[nabs-l] PDF conversion question

[Zach Mason]

This discussion brings up a great question, one I intend to do some research
on, but maybe someone else out there already knows the answer? Is/are there
groups or resources, not associated with college disabilities offices who
translate hand written material into text-based, or other accessible media
formats for free or cheaply in an expeditious manner? 

 

Zac 

 

On 2/7/14, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com  wrote:

Lucy,

 

Unfortunately, I don't think there's an OCR out there that can handle
hand-written text. I've tried a couple of them and none of them have worked.

 

Minh

 

On 2/7/14, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net  wrote:

  no, the braille note or any OCR cannot read handwriting.

  -----Original Message-----

  From: Lucy Sirianni

  Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 9:20 PM

  To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org

  Subject: [nabs-l] PDF conversion question

  Hi all,

        I am trying to read a PDF on my Braille Note Apex.  While I
converted the file successfully via RoboBraille, I am only able  to read the
typed portions of the file, not the portions that  were originally
handwritten.  Can I assume that there is no way  to convert these
handwritten comments?

        The file contains important information that I need as soon  as
possible, so I will be very, very appreciative of any   responses.

  Best,

  Lucy

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