[nobe-l] Tech question

[Karl Martin Adam]

If you don't want to purchase either of those, you could also try 
using one of the free file conversion websites out there.  
www.robobraille.org is one of the best though it is annoying for 
academic purposes because it strips out page numbers.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Arthur Jacobs via nobe-l <nobe-l at nfbnet.org
To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List 
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Date sent: Wed, 27 May 2015 11:13:30 -0400
Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Tech question

Kathy,

Two options are available. Neither will convert handwriting, and 
both will ignore pictures, of course.

First, you can open the PDF file in Kurzweil 1000 and the program 
will run ocr and convert the text. You can then read it within 
the program, or export it to a number of formats including word 
and brf.

The second is the KNFB Reader app. It works the same way as 
K1000, but on your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. You just open the file 
in which ever app you have it, say Dropbox, for instance. Then 
you choose open in and KNFB reader.

Hope this helps.

Arthur Jacobs


Sent from my iPhone

 On May 27, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Kathy Nimmer via nobe-l 
<nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Fellow educators,

  Would anyone with this knowledge please reply off-list to me at

 Goldendolphin17 at hotmail.com <mailto:Goldendolphin17 at hotmail.com

 As Indiana Teacher of the Year, I'll be the first reader and 
judge of the
 next applications for the 2016 INTOY. These are 21-page 
portfolios that are
 scanned PDFs. I am wondering what the best way is to access info 
in a
 scanned PDF. My experience with PDFs is not very positive, but I 
assume
 there is a way to get around the graphic nature of a scanned PDF 
so that the
 screen reader does not just announce graphics or empty document. 
I'll have
 80 or more of these documents to read, so I welcome your help. 
Thanks.

 Kathy Nimmer and Elias



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