[Athen] File Size

[Gaeir Dietrich]

>in order to use the KESI Virtual Printer don't you need to have Adobe

Acrobat Professional? 

 

No, you do not. Anyone who is using Kurzweil 3000 Professional (which you
would have to be to open PDF files with Kurzweil) has access to it. The
virtual printer is part of Kurzweil itself. And if you ever have something
that Kurzweil will not access directly, try using the virtual printer. It
makes a surprising number of files available to Kurzweil that would not be
otherwise.

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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich 
High Tech Center Training Unit of the 
California Community Colleges 
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 
www.htctu.net 
408-996-6043 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of dann
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:54 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; Access Technologists
in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] File Size

 

But Gaeir - in order to use the KESI Virtual Printer don't you need to have
Adobe Acrobat Professional? 

 

This is not something everyone has access to. 

 

 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org on behalf of Gaeir Dietrich
Sent: Mon 2/25/2008 3:35 PM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] File Size

The solution is to scan to TIFF, not to PDF. Kurzweil really does not like
PDF as much as it does TIFF, and your files will be much smaller. 

 

Part of the problem is also that the best way to go from PDF is through the
KESI Virtual Printer, not to load the file directly. Using the virtual
printer will create smaller files.

 

****************************************************** 
Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich 
High Tech Center Training Unit of the 
California Community Colleges 
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 
www.htctu.net 
408-996-6043 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of John Elmer
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:51 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] File Size

 

Speaking of file size........

We have found that scanning documents using Capture Perfect with our Canon
9080C into PDF's as Black and White for conversions to K3000 files results
in the K3000 files being gigantic.  We are better off scanning B/W documents
as 24 bit color, as when we convert to K3000 the files are many may times
smaller. 

Do others have similar experience?  Solutions?

 


John F. Elmer
Alternate Media Specialist
Ventura College
Educational Assistance Center (DSP&S)
4667 Telegraph Road
Ventura, CA  93003
805.654.6400, x1278

 

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Date: 02/21/2008 08:03PM
Subject: Re: [Athen] Abbyy FineReader v9?



I think it was on the DSSHE list but what we are seeing is files sizes with
Abbyy 9 being about 10 times larger than with Abbyy 8. 

  

Ron Stewart 

  

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of dann
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:31 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; athen at athenpro.org
Subject: Re: [Athen] Abbyy FineReader v9? 

  

There was an extended conversation about Abbyy Fine Reader version 9 on this
or another mailing list recently. The problem with Abbyy Version 9 is the
size of the files produced in the scanning process. The general consensus is
that it is safest to stay with version 8 for the time being especially when
scanning textbooks and other large items. 

  

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Daniel Berkowitz, CEO 

DigiLife Media, LLC 

1 Bryant Avenue 

Bradford, MA 01835-7424 

  

phone: 617-512-4315 

mobile: 978-914-4601 

e-mail: dann at digilifemedia.biz 

web: www.digilifemedia.biz <http://www.digilifemedia.biz/>  

  

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org on behalf of normajean.brand
Sent: Thu 2/21/2008 9:43 PM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: [Athen] Abbyy FineReader v9? 

Has anyone tried out the new FineReader? I know there were discussions, pros
and cons on FineReader 8.0 and technical issues with regards to 8.0 for some
folks. Just curious. 

  

~NJ 

  

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