Thanks Colin, I'll give it a go. John. _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Colin Phelan Sent: 03 January 2012 21:05 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion John, once Omny Page installed, just right click on the file, you will see an Omny Page option, it has a sub menu of the various formats you can convert to and unless the pdf is locked, which only about 5 or 10 % are your away. Of course 5 or 10% represents my expereince of downloading lots of e books All the best Colin -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Gregory Sent: 03 January 2012 19:52 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion Ah now Colin, I do have Omny Page Pro that came with my DM5. Perhaps that is the answer for me. John. _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Colin Phelan Sent: 03 January 2012 19:45 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion as does Omny Page for less than that -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Godfrey-McKay Sent: 03 January 2012 13:13 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion John, Abby FineReader (about £80) has a specific option to convert PDF files to Word in it. The OCR software converts the image into text, just as something like Kurzweil or OpenBook does - but without the need to use a scanner. Regards, Richard Richard Godfrey-McKay Telephone: 01738-445 880 Mobile: 07791 452 593 _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Gregory Sent: 03 January 2012 13:07 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion Maybe Richard, but an image is an image and haven't found any way other than rescanning to get around this yet. However, if it works, then please do let the list know as it is a constant pain for me when trying to read pdf articles for my PhD. Cheers. John. _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Godfrey-McKay Sent: 03 January 2012 12:34 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion John, I think that Abbyy FineReader would do the image to text conversion, as it's an OCR programme. Richard Richard Godfrey-McKay Telephone: 01738-445 880 Mobile: 07791 452 593 _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Gregory Sent: 03 January 2012 12:29 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion Hi Richard, I don't think you will be able to convert an image into a Word document. For this to happen, even with the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat X - which I have - the file would need to be a text file. It will merely create an image file in the Word document. However, if you have some other means of doing this, then please accept my apologies. John. _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Godfrey-McKay Sent: 03 January 2012 11:58 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion Mike, If you send it to me off list at richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I should be able to convert it to Word. Richard Richard Godfrey-McKay Telephone: 01738-445 880 Mobile: 07791 452 593 _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Gregory Sent: 03 January 2012 11:21 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pdf conversion Hi Mike, If the file has been scanned as an image, then I don't know of anything that will actually convert it. JAWS 13 will read the first page of a scanned image, but it cannot be saved and converted and you would need to scan each page and read it - quite a labour intensive process. The only option I can think of is to print the pages and scan in as an accessible document rather than an image. Cheers. John. _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Moore Sent: 02 January 2012 23:53 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Pdf conversion Hello, I have a Pdf file, a book, and it is as an image scan, or viewed as a blank document by JFW. I need to convert it, but Kurzweil will not handle a document of its size, 62000 Kb. Any suggestions please? Kindest, Mike