[mac4theblind] Re: New Mac User
- From: Tracy Duffy <tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:03:03 -0400
Hmmm. I can read pdf as long as I tell it to read all. If I start trying to go
line by line or try to get the spelling of a word or something it totally loses
focus or closes all pages. Keep in mind though that I am still back in the
ancient snow leopard. LOL!
On Oct 21, 2013, at 10:18 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
> 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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