[nobe-l] Tech question

[Greg Aikens]

To add to these suggestions, Openbook is another OCR solution from Freedom Scientific. Abby Fine Reader is another, far less expensive option because it is made for mainstream use. The Mac version of Abby is accessible. I have not used the Windows version. 

Through your school system, you may already have access to the full version of Adobe. Newer versions of Adobe are supposed to have an OCR function so that you can turned a scanned image into a pdf with text. I have not tried it to see if it works well with JAWS, but I would imagine that it does. 

No matter what, you’ll need some OCR software to convert the scanned images into text.

Best,
Greg

> On May 27, 2015, at 2:12 PM, Karl Martin Adam via nobe-l <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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 <nobe-l at nfbnet.org
> 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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