[nfbcs] "empty" pdf

[Nancy Coffman]

The other problem I have had come up with PDF files is that many times they are rendered without spaces between the words. Has anyone found a fix for that?

Nancy Coffman
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> On Jan 13, 2014, at 9:01 AM, "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> K1000 at work would be a good idea and would not violate their very generous
> user policy.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 9:21 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] "empty" pdf
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> Thanks for all the ideas.  For this particular doc, since it was just an
> example of something, I called the user and had him explain it.  However,
> this "empty" document problem has cropped up a lot lately, so I'm saving all
> your suggestions for next time.
> Tracy
> 
>> If Insert-Z works with PDF files, you may be able to do this.  My 
>> experience with Window-Eyes (not doing OCR but pasting formatted text 
>> from a PDF into Word) showed that I needed to do Select All, Copy, 
>> Paste for each page individually.
>> 
>> In Word 2003 you print your PDF to the Microsoft Office Document Image 
>> Writer, which has an option to save to a file.  Then you use Microsoft 
>> Document Imaging to recognize the text.  I didn't find it to do a very 
>> good job.
>> 
>> My favorite way to deal with image-only PDF's at home is to use 
>> Omnipage, which is now at version 19.  It puts some PDF-processing 
>> options on the context menu for PDF files in Windows Explorer.  It is 
>> sometimes even useful on PDF's that have text, but it can also put a 
>> lot of I's or L's into your file as well.
>> 
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer National Library Service for 
>> the Blind and Physically Handicapped
>> Library of Congress   202-707-0535
>> http://www.loc.gov/nls
>> The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those 
>> of the Library of Congress, NLS.
>> 
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise 
>> M Robinson
>> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 8:40 AM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] "empty" pdf
>> 
>> Yes, turn off jaws, do a ctrl a to select all, ctrl c to copy, alt tab 
>> to word and paste with ctrl v then hit the ctrl key and let go which 
>> takes you into paste options then hit t to keep text only which 
>> essentially turns that image into text---then turn jaws back on and 
>> read
>> 
>> Denise
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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