[NABS-L] Pdf articles as an image

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi Emily, It's actually not so simple.  Most of the time when an 
instructor posts an image PDF, that was the way the article was 
available to them through the library or that's what their 
scanner (often used by a random student research assistant 
produced).  It isn't any easier for the instructor to convert 
such a document than it is for us blind students to do so.

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From: Emily Schlenker via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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Date sent: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:03:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [NABS-L] Pdf articles as an image

Hi. I am very sorry that you’re having to go through this, it 
is completely unnecessary for articles to be posted this way and 
for the disability office to be this slow. What I would suggest, 
even though it is definitely not ideal, is to utilize windows OCR 
that is built into windows 10. I’m not sure it will work, 
because I have not had to mess with one of these types of 
documents in a few months, but when you open the PDF hit insert 
are. You should hear your screen reader say recognizing and then 
it should read for you. Just so you know, it is wrong for your 
instructor to be utilizing this type of PDF formatting. It is 
really no problem to post properly tagged PDF documents which can 
be read by screen readers. Unfortunately, most faculty is not 
aware of this, and most universities are not offering the proper 
training. May I ask what college or university you are studying 
at?
 The very best of luck to you.

Emily Schlenker

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 On Aug 20, 2018, at 11:45 AM, Shikha via NABS-L 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hello,
 I have pdf articles as an image every week for one of my 
classes. What is the quickest way to read them.
 The disability office is being super slow to convert them in to 
a word document.
 Thanks,

 Shikha Desai
 Bachelor of Social Work
 Georgia State University
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