[bcab] Re: PDF to DAISY

Hi folks,
 
This won't help with Daisy production but if you have PDF files which
you wish to convert to text, my favourite blind programmer Jamal Mazrui
wrote a text editor called TextPal which attempts to convert files from
other formats in to text.  These include PDF files and, if I remember
rightly, incorporates some sort of OCR where the PDF file is found to be
completely graphical.
 
You may find TextPal a little sluggish but the benefits which it confers
can out-way this slight difficulty and it will cost you nothing since it
is open source.  It is also optimised for Jaws and Window eyes.
 
You can download a copy from the following link:
http://www.empowermentzone.com/palsetup.exe
 
Regards,
 
Phil Medway
 
ICT accessibility developer
 
Deployment team
 
Core ICT
 
Oxfordshire County Council

 
<http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk <http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/> >
 
Tel: 01869 347639
 
Mobile: 07980 519990
 
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From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Tim Gebbels
Sent: 29 April 2008 21:23
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: PDF to DAISY


Hi Karina.  If they're untagged documents I presume you could save them
as text files and then just convert those using whatever software tool
does that sort of thing.  Personally I haven't a clue!  But are you sure
they're readable in the first place?  In my experience a lot of PDF
documents generated in office environments are scanned images in which
case you haven't a hope I don't think.
Tim Gebbels
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Karina Gregory <mailto:Karina.Gregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  
        To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:05 PM
        Subject: [bcab] PDF to DAISY

        HI all, 
         
        I've got these two PDF files, please can someone advise me as to
how I can convert them to DAISY so that I can read them on my
BrailleNote PK?  Step by step instructions would be much appreciated.  
         
        There's also something else that I don't understand - once I
have converted a PDF file to DAISY format, how do I know how to navigate
it as I'm aware that each DAISY book is navigated differently but I
don't know how you find out how to navigate it.
         
        Thank you in advance for your help.
         
        Karina


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