[macvoiceover] Re: Reading PDFs
- From: CJ Daniel <cj_daniel@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:10:11 -0700
Ian,
I had the exact same issue, recently. I tried Robo Braille, as you suggested
to Nicole. The results were disappointing. A small fragment of the file was
converted, but 90% remained unreadable.
CJ
On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You can also send them as attachments to convert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with the
> output type you want in the subject line, i.e. rtf txt. Accuracy is pretty
> good.
>
> Ian
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:11 AM, George B <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Prismo will do the ones on your phone and you could also send the ones on
>> your mac to the phone and use prismo, until you wish to buy a o c r app.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
>>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nicole Hutchins
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:07
>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Reading PDFs
>>>
>>> So the file was downloaded, it's on my mac. I have documents 2 on my
>>> phone. So in order to get it to work, I need to send it to my phone? I
>>> also have prizmo on my phone.
>>> On Jan 21, 2014, at 1:04 PM, George B <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> No if you have the doc in p d f it just needs to go through a o c r
>>> process
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
>>>>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nicole Hutchins
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 09:54
>>>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Reading PDFs
>>>>>
>>>>> Justin,
>>>>> Do I have to have a scanner to rescan the documents with abyyy?
>>>>> I have documents 2 now, on my iPhone. Would that work?
>>>>> Nicole
>>>>> On Jan 21, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Justin Mann <w9fyi@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Nicole,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You would need something like Abbyy fine reader in order to convert
>>>>> the scanned image of the text to text that is readable with
>>> voiceover..
>>>>> Hopefully someone will get on list, and mention some other
>>>>> alternatives, but Abbyy is the one that I'm familiar with at this
>>>>> point. The other one that might work is documents2go that is
>>> offered
>>>>> by serotek. Abbyy fine reader can be found in the Appstore.
>>>>>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/finereader-ocr-
>>> pro/id687301476?mt=12
>>>>>> On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Justin,
>>>>>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>>>>> Is text conversion something I can do?
>>>>>>> Nicole
>>>>>>> On Jan 21, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Justin Mann <w9fyi@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Nicole,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is possible that some of those .pdf documents might be
>>> scanned,
>>>>> and might require some text conversion. This is my best guess.
>>> Hope
>>>>> that helps,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Nicole Hutchins
>>> <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know why some pdf documents I can read in preview
>>> with
>>>>> no trouble then there are others that just say "Blank" or "New
>>> line"? I
>>>>> don't quite understand this. Is there anything I can do to fix the
>>> ones
>>>>> that don't seem to want to cooperate?
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Nicole>
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