[nfbcs] Rebo Braille was RE: "empty" pdf

[Mikayla Gephart]

Thank you. I might need to use it!

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 12, 2014, at 6:48 PM, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mikayla,
> 
> Since RoboBraille is an email-based service, the converted file will be able to be read with any screen reader, just as you would any other email attachment.
> 
> Chris Nusbaum, Secretary
> Maryland Association of Blind Students
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 12, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Mikayla Gephart <mikgephart at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Chris,
>>   With scanned documents, does this work good with VoiceOver. I might need to use this. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Jan 12, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Nicole Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> How do you get a Word document? I wrote (Word (.doc) in the subject line,
>>> but they sent me a .txt file. 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
>>> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 11:06 AM
>>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] "empty" pdf
>>> 
>>> It's actually robobraille.org, and it is indeed a great service. Just send
>>> the PDF file as an attachment in an email to convert at robobraille.org. In the
>>> subject line type the file format to which you want the file converted, e.g.
>>> DOC or RTF. Within a few minutes you should receive an email from
>>> RoboBraille with the converted file attached. This works with scanned image
>>> PDF's as well as plain text files.
>>> 
>>> HTH,
>>> 
>>> Chris Nusbaum, Secretary
>>> Maryland Association of Blind Students
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 10, 2014, at 11:04 AM, "I. C. Bray" <i.c.bray at win.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Try robobraille.com
>>>> 
>>>> I've never used it, but others say it's wonderful.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>>>> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 8:36 AM
>>>> Subject: [nfbcs] "empty" pdf
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> : I've received a pdf attachment with a file length of 35 KB, but when 
>>>> I
>>>> : open it Adobe says it's an empty document.
>>>> : If I were at home, I'd feed it through Kurzweil, but I don't have 
>>>> Kurzweil
>>>> : on this PC.
>>>> : I tried Jaws convenient OCR, but it wouldn't start.
>>>> : Are there other ways to get at the data in this doc?
>>>> : Thanks.
>>>> : Tracy
>>>> :
>>>> :
>>>> :
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