[nabs-l] Making Texts on jpg file accessible?

Fri Jan 23 12:34:41 UTC 2015

You don't—it was developed in Europe and is used around the world. In fact, I learned about the service from a blind person in Australia.

Chris Nusbaum

> On Jan 23, 2015, at 6:45 AM, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I don't see why you would; go on and try it.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Gayer
> via nabs-l
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:23 AM
> To: Karl Martin Adam; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Making Texts on jpg file accessible?
> 
> Hello,
> Do you have to live in America to use this service?
> 
> Very best wishes,
> Sandra.
> 
>> On 1/23/15, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Yes, it can convert to and from a long list of (mostly
>> inaccessible) file types including inaccessible pdfs.  You can either 
>> upload your file at www.robobraille.org or e-mail it to 
>> convert at robobraille.org attached to a blank e-mail with the file type 
>> you want it converted to in the subject line.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> To: Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>, "National Association 
>> ofBlind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org Date sent: Fri, 23 
>> Jan 2015 04:38:50 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Making Texts on jpg file accessible?
>> 
>> I apologize, I am slightly ignorant on this topic. What is Robo 
>> braille? Wednesday, say, convert a PDF that is composed of images 
>> instead of text, into an accessible format (if an individual doesn't 
>> have the latest version of jaws with the new document OCR).
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jan 22, 2015, at 8:35 PM, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l 
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, I use robo braille to make this work.  It's come in pretty handy  
>> quite a few times, though in my experiences at least it can take a  
>> little longer for image conversion than documents.  Just don't freak  
>> out if it takes them a little longer to email you the text.  :)
>> 
>> On 1/22/15, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> Have you tried robo braille? I think the file type is on there for 
>> being  able to be made accessible.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Miso 
>> Kwak via  nabs-l
>> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:08 PM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Making Texts on jpg file accessible?
>> 
>> Hi NABS,
>> I am writing to see if there is any way I can access texts that are  
>> formated  as jpg image files on the web.
>> Here is a sample link.
>> 
>> http://dspace.wrlc.org/view/ImgViewer?url=http://dspace.wrlc.org/
>> doc/manifes
>> t/2041/40106
>> This is a part of The Silent Worker, a Deaf community newspaper from 
>> the  19th century and the early 20th century (home page found here...
>> http://proxy.aladin0.wrlc.org/gsdl/collect/gasw/gasw.shtml
>> )
>> I need to access articles from here as a part of my assignment for 
>> History  of Deaf Community in America class.
>> The professor is understanding of the accessiblity problem so we are  
>> looking  at different altermnative options but I would love to know if 
>> there is any  way I could access the texts found on this website such 
>> as the sample link  I  provided above.
>> Will KNFB Reader be able to somehow convert the images and recognize 
>> texts?
>> If so how would I be able to do it?
>> Any other suggestions are welcome.
>> Miso Kwak
>> 
>> 
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