[duxuser] Re: Converting PDF to Braille?

  • From: "Tom Poulk" <Poulk@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:18:58 -0500

There is a way: Open your pdf in adobe, select file, select "save as".
When the save as window opens, go to the bottom and open the "save as
type" box. You can select .htm/.html, .doc, 2 .txt types, .rtf, and
other file formats. I have done this a lot, and it usually works well.
You will use a lot of formatting, and some information that may be of a
graphic nature or in text boxes, but you will get a document that you
can edit and import into Duxbury.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Thomas G. Poulk
Director, Materials Production Dept.
The Hadley School for the Blind
700 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
Phone: 847-784-2717
Fax: 847-784-9688
tom@xxxxxxxxxx
 
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Don Moore
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Converting PDF to Braille?
 
I've downloaded a rather large user's manual in PDF format but would
like to have it in Braille.
 
Is there some kind of plug-in to convert the PDF file to word?  Or even
Duxbury?
 
Thanks for any suggestions, and I know I could convert it to text and
then bring it into word, but it sounds like a whole lot of formatting.

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