[Athen] accessing PDF image files

[Kluesner, Bryon]

I agree with Karen. The ABBYY PDF Transformer is worth the small investment. I think it converts better than most of the OCR programs out there.

Bryon

Bryon Kluesner, RhD
Adaptive Technology Coordinator
Disability Resource Center
Adjunct Faculty
College of Health, Education & Professional Studies
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953
Chattanooga, TN 37403
423-425-5251

Go MOCS!

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Subject: Re: [Athen] accessing PDF image files

I use ABBYY PDF Transformer which is $79 USD and will do the OCR and give me a Word document.

I can get other formats, but Word let's me get to the content quickly. I usually keep the original in case I need to cite it.

Cheers, Karen

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> On Aug 24, 2015, at 6:43 PM, Jennison Asuncion <JAsuncion at dawsoncollege.qc.ca> wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> Unsure if others already do this for their students - occasionally I'll need access to a PDF that ends up being a scanned image, useless to my screen reader. In those cases, I'll do a virtual scan using Kurzweil 1000 and am usually lucky enough to get a fairly readable file.

>

> Jennison

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> Unsure if others already do this for their students - occasionally I'll need access to a PDF that ends up being a scanned image, useless to my screen reader. In those cases, I'll do a virtual scan using Kurzweil 1000 and am usually lucky enough to get a fairly readable file.

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> Jennison

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