Hi,
I have been using this script for a while.
I first started using it on Linux, then got it working on Mac OS Monterey.
I have made some changes and thought I would share it with all of you.
For this terminal command to work, You will need to install HomeBrew.
I understand This may be a little co
, alongside the PDF file. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Jessica Moss Date: Friday, August 4, 2023 at 18:17To: 'Jim Fettgather' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Editing PDF's with VoiceoverOk, so would the same apply to a privacy policy which is supposed to state th
Ok, so would the same apply to a privacy policy which is supposed to state the
following “to fight the funding of terrorists” but the word “fight” looks like
“y(umlaut symbol)ght? I can’t figure out how to type the umlaut symbol
correctly, so that’s why it’s spelled out, but it wasn’t in a priv
> On Aug 4, 2023, at 08:27, Jessica Moss wrote:
>
> Ok, all I’m really wanting to do at this point, is correct the spelling
> errors I’m constantly finding in these PDF’s I’m sent, a perfect example I’m
> always finding is the I is always left out of the word “financial,” so
> Voiceover wil
Ok, all I’m really wanting to do at this point, is correct the spelling errors
I’m constantly finding in these PDF’s I’m sent, a perfect example I’m always
finding is the I is always left out of the word “financial,” so Voiceover will
always pronounce it “financal”.
What means would you think w
The process of turning an inaccessible PDF document into a document that can be
reviewed by a screen reader is called tagging.
With tagging you can also indicate if an item is a heading or list item or a
paragraph.
Depending on how well the OCR does, tagging to that level might be difficult
for
Over the last few months, I’ve been getting PDF’s via e-mail which have mostly
been news letters from the clients the company I work with audits/remediates
for accessibility, and I check over them to make sure everything is readable.
However, some of these I’ve been noticing have been scanned,
to my phone. I then use Voice Dream on
> my phone, and it works out very nicely.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On
> Behalf Of Brandon Olivares
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2022 8:18 AM
> To: “Mac Visionaries“
> Subject: Re: pdf'
Hi!
I sent a pdf to that service and it worked quite well.
It didn’t make the tables readable though.
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> 22 juli 2022 kl. 22:40 skrev Karen Lewellen :
>
> yes, if you follow the steps correctly.
> If it is your first time, make sure your email service did not consider it to
> be spam.
> Somet
and then airdrop it to my phone. I then use Voice Dream on
> my phone, and it works out very nicely.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On
> Behalf Of Brandon Olivares
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2022 8:18 AM
> To: “Mac Visionaries“
> Sub
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2022 8:18 AM
To: “Mac Visionaries“
Subject: Re: pdf's that are images
There's a great online service I use called OnlineOCR
(https://www.onlineocr.net). I don't do OCR enough to pay for software to do
it, and this you can pay for a number of pages and just
I am most pleased!
The service is frankly amazing...it even converts epubs, and creates mobi
files.
Kare
On Fri, 22 Jul 2022, Lorie McCloud wrote:
I tried this and it worked great!
On Jul 22, 2022, at 3:40 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
yes, if you follow the steps correctly.
If it is your
I tried this and it worked great!
> On Jul 22, 2022, at 3:40 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>
> yes, if you follow the steps correctly.
> If it is your first time, make sure your email service did not consider it to
> be spam.
> Sometimes, if the file is especially large, you will be sent a downloa
yes, if you follow the steps correctly.
If it is your first time, make sure your email service did not consider it
to be spam.
Sometimes, if the file is especially large, you will be sent a download
link, instead of an attachment.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2022, Lorie McCloud wrote:
does it email th
does it email the document back to you when it has been converted?
> On Jul 21, 2022, at 9:30 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>
> Lorie,
> perhaps sending the file to the robobraille free convert service will
> translate the file into a format you prefer.
> their site is
> www.robobraille.org
> Wher
Hi,
If you're running Monterey, try pressing VO-shift-l when focused on the image
that you want to OCR.
Later...
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 21, 2022, at 1:12 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> thanks. that's exactly what I need.
>
>> On Jul 21, 2022, at 7:17 AM, Brandon Olivares
>> wrote
thanks. that's exactly what I need.
> On Jul 21, 2022, at 7:17 AM, Brandon Olivares
> wrote:
>
> There's a great online service I use called OnlineOCR
> (https://www.onlineocr.net). I don't do OCR enough to pay for software to do
> it, and this you can pay for a number of pages and just uploa
yeah but I don't have any software ocr installed.
> On Jul 21, 2022, at 3:10 AM, Raymond Foret Jr wrote:
>
> You should be able just to download it and run OcR on your Mac if you have
> any OCR software installed.
>
>
> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the b
Lorie,
perhaps sending the file to the robobraille free convert service will
translate the file into a format you prefer.
their site is
www.robobraille.org
Where a list of file formats is provided.
The email is
conv...@robobraille.org
Where you place the desired format in the subject line.
hth,
There's a great online service I use called OnlineOCR
(https://www.onlineocr.net). I don't do OCR enough to pay for software to do
it, and this you can pay for a number of pages and just upload your document
and download the result.
> On Jul 21, 2022, at 8:09 AM, Chanelle Allen wrote:
>
> Voi
Voice Dream Reader for Mac has a feature to OCR Pdf image files. I forget what
the option is called and in which menu it may be found, but I used it once or
twice.
> On Jul 21, 2022, at 01:25, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> There's a document on the internet that I want to read and I can't because
You should be able just to download it and run OcR on your Mac if you have any
OCR software installed.
Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind:
Sincerely,
The constantly barefooted Ray
> On Jul 21, 2022, at 1:24 AM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> There's a do
There's a document on the internet that I want to read and I can't because it's
images. this has been discussed before I think. Is there anywhere I can send it
or upload it to have ocr applied to it?
thanks.
Lorie
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I am not sure because I use the skim app.
Its called skim but that doesn’t support links I think.
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> 14 okt. 2020 kl. 19:37 skrev Lorie McCloud :
>
> is Foxit accessible? I was sent a pdf that has links for audios and the Foxit
> app was recommended. could I do this in iBooks?
>
> thanks.
is Foxit accessible? I was sent a pdf that has links for audios and the Foxit
app was recommended. could I do this in iBooks?
thanks.
Lorie
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I have a pdf with an image in it. at first I thought I could read the whole
thing because part of it has text but it turns out that the image is the part
where the actual instructions for what I want to do are. is there any way to
deal with this on a Mac?
thanks.
Lorie
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If it says it on each page it is likely to be some kind of header in the doc
that might be a logo or something that is not tagged
> On 12 Jun 2020, at 02:50, Brad Snyder wrote:
>
> VoiceOver says “Image” because the file you are reading contains an untagged
> image or picture file.
>
> - Br
VoiceOver says “Image” because the file you are reading contains an untagged
image or picture file.
- Brad -
On Jun 11, 2020, at 18:24, Matt Turner wrote:
Thanks for that.
it can read the text fine.
It just says image after the page number, then it reads the text.
> On Jun 11, 2020, at 5:01
mine does that too, saying "image" before it reads the text but that also
happens in Safari when I'm reading a pdf so I think it must be pictures that
are in there.
> On Jun 11, 2020, at 6:24 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
>
> Thanks for that.
> it can read the text fine.
> It just says image after th
Thanks for that.
it can read the text fine.
It just says image after the page number, then it reads the text.
> On Jun 11, 2020, at 5:01 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Sounds like these are scanned documents. I found one that VO could not read
> but others VO was fine with them i
Sounds like these are scanned documents. I found one that VO could
not read but others VO was fine with them in Preview.
An app like Finereader may be able to read those where VO says image.
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in the
Hi, hope everyone is doing well.
After VoiceOver reads the page number, it also reads something like image.
It's read like this on every pdf I’ve read with preview.
Just curious if VoiceOver suppose to say image, and what that image could be?
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Hi Anne,
Yes, labelling of fields is often a problem, no matter which PDF app you're
using. I use PDFPen Pro a fair amount, but I run into the same issues when the
forms do not have their labels properly labelled. I guess it is similar to the
frustrations we have with unlabelled elements in a
Hello Tim,
We put High Sierra on our MacBook that we use for teaching, and I’ve looked at
a PDF tax form. The editable fields are accessible, but it seems to be
impossible to tell where each field is located and not all the fields are
labelled. Not yet really usable.
Cheers,
Anne
> On 26 O
Hi,
In the promotional info about High Sierra, it was mentioned about improvements
to the Preview app, especially with respect to VO. One specific item I've just
notice is that Preview and VO now work together in fillable PDF forms. The
editable fields are now accessible and announced by VO w
If you are looking for a way to read by line, you can use the rotor command and
choose the line command and flick down for each line.
Daniel Hawkins
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iPhone 4S, 16GB, Jailbroken IOS 7.0.4
iPad 2nd Gen, 32gb
iPhone 3gs 8gb, as media player
2012 15in. Macbook Pro
2.3 Qua
Yes, go to the apple store and search for tipa pdf you're going to love!
tipa pdf is a product created in portugal by tifotecnia.
the tipa pdf supports inglish language.
Portuguese and inglish.
It's cheap and it's fantastic.
everyone will love.
It's a great app. ephone, ipad, and ipod touch.
the
That depends on the app you use. The iBooks app can handle PDFs, as can the $10
Voice Dream Reader, mail can also open them if they are attached to a message.
Sometimes PDFs are made in such a way that they are hard to read, but give
iBooks a shot and see if that helps.
On Jan 24, 2014, at 12:19
Is there a way on the iPad to read pdf documents other than it reading the
whole thing at once? Maybe line by line if possible.
Sincerely,
Chad Rohr
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Hi Anne,
I just tested this on an editable pdf created by one of our teachers using
Acrobat so I may have been hasty in my response. I'm out of town right now but
will sit with her next week some time to determine any best practices with
this, if any.
Sorry if I mislead.
Later...
Tim Kilbur
Hello Tim,
I tried your method on an editable PDF for the tax authorities here in France.
Unfortunately, VoiceOver cannot go to the editable fields. I simply can't find
where they are.
I tried turning cursor tracking off but keyboard focus kept jumping into the
Edit toolbar.
What View options
Hi,
Using Preview on the Mac, Interact with the Toolbar, press the Edit button,
Stop Interacting with the Toolbar, navigate right to the Edit Toolbar, Interact
with it, then select the Text tool. Now, when you wish to enter info in an
Edit field, navigate to it, then press VO-shift-space so th
Is it possible to fill out a PDF on the Mac or iPhone? Any info would be most
appreciated.
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>> Once installed, it places a "dropbox" folder in your home directory, and a
>> menu item in the Extras menu (VO + m twice).
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Jessica Moss"
>>
>> To:
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 7:53 PM
in your home directory, and a
> menu item in the Extras menu (VO + m twice).
>
> - Original Message - From: "Jessica Moss"
>
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 7:53 PM
> Subject: Re: program to read pdf's well on the mac?
>
>
> How in
08, 2013 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: program to read pdf's well on the mac?
How in the world do you get dropbox to run on the mac? I installed and
launched it, and always end up getting some message telling me "dropbox has
no windows."
I found something somewhere that has this
I installed Dropbox quite some time ago so don't remember specifics. I think it
started out something funky but somewhere in the initial run, you need to be
able to set up your account and login stuff. Once that is done, just go into
Menu Extras and VO over to the Dropbox menu and press VO-Spac
How in the world do you get dropbox to run on the mac? I installed and
launched it, and always end up getting some message telling me "dropbox has no
windows."
I found something somewhere that has this long list of instructions on how to
make it accessible with voiceover, that I can't even re
The first 2 gigs of space is absolutely free and there are ways people can
increase that free space by getting referrals and stuff; more info on Dropbox
site. You can also buy 100 GB for something like $10 / month.
On Jan 7, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi there
> What's the fee f
Hi there
What's the fee for using drop box?
Regards
Gigi
On Jan 7, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> Yet even another way is to use Dropbox. With that setup, you can just
> copy the PDF or Epub formatted file, for that matter to the desired
> folder within the Dropbox folder on the compute
Do you find that when you do this it cuts off the first letter of things? I
did this today and this was happening. any fixes for this or is this just a
preview problem in general these days? I do happen to have skim around here
someplace..
Caitlyn
On 2013-01-07, at 4:29 PM, Jürgen Fleger wr
Hi, to read a pdf on a Mac you could also use Quicklook. Then you can at least
hear the contents. Just press Space on a pdf file and let VO read.
Unfortunately it's not possible to navigate propperly but it's better then
nothing.
All the best
Jürgen
Am 07.01.2013 um 20:49 schrieb Steve Holmes :
Yet even another way is to use Dropbox. With that setup, you can just
copy the PDF or Epub formatted file, for that matter to the desired
folder within the Dropbox folder on the computer and then fire up the
Dropbox app on your iPhone and access the file. It will give you the
choice to put it int
Hi there
Another quick way to get PDF files into your iPhone is to email it to yourself.
Then when your iPhone picks it up it will ask you if you want to open it in
iBooks. Of course you choose yes. It works quite fine.
Regards
Gigi
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 6, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Anne Robertson
Hello Lisette,
To get a PDF into iBooks on my iPhone, I open the PDF in iTunes where it goes
into the Books category, and the next time I sync my iPhone with my Mac, the
PDF goes into iBooks.
Cheers,
Anne
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o Adobe Reader if you want to view your
>>> previously filed tax forms. If you do it using VoiceOver, the screen might
>>> as well be blank. I had to get a reader because this web site is bearly
>>> accessible anyway, and I got tired of dealing with it.
>>>
&g
y filed tax forms. If you do it using VoiceOver, the screen might
>> as well be blank. I had to get a reader because this web site is bearly
>> accessible anyway, and I got tired of dealing with it.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Gigi, who had a very bad blind accessibility day
ho had a very bad blind accessibility day yesterday
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2013, at 6:23 AM, trahern culver wrote:
>
>> hey all please can some one recommend a good program for the mac that
>> reads pdf's well?
>>
>> your help with this question would be
On Jan 6, 2013, at 6:23 AM, trahern culver wrote:
> hey all please can some one recommend a good program for the mac that
> reads pdf's well?
>
> your help with this question would be most welcome kind regards
> trahern.
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Good morning all, is there a way to save a pdf to text? I am trying to read a
manual, and the pdf viewer is not a great way to do it.
Thanks for any help.
Angie
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I use preview.
some pdf's are very accessible. other may just be jpeg's saved in pdf format.
with those you will need an OCR program to break the text out into usable form.
-Eric
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> Listers,
>
> How do you all handle read
Listers,
How do you all handle reading PDF's in Safari? They seem to not be accessible!
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hi on my mac running snowleopard when i open a PDF file from
www.takecontrolbooks.com
it doesn't display all of the chapter i click in one go. has anyone
else noted this?
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