[stylist] PDF

[Bill Outman]

Jaws 13 has a feature called convenient OCR.  I've never tried it on my
computer so I can't tell you exactly what it does or how it works.  It may
have been improved for version 14, which I still need to install.  

Even if the document is not ttagged, Adobe will try to infer how to read it,
which leads to unpredictable results.  

Bill Outman 



-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
Pollpeter
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:26 AM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] PDF

If the PDF has not been properly tagged, it will not be readable with a
screenreader. Essentially, the PDF is recognized as a picture or graphic and
screenreaders will therefore not read it, though I think JAWS 13 has the
ability to say what a graphic is. If I'm right about this, I still don't
believe it will read a improperly tagged PDF. In this situation, if you are
able, you can print off the PDF then scan it back into your computer. This
will work, but not always a guarantee it will scan 100%, though if you have
an updated scanning program, in my experience, it works pretty well.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

Message: 5
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:38:06 -0800
From: Eve Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] pdf
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My understanding has always been that it will not work because it can not
work. You can not read a picture and that is what a graphic is. If there is
a program/app/whatever that takes the written words from graphics and
transfers them to text then it is wonderful. Have not had chance to check
link yet, but I will. Eve


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