[mac4theblind] Re: New Mac User
- From: "Jason Doorish " <jason.doorish@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:53:30 -0500
The issue I am running into is when it is a scanned image saved as a PDF
file. I guess is there a good OCR program to convert the image to text that
is accessible using voice over?
Thank you,
Jason Doorish
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Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 9:18 AM
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Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: New Mac User
Hi Jason and welcome to the list and your MBA.
Preview found in your apps folder will automatically open pdf files and
allow you to read and extract text from them. You can either copy the text
right out of the app or use some built-in features like open selection with
text edit in a new window. I often copy the contents of the document to the
clipboard and paste it into my favorite or te most usefull wp at the time.
I have ben using jaws for over 20 years and macs for 6 so am somewhat sad to
report that you get no help from either program with regard to formatting.
On Oct 21, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Jason Doorish <jason.doorish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello all, I recently purchased a new mac book air, and I really am liking
it. There were the frustrations going from JAWS to voice over for about a
week, but for your basic things I am doing ok.
I have two questions. I have two different daisy book readers: alleria and
one from reading allie, and I have the same issue with both. When I start
reading a book, about two minutes later the program stops reading, and
voiceover says something to the effect of "you are on html content " and
then I am no longer reading. This is frustrating.
My other question, is what programs work well with PDF files and voiceover?
I work with a lot of scanned PDF's, and would like to be able to convert
them into text, that then can be red and manipulated by voice over.
Thank you,
Jason Doorish
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