[bksvol-discuss] Re: world e book fair is here for 2008

  • From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:59:10 -0700

Sue, this sounds very much like u need to adjust your adobe settings.
& that probably warrants private contact--would that be permissible?

On 7/7/08, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Ann,
>
> My past experience with trying to read PDF files after conversion has been
> with newsletters and my local newspaper.  Yes, the display does show those
> things, and although I selected the whole document for my newspaper, I could
> only view one page.  When I would try to bring up the next page it didn't
> work.
>
> It is kind of you to offer to convert book files for me.  Thanks.  I will
> see what is on that huge consortium.  They may not have anything I want.
> <grin>
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 6:09 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: world e book fair is here for 2008
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Actually, Sue, this is disinformation.  There are many PDF books on
> that site, true.  However, not all of them are PDF.  Many are HTML or TXT.
>
> As for Acrobat Reader, what version do you have?  the newest versions,
> 7 and 8, have a dialog that pops up when you 'enter' on a PDF file.  It
> says a couple of things like giving you a radio button for how to read
> the file, take the default unless you know differently.  Then it wants
> to know if it should do the whole file or just a few pages.   Tell it
> you want it to do the whole blessed file.  Then, it will have a "go"
> button or hmmm, I forget what it's called begin or start or something.
> Anyway, press the spacebar on it, it's a button.  The program will just
> sit there for a while, hmmm, about a minute or more and then it will
> show you the top line of the thing.  Does the braille display read this
> OK?  That may be the problem.
>
> Once you've gotten the PDF opened, you can save it as a text file.  The
> PDF's on these libraries are mostly text ones and should work OK.
> However, since this is a consortium, some of these may not work,
> depending on where you get them.  It's sort of hit and miss.
>
> I'll tell you what, Sue.  If you want a couple of PDF's from there,
> download them, and send them to me.  I'll convert them for you and send
> them back.   I don't know if the braille display works in Adobe Reader.
> If it doesn't, of course, that means your dead in the water.  Send 'em
> to me.  I'll convert 'em for you.
>
> Hmmm, this is interesting.  Now you've got me curious.  I'm going to do
> some experimenting if I get the chance.  I'll hook up the BN and see
> what it does in Adobe here.  Darned idiots, if they're going to create
> an accessible PDF reader, the least they could do is make it accessible
> to braille displays!  <grrrr>
>
>
> Ann P.
>
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