[nfbcs] PDF with words run together

[Greg Kearney]

The issue with word running together in PDFs is particularly found in those generated by inDesign and other page layout programs. I run into this all the time with book files from publishers that I am to convert into accessible formats.

Greg Kearney

> On Feb 11, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Humberto Avila via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Tracy,
> Good to hear from you. Have you had the shance to install the latest version of JAWS? Starting with JAWS 2018 and later, you can recognise images and PDFS instantly just from within JAWS. You can either:
> 1. Open the PDF as you would otherwise do,
> 2. Press Insert-Space, then O, to get the OCR, and then hit D for document. It will start scanning it and instantly reading it to you.
> 
> Or, you can just, instead of opening the PDF file, you would press Insert-Space, then O for OCR, then press F for file, and you will be set.
> 
> I find this types of PDF files very annoying as well, usually due to poorly laid out overlays between the actual text being displayed and the text presented to screen readers. It's quite interesting. But yes, hope this helps a bit. If not, you may be able to use another solution like OpenBook, KNFB reader or some other way of converting the PDF to accessible text you can read better. 
> 
> Good Lock:
> Humberto
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 11, 2019, at 5:26 AM, Tracy Carcione via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Why do many PDF docs run words together, and is there anything I can do
>> about it once I've received such a document?
>> Here is an example from the doc I got for an upcoming class:
>> Stepinto theworldofanalyticswitha thoroughintroductionto ...
>> 
>> It's comprehensible, especially with the help of a braille display, but it
>> takes some effort.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> 
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