[nabs-l] How To Handle Inaccessible PDFS?

Fri Feb 21 02:44:56 UTC 2014

Oh and you can only attach one file per email message, otherwise it
will give you an error.
Arielle

On 2/20/14, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> For some reason, about 10% of the time I send RoboBraille an email and
> never get it back. You should try sending it again. I think maybe
> sometimes their computer is down?
> Arielle
>
> On 2/20/14, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi guys, this is Helga. I just wanted to tell you that I sent an
>> attachment
>> of 6 Budget Tables that is in PDF format to convert at robobraille.org But
>> it
>> didn't work! And I actually put in the subject line the word "doc"
>> without
>> quotes as Arielle suggested, but it didn't work when I sent it, the email
>> never came back to me. I don't know waht I'm doing wrong! I'm just
>> wondering, how do you guys get it in order for Robo Braille to sent you
>> an
>> email back with your word document? Just curious! Do I need to create an
>> account or something? Actually, I actually never use Robo Braille before,
>> so
>> this is actually my first time! I will really appreciate it, if you could
>> help me and give me some suggestions regarding this. Hope to hear from
>> you
>> soon. Thanks so much and God bless!! :)
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:52 AM, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone:
>>>
>>> Thanks so much for your help.
>>> I ended up using Robobraille. It came back fine and works great!
>>> I would recomend robobraille.org to anyone who has this inaccessible
>>> pdf problem!
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kerri
>>>
>>>> On 2/19/14, melissa Green <lissa1531 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> you can also go to their web site and upload the file and choose the
>>>> file
>>>> type that you want the document converted.
>>>> thank you arielle for showing me this site.
>>>> It has helped me a lot over the past year or so.
>>>> Oh and they do not do xcell files.
>>>> But they do power point presentations and other image files.
>>>>
>>>> Have a blessed day.
>>>> Best,
>>>> Melissa R Green and PJ
>>>> Some people come into your life just to teach you how to let go.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:57 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] How To Handle Inaccessible PDFS?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can also save the PDF and email it as an attachment to
>>>> convert at robobraille.org
>>>> with the word "doc" (without quotes) in the subject line. RoboBraille
>>>> will return the file to you in Word format. It's free and does a
>>>> remarkable job.
>>>> If the course website won't let you save the PDF to your computer,
>>>> then ask your professor to email it to you as an attachment. You can
>>>> then just forward your prof's email to
>>>> convert at robobraille.org
>>>> Best,
>>>> Arielle
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/19/14, Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>     I'm going to try and tackle your questions, but if none of this
>>>>> makes sense, feel free to email me with questions.
>>>>> First: as to what you can do with the PDF, Kurzweil, OpenBook, or
>>>>> Abbbyy FineReader, you will be able to convert the document on your
>>>>> own. You can also try, if you have a scanner, printing and scanning
>>>>> the document into your computer, if it doesn't scan into jpeg or Tiff
>>>>> images, that is.
>>>>>     As for what to tell your professor, I find the best rule of thumb
>>>>> to use is this. If you can't highlight a small portion of text in the
>>>>> document without highlighting the whole document, it is an image and
>>>>> needs to be converted. Most documents originate electronically. So, if
>>>>> your professor can find the original file, tthat will definitely help.
>>>>> Image PDF's are an unfortunate occurrence in the academic environment
>>>>> and the best thing for us to do is to educate people constantly about
>>>>> the barriers that these documents present.
>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>> Aleeha
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/19/14, Elif Emir <filerime at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> send it to me.
>>>>>> I have abbyy finereader
>>>>>> I can convert it for you
>>>>>> it won't be perfect but basicly it will be readable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014-02-19 20:15 GMT-05:00, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>> Hi Everyone:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For our response posts in my online Communications class, we have to
>>>>>>> read an excerpt that is in PDF format. That is usually fine, except
>>>>>>> this time when I clicked on the PDF JAWS said "document is empty." I
>>>>>>> know this means the PDF was scanned and OCR was not used.
>>>>>>> First, is there anything I can do on my own to be able to read this
>>>>>>> PDF?
>>>>>>> Next, how do I explain to the professor in simple terms that the pdf
>>>>>>> was scanned with no OCR and so it is an image? How can the professor
>>>>>>> make this pdf accessible so I can read it?
>>>>>>> What do you all do about inaccessible PDFs?
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Kerri
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just now
>>>>>>>
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