[nabs-l] How To Handle Inaccessible PDFS?

Thu Feb 20 09:15:33 UTC 2014

Hi guys, this is Helga. I just wanted to tell you that I sent an attachment of 6 Budget Tables that is in PDF format to convert at robobraille.org But it didn't work! And I actually put in the subject line the word "doc" without quotes as Arielle suggested, but it didn't work when I sent it, the email never came back to me. I don't know waht I'm doing wrong! I'm just wondering, how do you guys get it in order for Robo Braille to sent you an email back with your word document? Just curious! Do I need to create an account or something? Actually, I actually never use Robo Braille before, so this is actually my first time! I will really appreciate it, if you could help me and give me some suggestions regarding this. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks so much and God bless!! :) 

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> On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:52 AM, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone:
> 
> Thanks so much for your help.
> I ended up using Robobraille. It came back fine and works great!
> I would recomend robobraille.org to anyone who has this inaccessible
> pdf problem!
> Thanks,
> Kerri
> 
>> On 2/19/14, melissa Green <lissa1531 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> you can also go to their web site and upload the file and choose the file
>> type that you want the document converted.
>> thank you arielle for showing me this site.
>> It has helped me a lot over the past year or so.
>> Oh and they do not do xcell files.
>> But they do power point presentations and other image files.
>> 
>> Have a blessed day.
>> Best,
>> Melissa R Green and PJ
>> Some people come into your life just to teach you how to let go.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] How To Handle Inaccessible PDFS?
>> 
>> 
>> You can also save the PDF and email it as an attachment to
>> convert at robobraille.org
>> with the word "doc" (without quotes) in the subject line. RoboBraille
>> will return the file to you in Word format. It's free and does a
>> remarkable job.
>> If the course website won't let you save the PDF to your computer,
>> then ask your professor to email it to you as an attachment. You can
>> then just forward your prof's email to
>> convert at robobraille.org
>> Best,
>> Arielle
>> 
>>> On 2/19/14, Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>     I'm going to try and tackle your questions, but if none of this
>>> makes sense, feel free to email me with questions.
>>> First: as to what you can do with the PDF, Kurzweil, OpenBook, or
>>> Abbbyy FineReader, you will be able to convert the document on your
>>> own. You can also try, if you have a scanner, printing and scanning
>>> the document into your computer, if it doesn't scan into jpeg or Tiff
>>> images, that is.
>>>     As for what to tell your professor, I find the best rule of thumb
>>> to use is this. If you can't highlight a small portion of text in the
>>> document without highlighting the whole document, it is an image and
>>> needs to be converted. Most documents originate electronically. So, if
>>> your professor can find the original file, tthat will definitely help.
>>> Image PDF's are an unfortunate occurrence in the academic environment
>>> and the best thing for us to do is to educate people constantly about
>>> the barriers that these documents present.
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Aleeha
>>> 
>>>> On 2/19/14, Elif Emir <filerime at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> send it to me.
>>>> I have abbyy finereader
>>>> I can convert it for you
>>>> it won't be perfect but basicly it will be readable.
>>>> 
>>>> 2014-02-19 20:15 GMT-05:00, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>:
>>>>> Hi Everyone:
>>>>> 
>>>>> For our response posts in my online Communications class, we have to
>>>>> read an excerpt that is in PDF format. That is usually fine, except
>>>>> this time when I clicked on the PDF JAWS said "document is empty." I
>>>>> know this means the PDF was scanned and OCR was not used.
>>>>> First, is there anything I can do on my own to be able to read this
>>>>> PDF?
>>>>> Next, how do I explain to the professor in simple terms that the pdf
>>>>> was scanned with no OCR and so it is an image? How can the professor
>>>>> make this pdf accessible so I can read it?
>>>>> What do you all do about inaccessible PDFs?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Kerri
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just now
>>>>> 
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