[Athen] accessing PDF image files
Cassie Kilroy Thompson
mthomps2 at umbc.edu
Tue Aug 25 11:27:01 PDT 2015
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bundy, Keith <Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu> wrote:
> I have done a 48-page document, and I have not seen any recommended
> restriction. It takes a bit of time to do more pages, but the quality was
> still good.
>
>
> Keith Bundy, MS
> Dakota State University
> Phone: 605-256-5121
> Email: keith.bundy at dsu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu]
> On Behalf Of Schafer, Carmen
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 9:41 AM
> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <
> athen-list at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Athen] accessing PDF image files
>
> Is there a recommended maximum page size when using the JAWS OCR feature?
>
> Carmen Schafer
> User Support Analyst, ACT Center
> Division of IT, University of Missouri
>
> Office (573) 882-8838
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu]
> On Behalf Of Karlen Communications
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:20 AM
> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <
> athen-list at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Athen] accessing PDF image files
>
> I use JAWS too and forgot about convenient OCR. I've used PDF Transformer
> before that feature was available in JAWS. Old habits die hard!
>
> For those who also forget - from the JAWS Help documentation:
>
> Note: When using OCR keystrokes, press and release INSERT+SPACEBAR, then
> press O followed by the final keystroke.
>
> Press INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, W to OCR the current window.
> Press INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, S to OCR the current screen.
> Press INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, C to OCR the current control.
> Press INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, Q to cancel the OCR process.
> Press INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, QUESTION MARK to hear the help message for the
> OCR keystrokes.
>
> Cheers, Karen
>
> Cheers, Karen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu]
> On Behalf Of Bundy, Keith
> Sent: August 24, 2015 9:57 PM
> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <
> athen-list at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Athen] accessing PDF image files
>
> I am a JAWS user and have had good success with the OCR feature of JAWS 16.
> I copy the text from the recognition, paste into a Word document, and,
> like Karen said, keep the pdf in case someone with sight needs to see the
> original.
>
>
> Keith Bundy, MS
> Dakota State University
> Phone: 605-256-5121
> Email: keith.bundy at dsu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu]
> On Behalf Of Karlen Communications
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 6:02 PM
> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <
> athen-list at u.washington.edu>
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > 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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