[NFBCS] pdf conversion tools

[Curtis Chong]

Greetings:

I have also found that with JAWS, you can initiate a slide show in PowerPoint with F5. The slide show comes up as a virtual page where the text is very readable but the graphics, not so much.

Best regards,

Curtis Chong

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Wendy Walker via NFBCS
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 11:35 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Wendy Walker <wenintex at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] pdf conversion tools

We have had luck with the following when it comes to power point documents:
Go to the original power point and enable saving
now do a save as and select the option of outline in RTF instead of power point
now save the document  and it will be an RTF file

This is not perfect but reads better than a power point with a screen reader.

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Wendy Walker


On 10/22/22, Jim Barbour via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I don’t understand why the OCR options didn’t work.
>
> I would definitely not expect you to be able to convert the PDF back to
> PowerPoint or work.
>
> What happened when you tried to OCR the images?
>
> Any chance you can get the original PowerPoint?
>
> Jim
>
> Written while on the move,,
>
>> On Oct 22, 2022, at 4:58 PM, Cricket X. Bidleman via NFBCS
>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I have a pdf file that was converted from a powerpoint, so everything
>> is reading with JAWS and VoiceOver as images since that's how slides
>> appear. I tried opening the file in Word.  I tried converting it back
>> to a powerpoint. I tried converting the file to a .txt. Also tried
>> JAWS OCR mode, and also OpenBook. None of that worked. Are there any
>> other tools that you find helpful and reliable? Thanks.
>>
>> Best,
>> Cricket
>>
>> --
>> Cricket X. Bidleman, B.A (she/her/hers)
>> M.A Candidate | Stanford Journalism Class of 2022
>> Co-Chair | Stanford Daily Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
>> Member | Blind Advisory Committee, California Department of Vocational
>> rehabilitation
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> NFBCS mailing list
>> NFBCS at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> NFBCS:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/jbar%40barcore.com
>>
> _______________________________________________
> NFBCS mailing list
> NFBCS at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/wenintex%40gmail.com
>

_______________________________________________
NFBCS mailing list
NFBCS at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/chong.curtis%40gmail.com