[macvoiceover] Re: Reading PDFs
- From: Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Mac Voiceover list Mac Voiceover List <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:14:34 -0700
I’ve only been comparing to blocks of text run through other OCR programs. What
kind of file was it that gave robobraille trouble?
I just got a pdf that comes up as blank in Preview. I ran it through
robobraille because I just ahd to pick out the bottom line number from an
invoice. I’ll run it through Prizmo when I have a chance to see how it compares.
Ian
On Jan 21, 2014, at 1:10 PM, CJ Daniel <cj_daniel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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