[optacon-l] Re: optacon saves the day again!
- From: Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:42:21 -0700
Katherine, congratulations!! I'll bet translating those lines and boxes and
remembering their order
took awhile!! I certainly hope the recipient of your transcription recognizes
how
difficult it is to transcribe a flow chart into something recognizeable in
braille.
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 06:27:25 -0400 (EDT), Catherine Thomas wrote:
>This week my braille transcribing work included a flow chart. It covered
>two pages and was full of lines and boxes as well as text. When the
>original .pdf file was converted to a .txt file, those pages did not even
>convert. I was using a printed out version of the .pdf file so I tried
>scaning the flow chart with an ordinary scanner. No dice. Some of the tct
>showed up but it was a mess. Final resort? the Optacon. I was able to read
>the text inbetween all those linees and boxes and finally after looking at
>it enough times, interpret the order in which the text of the chart was
>suposed to go and then I could describe it in the braille document as well
>as transcribing it. Another victory for the Optacon.
>Catherine
>
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