reading a PDF file
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Kay Malmquist
Hi all,
For the most part I don't have problems with PDF
files. But when they are images and not OCR text I can not read
them. I got a book on the Keto life style and it is accompanied with a PDF
and without that PDF it is pretty much useless. I have tried a few things
but haven't had any major success turning it in to a readable document.
Can anyone help me with this? I would be very grateful. Thanks in
advance.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmquist@... No matter where you are, no matter how difficult
things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence.
Always. Rhonda Byrne
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Gene
Without knowing what you tried, no one knows if
they are just sending information duplicating what you did.
If programs like Kurzweil or Openbook or other such
programs can't recognize the document, then I don't think there is anything you
can do except the old fashoned expedient of hiring someone or getting a
volunteer to record the image text in the file.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Kay Malmquist
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 5:24 AM
To: TechTalk
Subject: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi all,
For the most part I don't have problems with PDF
files. But when they are images and not OCR text I can not read
them. I got a book on the Keto life style and it is accompanied with a PDF
and without that PDF it is pretty much useless. I have tried a few things
but haven't had any major success turning it in to a readable document.
Can anyone help me with this? I would be very grateful. Thanks in
advance.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmquist@... No matter where you are, no matter how difficult
things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence.
Always.
Rhonda Byrne
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Kay Malmquist
Hi Gene,
I was able to open it in Voice dream reader on my
iPhone and it read it there. Unfortunately, there isn't really any way to
import the text from there to another file. So, I know that the text is
there, I just can't get it to a format that I can manipulate and copy the info
that I need.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmquist@... No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be,
you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always.
Rhonda Byrne
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Gene
There are many possible ways, and I know of a few,
but others may know more. Before I discuss ways I know, such as Kurzweil,
Openbook, and Fine Reader, I'll see what others say. There may be much
less expensive ways to do what you want.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Kay Malmquist
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi Gene,
I was able to open it in Voice dream reader on my
iPhone and it read it there. Unfortunately, there isn't really any way to
import the text from there to another file. So, I know that the text is
there, I just can't get it to a format that I can manipulate and copy the info
that I need.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmquist@... No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be,
you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always.
Rhonda Byrne
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Penny Golden
Could you turn on your victor reader stream and record what you can of the pdf file from the voice-dream-scanner? or call Be My Eyes, and have that victor running and have someone read it to you? at least you'd have it on a recording, or maybe 90 percent ??? Best, Penny
On 1/26/2020 5:41 AM, Kay Malmquist
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Kay Malmquist
I thought about that, but there are several recipes
in there and I would really like them in a readable file that I can copy
whatever I need.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmquist@... No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be,
you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always.
Rhonda Byrne
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Gene
I hope the OCR is very accurate that you use.
You may know from the context whether the recipes are accurate in terms of
numbers, but, unless OCR is more accurate than when I used it a fair amount many
years ago, I might want to have a sighted person read anything requiring precise
accuracy, such as recipes, which contain numbers.
Gene
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From: Kay Malmquist
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file I thought about that, but there are several recipes
in there and I would really like them in a readable file that I can copy
whatever I need.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmquist@... No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be,
you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always.
Rhonda Byrne
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Richard
Hi Kay,
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Are you wanting to keep this document on your phone, or can you move it to your computer? Rick
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From: "Kay Malmquist" <kay.malmquist@gmail.com> To: "TechTalk" <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:24 AM Subject: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi all, For the most part I don't have problems with PDF files. But when they are images and not OCR text I can not read them. I got a book on the Keto life style and it is accompanied with a PDF and without that PDF it is pretty much useless. I have tried a few things but haven't had any major success turning it in to a readable document. Can anyone help me with this? I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance. Kay Malmquist kay.malmquist@gmail.com No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always. Rhonda Byrne
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Kay Malmquist
I have sent this file to someone that will Braille
it for me and yes, they are sighted and will scan it in and make sure all is
correct. The only problem is, that they will take a while to do this
and I really need this asap. In the long run it will be done, but to have
a readable copy on my computer would be the best.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmquist@... No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be,
you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always.
Rhonda Byrne
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Kay Malmquist
I want to move it to my computer.
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Kay Malmquist kay.malmquist@gmail.com No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always. Rhonda Byrne
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From: "Richard" <thegothot@twc.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:11 AM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi Kay, Are you wanting to keep this document on your phone, or can you move it to your computer? Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Malmquist" <kay.malmquist@gmail.com> To: "TechTalk" <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:24 AM Subject: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi all, For the most part I don't have problems with PDF files. But when they are images and not OCR text I can not read them. I got a book on the Keto life style and it is accompanied with a PDF and without that PDF it is pretty much useless. I have tried a few things but haven't had any major success turning it in to a readable document. Can anyone help me with this? I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance. Kay Malmquist kay.malmquist@gmail.com No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always. Rhonda Byrne
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Steven Johnson
Good morning Kay. I use JAWS 2019, and it has a utility called Convenient
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OCR that has gotten me out of a few situations where I had a PDF file that was an image. I'm not quite sure when JFW introduced convenient OCR, but if you have a fairly recent version of JAWS on your computer, you could put your cursor on the file's name and hit the application key and see if convenient OCR is there. If you have it, hit enter on it, and JAWS does some clicks, and after an interval of time, a screen opens up called OCR results. Mine does a pretty nice job with the minimum of jibberish.
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kay Malmquist Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:10 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file I want to move it to my computer. Kay Malmquist kay.malmquist@gmail.com No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always. Rhonda Byrne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <thegothot@twc.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:11 AM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi Kay, Are you wanting to keep this document on your phone, or can you move it to your computer? Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Malmquist" <kay.malmquist@gmail.com> To: "TechTalk" <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:24 AM Subject: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi all, For the most part I don't have problems with PDF files. But when they are images and not OCR text I can not read them. I got a book on the Keto life style and it is accompanied with a PDF and without that PDF it is pretty much useless. I have tried a few things but haven't had any major success turning it in to a readable document. Can anyone help me with this? I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance. Kay Malmquist kay.malmquist@gmail.com No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always. Rhonda Byrne
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Steven Johnson
If you don’t have Convenient OCR, you could send it to me and I would run it through mine, and send you the text output. It doesn’t sound like something private.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kay Malmquist
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:08 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file
I have sent this file to someone that will Braille it for me and yes, they are sighted and will scan it in and make sure all is correct. The only problem is, that they will take a while to do this and I really need this asap. In the long run it will be done, but to have a readable copy on my computer would be the best.
Kay Malmquist
No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always.
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Kay Malmquist
Thanks Steven, Someone has already offered to
do this but I appreciate your offer to help. It is really great to see all
the help that is available out here.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmquist@... No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be,
you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always.
Rhonda Byrne
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Ann Parsons
Hi all,
Get Docuscan Plus! Kurzie and OB are great too, but expensive if you aren't going to be scanning books. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons Portal Tutoring EMAIL: akp@sero.email Author of The Demmies: http://www.dldbooks.com/annparsons/ Portal Tutoring web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost."
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jan howells <gale7978@...>
Hello,
I have a folder of copied printed material that I wish jo have in braille. Is there anyone that could scan it for me and put it in their computer and then send it to me in text emails? What would be the charge? Thank you. Jan Howells
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george b <gbmagoo@...>
I could do it for you
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of jan howells via Groups.Io Sent: January 26, 2020 12:08 To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hello, I have a folder of copied printed material that I wish jo have in braille. Is there anyone that could scan it for me and put it in their computer and then send it to me in text emails? What would be the charge? Thank you. Jan Howells
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jan howells <gale7978@...>
Thank you very much, George. I appreciate you! May I please have your last name and mailing address? If you enjoz anything that I send you, you may keep it. Here is my email address written in words, because the Apex never puts it right no matter how I try it. gale 7978 at aol dot com
That is my very first Seeing Eye dog's name and birthdate. Kind regards, Jan Howells P.S. Please let me know how much you would like for your labor.
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Mike B
Hi Jan,
How many files do you want converted? I wouldn't charge
you anything, but I would like to know how much time would be
involved.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
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Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file I have a folder of copied printed material that I wish jo have in braille. Is there anyone that could scan it for me and put it in their computer and then send it to me in text emails? What would be the charge? Thank you. Jan Howells
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Richard
Hi Kay,
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If you have a Dropbox account, you can give these steps a try, they worked for me. Moving a PDF from Voice Dream Reader on an iPhone to the computer: These instructions were written using the latest builds of Voice Dream Reader, Dropbox and IOS on an iPhone SE. 1. Open Voice Dream Reader. 2. Locate the file you want to move, and perform a single finger double-tap. 3. In the resulting screen, perform asingle finger double tab on the document button. 4. In the resulting screen, single-finger swipe to the right until you come to, "export all text", and perform a single-finger double-tap. 5. In the resulting screen, single-finger swipe to the right until you hear, " save to Dropbox", and perform a single-finger double-tap. 6. Single-finger swipe to the right until you come to the save button, and single-finger double-tap, or swipe further to choose a location, and then return to the save button. You should get some feedback on the upload process. When the upload is complete, you should b returned to Voice Dream Reader. HTH, Rick
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From: "Kay Malmquist" <kay.malmquist@gmail.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file I want to move it to my computer. Kay Malmquist kay.malmquist@gmail.com No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always. Rhonda Byrne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <thegothot@twc.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:11 AM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi Kay, Are you wanting to keep this document on your phone, or can you move it to your computer? Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Malmquist" <kay.malmquist@gmail.com> To: "TechTalk" <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 6:24 AM Subject: [TechTalk] reading a PDF file Hi all, For the most part I don't have problems with PDF files. But when they are images and not OCR text I can not read them. I got a book on the Keto life style and it is accompanied with a PDF and without that PDF it is pretty much useless. I have tried a few things but haven't had any major success turning it in to a readable document. Can anyone help me with this? I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance. Kay Malmquist kay.malmquist@gmail.com No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always. Rhonda Byrne
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jan howells <gale7978@...>
Hi Mike,
These are not files. These are hard copies on paper. When they are scanned, they can be sent through email. I would then read them with a braille display and store them in files and folders that I would create myself. Thank you. Jan
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