[nabs-l] How To Handle Inaccessible PDFS?

Fri Feb 21 02:44:17 UTC 2014

For some reason, about 10% of the time I send RoboBraille an email and
never get it back. You should try sending it again. I think maybe
sometimes their computer is down?
Arielle

On 2/20/14, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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!! :)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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