Re: PDFAlert 'empty document' work around
- From: "Dave Mitchell" <mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:20:25 -0700
Hi Alan, Thanks. I have a Demo of Open Book but it has yet to handle this
Empty Document issue for me without getting hung up for some reason. To avoid
this frustration, I am willing to try adding an additional step on occasion if
the document is not too large and I only tossed out my work around for those
who had similar frustrations. Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Clendinen
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:26 AM
Subject: re: PDFAlert 'empty document' work around
Mitch,
When Adobe Acrobat Reader gives you the "Empty document" error message, it
usually means that the PDF has graphics but no text. The most direct way to
access these documents, is to open the file with an Optical Character
Recognition (OCR) program, such as Openbook, Abby FineReader, etc. In certain
versions of MS Word, there is also an OCR feature, so you might be able to open
the PDF file with it and have it convert the text in the graphic image to
readable text. This eliminates the extra steps of printing the PDF and then
scanning it with an OCR program.
Best regards,
Alan
Mitch wrote:
I experienced the dreaded Empty Document Alert today when attempting to read
a PDF attachment with JAWS 10.
Although I'm just talking about this one example and tedious as it was, I
managed a work around to get the document.
I simply printed the document in spite of the 'empty document' alert. After
printing, I just scanned it into Word and read it with JAWS. It adds a step
and sometimes there may indeed be no text to print but in a pinch it may
give you access to the attachment. Hope this helps or at least makes sense.
Best Wishes, Mitch
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