[nabs-l] PDF Files

Tue Nov 5 01:55:19 UTC 2013

Hello Hannah

OCR stands for optical character reader or recognition

OCR in full *optical character recognition*

Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or
numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for
data entry. OCR software attempts to identify characters by comparing
shapes to those stored in the software library. The software tries to
identify words using character proximity and will try to reconstruct the
original page layout. High accuracy can be obtained by using sharp, clear
scans of high-quality originals, but it decreases as the quality of the
original declines.

text)*Optical Character Recognition* - (OCR, sometimes /oh'k*/) Recognition
of printed or written characters by computer. Each page of text is
converted to a digital using a
scanner<http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/scanner>and
OCR is then applied to this image to produce a text file. This involves
complex image processing<http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/image+processing>
algorithms
and rarely achieves 100% accuracy so manual proof reading is recommended.

if whenever you do not know what something stands for whether it be an
acronym or meaning of a word you can now just use:

Free Dict <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/>

Please also send this message back to Hope Paulos and tell her as well. I
am sorry I do not have her email here.

Please answer me back to jim.hulme at gmail.com

Hope that helps,

Jimmy Hulme (New Jersey)
jim.hulme at gmail.com

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 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
> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> > <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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