[stylist] PDF

[David Andrews]

This is true -- but the pdf must contain text in the first place.  If 
it contains images of PDF, and you try to save text you will get nothing.

Dave

At 08:48 AM 11/13/2012, you wrote:
>One other option that is available within the PDF reading software, there is
>an option found within the file-menu under save --- where you can save that
>PDF document as a text file. (Granted, the format will more than likely be
>mixed around some, but hey, that is one way to get the text out of the
>document, if you want that.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
>Pollpeter
>Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 2:26 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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>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>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