[NABS-L] Scribe for Documents

[Mariam Fahmy]

Hello All!

My name is Mariam Fahmy, and I’m currently interning with Pneuma Solutions,
exploring unique accessibility tools capable of better supporting our needs
as blind students. I just wanted to quickly share something that’s been
genuinely useful to me as a blind student—especially when it comes to
dealing with inaccessible readings and scanned class materials.

It’s called *Scribe for Documents*, and it’s a tool that converts
inaccessible files (like scanned PDFs of journals, class syllabi, books,
etc.) into formats we can actually read—like HTML, Word, audio, BRF, and
accessible pdfs (with large print if you want). You can upload a file
directly or use a browser extension, then it takes a few seconds, and then
you're good to go!

I’ve used it to adapt numerous class readings that were PDFs of scanned
images of text (journal and research articles and book chapters), and I was
honestly surprised by how clean and readable the output was. It added
headings, clean tables, handled images with descriptions, and didn’t turn
everything into one giant text blob like some other tools I’ve used. 😊

What really stood out to me is that Scribe was developed by blind
developers. You can tell—it feels like it was made by people who actually
understand what we deal with when trying to access class content. It's not
flawless (complicated Math and graphics are still being worked on), but for
readings and documents, it’s been a huge help!

If you're curious to learn more about it, you can check it out at
scribeit.io, or feel free to reach out! My email is
mariam.fahmy at pneumasolutions.com .

Just thought this might help someone else avoid a late-night accessibility
scramble!

Take care,
Mariam Fahmy

Intern; Pneuma Solutions

mariam.fahmy at pneumasolutions.com