see if you can find the file somewhere 
> else.  For example, professors would sometimes give out readings from 
> journals and I could find accessible versions on my library's website.
> If they are excerpts from novels, you could look on websites such as 
> bookshare.
> 
> That being said, I am not well versed at OCR options that are good 
> with math, foreign languages, or any subject with symbols.  I think 
> there is a math solution called Infinty Reader, but this may be for
textbook scanning.
> 
> Cindy
> 
> On 11/3/13, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list,
> I'm currently using Jaws 14 with my windows 7 pc.  It seems that a lot 
> of documents, especially academic ones are in pdf files.  I was just 
> wondering how you read these file types? I've been converting most of 
> them in to word files, however when I do, they become very messy.  I 
> look forward to your responses.
> Best, Hannah chadwick
> University of California, Davis CA
> 
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