RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-03 Thread skipper8218
Okay, thanks. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of David The Computer Guy Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 10:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files You can go to the site & download the Mac version as there’s a version for L

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-03 Thread skipper8218
Re: How to Best Access PDF Files Hi, This Apple Insider article may shed some more light on things for you: https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/07/macos-montereys-live-text-allows-users-to-interact-with-text-in-any-image Essentially, we just need to wait a little while for it to b

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
s again for the resource. > > From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 5:56 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files > > Hi, > > For information about VoiceOver Recognition, see thi

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread David The Computer Guy
e extension. > Is it accessible, and what platforms does it work on? > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of David The Computer Guy > Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 8:20 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files > >

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
groups.com Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files Hi, For information about VoiceOver Recognition, see this link: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/voiceover/vocbaf20181f/mac Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
Best Access PDF Files FYI, Y’all should have a look at Xournal… This app is the bomb for PDF editing, even edits what Basic Adobe Reader doesn’t without having to pay for a license or subscription! http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xournal/xournal-0.4.8.2016.tar.gz Sent from David The

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread David The Computer Guy
FYI, Y’all should have a look at Xournal… This app is the bomb for PDF editing, even edits what Basic Adobe Reader doesn’t without having to pay for a license or subscription! http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xournal/xournal-0.4.8.2016.tar.gz Sent from David The Computer Guy 707-759-7586 > On

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Brad Snyder
Your 2014 Mac mini should have no problem running Big Sur. I would assume Podcast should be the same on Big Sur as on Catalina, but can’t say for sure, because I don’t use the Podcast app on Mac. - Brad - On Jul 2, 2021, at 17:24, Lorie McCloud wrote: well, I might eventually. I have a late 2

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
well, I might eventually. I have a late 2014 Mac. could it handle Big Sur? my other question is: is there any difference in how Big Sur handles podcasts from the way Catalina does? thanks. > On Jul 2, 2021, at 5:17 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Perhaps VoiceOver Recognition is not supported in C

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Brad Snyder
Perhaps VoiceOver Recognition is not supported in Catalina. Might be a good time to consider upgrading to Big Sur. >From what I can tell, any accessibility issues have been eliminated and you >should be good to go. - Brad - On Jul 2, 2021, at 17:05, Lorie McCloud wrote: last thing I find is a

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
ok. thanks. that explains it. > On Jul 2, 2021, at 5:07 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > I expect that it is due to you running Catalina. I believe that the feature > is a Big Sur introduction. > > Later… > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Professiona

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I expect that it is due to you running Catalina. I believe that the feature is a Big Sur introduction. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jul 2, 2021, at 4:05 PM, L

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
Thanks. That might determine if I even need a PDF app capable of OCR on the Mac. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 5:56 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files Hi, For information about VoiceOver R

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
last thing I find is activities. > On Jul 2, 2021, at 4:43 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > It is right where Tim said. In the VoiceOver Utility, last item at the > bottom of the categories table. > > - Brad - > > > On Jul 2, 2021, at 16:33, Lorie McCloud > wrote: >

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, For information about VoiceOver Recognition, see this link: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/voiceover/vocbaf20181f/mac Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Brad Snyder
It is right where Tim said. In the VoiceOver Utility, last item at the bottom of the categories table. - Brad - On Jul 2, 2021, at 16:33, Lorie McCloud wrote: where is it on a Mac Mini? you probably remember I'm running Catalina. > On Jul 2, 2021, at 4:30 PM, Brad Snyder

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
where is it on a Mac Mini? you probably remember I'm running Catalina. > On Jul 2, 2021, at 4:30 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I have VoiceOver Recognition on both my 2018 Mac mini, and 2019 MacBook Pro > 13. Both are Intel Macs, and both are running Big Sur 11.4. > > > - Brad - > > > On Jul

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
Does VoiceOver Recognition work on documents now or just images? I do not read PDF documents on my phone. Thanks. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 5:30 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Brad Snyder
I have VoiceOver Recognition on both my 2018 Mac mini, and 2019 MacBook Pro 13. Both are Intel Macs, and both are running Big Sur 11.4. - Brad - On Jul 2, 2021, at 16:03, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, I believe that it is only available on the M1 Macs. It is the last item i

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
oh. I'm on a Mac Mini. there's something about image description in the vo utility. is that relevant in any way? > On Jul 2, 2021, at 4:03 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > I believe that it is only available on the M1 Macs. It is the last item in > the list of categ

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I believe that it is only available on the M1 Macs. It is the last item in the list of categories. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jul 2, 2021, at 2:47 PM, Lorie

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
Where is voiceover recognition in the vo utility? I looked for it in there but couldn't find it. thanks. Lorie > On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:02 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Did you make sure that VoiceOver Recognition was enabled within the VO > Utility? If that is e

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Les Kriegler
gt;> <mailto:skipper8...@gmail.com>> >>> <mailto:skipper8...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Lack of an inexpensive OCR app for the Mac is why I will always use both >>>> Windows and Mac. >>>> >>>> >>>&g

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread John Panarese
mail.com>> >> <mailto:skipper8...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Lack of an inexpensive OCR app for the Mac is why I will always use both >>> Windows and Mac. >>> >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvision

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
If that is the case, then I look forward to that feature. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 4:28 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files Hi, As far as I know, they’re working on that sort of thing fo

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
July 2, 2021 4:25 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files > > Hi John, > I just went into the App Store and Abby FineReader is listed at $129. I > forgot about Prizmo, so will also check that

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
It would be nice if VoiceOver for the Mac included OCR recognition much like JAWS and NVDA. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 4:25 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files Hi John, I just

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
to find an efficient way of dealing with these kinds > of PDF files. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:37 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Yes, Adobe is a subscription model. The

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Les Kriegler
;mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Mary Otten >> Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 3:49 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files >> >> Hi Tim, related to access

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
Thanks. Very reasonable. Which app do you like better and why? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 4:02 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files Stand-alone apps. One time purchases

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread John Panarese
2021 3:58 PM > To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files > > Abby FineReader Pro is only $99 and Prizmo is somewhere around $69.00. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
Okay, are these subscription based aps or stand alone apps? The pricing is very reasonable. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 3:58 PM To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF File

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread John Panarese
acvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Mary Otten > Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 3:49 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files > > Hi Tim,

RE: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread skipper8218
Lack of an inexpensive OCR app for the Mac is why I will always use both Windows and Mac. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 3:49 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to Best Access PDF Files Hi Tim, related to

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Mary Otten
windows 10 was because I was unable to find an efficient way of dealing with these kinds of PDF files. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:37 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, Adobe is a subscription model. There’s both PDFPen a

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I would expect that they would maintain accessibility in ABBYY Fine Reader as that was a feature that they were quite proud of. Of course, I could simply be projecting my hopes, but, yes, ABBYY, if still accessible, is a very useful OCR and scanning tool. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certifi

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 2/7/21 1:36 pm, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Yes, Adobe is a subscription model.  There’s both PDFPen and PDFPen Pro.  PEFPen is not as feature full, but has the OCR, is very accessible and a really good package.  No, neither are free, but the Pro version is more expensive and p

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Les Kriegler
I need to perform OCR on this document, and that need arises from time to time. Thanks. Vest, Les > On Jul 2, 2021, at 1:09 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Hi, > sorry I didn't follow this thread so hopefully I'm not wrong in > understanding: Why don't you use CMD a and CMD c to extract text fro

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Yes, Adobe is a subscription model. There’s both PDFPen and PDFPen Pro. PEFPen is not as feature full, but has the OCR, is very accessible and a really good package. No, neither are free, but the Pro version is more expensive and probably has more features than you might need. There are

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, sorry I didn't follow this thread so hopefully I'm not wrong in understanding: Why don't you use CMD a and CMD c to extract text from PDFS? Or do you need an OCR? There was once a software called something PDFIFY for this task. It was free. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Tim, I did a search for a PDF pen but could not find it. I found PDF pen Pro but I don’t think I want that one. I just need something they can extract text and $80 doesn’t seem like a good idea for that. Can you suggest we are PDF and maybe located? I hope they still offer it. Sent from my

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Yes, acrobat is accessible, although I do find it rather cumbersome to maneuver through. PDFPen or PDFPen Pro are much more voiceover friendly and that's much easier to use. Neither are free though. Later… Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2021, at 9:26 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: > > Hi Ti

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Tim, Yes, I did enable recognition. It read some gibberish, very little, though. I take it Acrobat works on the Mac? On my Windows machine, I have the Reader, and I used fJaws to extract text. If I recall, Acrobat Pro was a subscription service, but I could be mistaken. PDF Pen is a program I

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Did you make sure that VoiceOver Recognition was enabled within the VO Utility? If that is enabled, you should, at least, get VoiceOver to announce that it is a document with text on it. Otherwise, apps like Acrobat DC or PDFPen can do the OCR for you. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Tim, I followed your instructions. When I invoked the text recognition command, it reported no image description available. Was the Full N an app? Does this mean I can perform OCR on a pdf as can be done with Acrobat? Actually, in Windows, I used the Jaws facility to extract text that was ide

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-01 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Normally, you navigate to the Document area, interact with it, then if it has multiple pages, they will be listed. Interact with the page you wish to read and the text will be read by VO. If it requires OCR, you can try pressing VO-shift-l to see if VO will read it to you. If VO-shift-l

How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-01 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi All, I just received my first pdf file. I loaded it into Preview, but could not figure out how to access the text. Also, if it is an image, is there a way I can perform OCR on it without attaching a scanner? Is there a version of Acrobat Reader for the Mac which is worth accessing? Thank you.

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-08 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
I’ve had lots of problems opening Skim under Catalina but finally managed it. You have to go to system preferences / security & privacy after you attempt to open skim. There will probably be a warning message asking you whether you want to open it some such. Remember to allow changes first by

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-07 Thread dan d.
My guess, there are settings in system preferences to control to what degree non-apple apps can be downloaded. Or, you have installed an anti-virus application where some preference setting is the cause. I hear other mac users speak of using it, including on this list. On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Greg

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-06 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, I was wrong in the message. It says the OS cannot scan it for malicious software and the app needs to be updated. Greg Wocher > On Nov 6, 2019, at 1:30 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > That would be an issue with your virus scanner, not the MacOS. You'll nee

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-06 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, That would be an issue with your virus scanner, not the MacOS. You'll need to check in your settings for the virus scanner to remedy this. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 6, 2019, at 11:13, G

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-06 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, I tried installing Skim and I can’t get my mac to let me open it. My mac keeps telling me it cannot scan it for viruses. Greg Wocher > On Nov 6, 2019, at 12:05 PM, dan d. wrote: > > > This is an open source pdf viewer for os10. It is free, small and fast- > skim. I have no experien

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-06 Thread dan d.
This is an open source pdf viewer for os10. It is free, small and fast- skim. I have no experience using it for the original poster's purposes. https://skim-app.sourceforge.io/ On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Dave Carlson wrote: > For free, likely not. Prizmo, Fine Reader, and Docuscan in order of lowe

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread Angus MacKinnon
Andrew Try PDF Pen from ‘https://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen'which does OCR even in the free version. Stop being so negative. And your World will change to something you would like and people will help! Angus MacKinnon, Personalism Student It is better to

RE: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
ber 2019 10:20 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina Appallingly no. There’s nothing that can alleviate my misery when it comes to PdF file. I guess I shall die still struggling with these. Nobody listens. > On 5 Nov 2019, at 17:09,

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Didn’t I hear something about IOS Apps becoming available on the Mac with iOS 13 and Catalina? Or did I misunderstand that? > On 6/11/2019, at 11:12, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I use skim as i mentioned. > BUt it would be great if VoiceDream reader would come for the mac. > /A > >> 5 no

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I use skim as i mentioned. BUt it would be great if VoiceDream reader would come for the mac. /A > 5 nov. 2019 kl. 22:20 skrev 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > : > > Appallingly no. There’s nothing that can alleviate my misery when it comes to > PdF file. I guess I shall die still s

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Appallingly no. There’s nothing that can alleviate my misery when it comes to PdF file. I guess I shall die still struggling with these. Nobody listens. > On 5 Nov 2019, at 17:09, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > Can anyone recommend a hopefully free PDF viewer App for Mac OS Catalina > whic

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
I still use Docuscan+ which you have to pay for but its a complete reading/scanning system that can be used across computer platforms, incredibly accurate. > On 6 Nov 2019, at 5:25 am, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > There is skim which is opensource. > Don’t have the page at hand though. >

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! There is skim which is opensource. Don’t have the page at hand though. /A > 5 nov. 2019 kl. 18:33 skrev Dave Carlson : > > For free, likely not. Prizmo, Fine Reader, and Docuscan in order of lower to > higher price. Might be some online versions you can use for free, but have > not investig

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread Dave Carlson
For free, likely not. Prizmo, Fine Reader, and Docuscan in order of lower to higher price. Might be some online versions you can use for free, but have not investigated. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for

Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-05 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, Can anyone recommend a hopefully free PDF viewer App for Mac OS Catalina which works well with VoiceOver? The Apps I have tried do a poor job with tables such as bank account details and often miss out the last column. I have to export difficult documents to my iPhone and use Voice Drea

Re: PDF files with annotations & Voiceover

2018-08-30 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi Andrew Do you have a copy of Fine Reader Pro or something similar? If not do you have a copy of PDFScan Plus. It is an iOS app developed by Smile, the makers of Text Expander and PDFPen. PDFScan+ should do what you want but you might not necessarily know to which sections of your easy the

Re: Converting pdf files that are png images

2018-08-28 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Hi, If it’s an image pdf, I’d try to put it through FineReaderPro or a similar OCR programme for the image to be recognised into text. Andrew > On Aug 28, 2018, at 3:18 PM, Christine Grassman > wrote: > > Is this possible? I have tried everything I can think of, including sending > the file

Converting pdf files that are png images

2018-08-28 Thread Christine Grassman
Is this possible? I have tried everything I can think of, including sending the file (a shaker bottle manual) to robobraille for conversion. I tried saving the file to KNFB Reader and iBooks, Adobe, Preview, etc. Nothing doing. Is there any way to access this? Thanks. Christine -- The followi

Re: Reading web-based pdf files.

2018-08-28 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
that had > multiple PDF files, that when I viewed the site on my IPhone, all these files > would open and read flawlessly. However, when I tried to open these same > files on my mac, only a couple of them would open, and with the rest of them, > the virtical splitter just popped u

Reading web-based pdf files.

2018-08-27 Thread Jessica Moss
I’ve just recently noticed with a web site I was looking over, that had multiple PDF files, that when I viewed the site on my IPhone, all these files would open and read flawlessly. However, when I tried to open these same files on my mac, only a couple of them would open, and with the rest of

Re: PDF files with annotations & Voiceover

2018-08-19 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
ote: > > Have you tried an OCR package over the PDF file or actually tell them it's > unreadable? > > -Original Message- > From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2018 8:18 AM > To: 'Jason White' via MacVisionarie

RE: PDF files with annotations & Voiceover

2018-08-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
Have you tried an OCR package over the PDF file or actually tell them it's unreadable? -Original Message- From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2018 8:18 AM To: 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries Subject: PDF files with annotations

PDF files with annotations & Voiceover

2018-08-18 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Hi, This is a bit of an SOS message. I’ve just received a pdf file from my tutor outlining the comments on my latest essay. I can’t read any comments in Preview. All I get is “image image image” as I vo+down arrow through the text of the original submission. Is there a way of reading somebo

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-25 Thread Anders Holmberg
these files are >>> even there. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Jessica, >>>> >>>> Possibly >>>> This could be easier for you

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-25 Thread Scott Berry
t;>>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Jessica, >>>> >>>> Possibly >>>> This could be easier for you if you have office 2016 for the mac? >>>> >>>> Office will now let you

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-25 Thread Jessica Moss
;> >>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jessica, >>> >>> Possibly >>> This could be easier for you if you have office 2016 for the mac? >>> >>> Office will now let you open and save to other forma

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-25 Thread Anders Holmberg
;> This could be easier for you if you have office 2016 for the mac? >> >> Office will now let you open and save to other formats PDF files. >> >> Just a thought that you could try this if you have office available to you. >> >> As for scanned i

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-25 Thread Scott Berry
t;> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Jessica, >>>> >>>> Possibly >>>> This could be easier for you if you have office 2016 for the m

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-25 Thread Jessica Moss
e. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jessica, >>> >>> Possibly >>> This could be easier for you if you have office 2016 for the mac? >>> >>> Office w

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-25 Thread Andrew Lamanche
e office 2016 for the mac? >> >> Office will now let you open and save to other formats PDF files. >> >> Just a thought that you could try this if you have office available to you. >> >> As for scanned images in a pdf format you will if like windows ne

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-25 Thread Jessica Moss
This could be easier for you if you have office 2016 for the mac? > > Office will now let you open and save to other formats PDF files. > > Just a thought that you could try this if you have office available to you. > > As for scanned images in a pdf format you will if like wi

RE: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Jessica, Possibly This could be easier for you if you have office 2016 for the mac? Office will now let you open and save to other formats PDF files. Just a thought that you could try this if you have office available to you. As for scanned images in a pdf format you will if like

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-24 Thread Jessica Moss
Ok, I somehow managed to get my script up and running with automator, at least I’m guessing I did, sense I now have the option to save these pdf files as rtf files, however I just discovered I received one of them as an imbedded jpeg file, which is apparently a scanned picture of some text

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-24 Thread Robert Cole
Hi, Try Robo Braille Converter PDF Image To Text send your attached PDF to conv...@robobraille.org Thanks, Rob > On Apr 24, 2017, at 9:58 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I’ve just received several pdf files via e-mail that I need to convert to txt > files, and unfortunately have no id

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-24 Thread Jessica Moss
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Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-24 Thread Matthew Dierckens
<mailto:matt.dierck...@me.com> >>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 09:58, Jessica Moss >> <mailto:junglebookfa...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I’ve just received several pdf files via e-mail that I need to convert to >>> txt files, and unfortunately have n

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-24 Thread Jessica Moss
> Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com <mailto:matt.dierck...@me.com> >> On Apr 24, 2017, at 09:58, Jessica Moss > <mailto:junglebookfa...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I’ve just received several pdf files via e-mail that I need to convert to >> txt files, a

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-24 Thread Matthew Dierckens
: 519-962-9140 U.S. phone: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com > On Apr 24, 2017, at 09:58, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I’ve just received several pdf files via e-mail that I need to convert to txt > files, and unfortunately have no idea how to do this. I found a youtube &g

Converting pdf files on the mac.

2017-04-24 Thread Jessica Moss
I’ve just received several pdf files via e-mail that I need to convert to txt files, and unfortunately have no idea how to do this. I found a youtube video on how to do this, which seems to be outdated, sense some of the options for using it on my end look a little different, however I thought

Reading Image PDF files

2016-04-09 Thread Helga Schreiber
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bringing multiple pdf-files together in one pdf document

2015-10-30 Thread William Windels
Hello all, I red something that you can add multiple pdf-files to one pdf-document with preview. However, it should be possible to drag and drop files from the finder in the active document in preview. This doesn’t work for me with vo+, and vo+. to drag and drop files. Anyway, can someone here

Re: PDF files

2015-09-30 Thread Roland Zitzke
t (An OCR), unpaper (scanned image postprocessor) and Imagemagick. Then check out PDF Sandwich http://www.tobias-elze.de/pdfsandwich/ and built it. This will add a text layer to your image-only PDFs which you can then read just like other PDF files. These are all command line tools so they are acce

Re: PDF files

2015-09-28 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi! Don't forget about ABBYY finereader for the mac. It is not very expensive and it does a great job scanning images like your pdf file. Jim > On Sep 28, 2015, at 7:40 AM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: > > Hi, > If you have an iPhone and dropbox, you can get the KNB reader app and it will > conve

Re: PDF files

2015-09-28 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi, If you have an iPhone and dropbox, you can get the KNB reader app and it will convert that image PDF into text. Or, if you’d like to send it to me, unless it’s confidential information i can convert it into text for you. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist

PDF files

2015-09-28 Thread 'Margaret Ricciardi' via MacVisionaries
I have a PDF image file on my Mac that I am unable to read, is there a way to convert it to something else or is there a way to read it as is? Peggy & Dixie Marie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe fro

Re: pdf files

2015-06-18 Thread May McDonald
rename the fields if the form is not >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jun 18, 2015, at 5:27 AM, May McDonald >> <mailto:m...@canadianlynx.ca>> wrote: >>> >>>> Good morning. >>>> >>>> What p

Re: pdf files

2015-06-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
have to do needs >>> to be an accessible form before it's going to work. Otherwise, you have to >>> get a reader to help you rename the fields if the form is not >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jun 18, 2015, at 5:27 AM, May McDona

Re: pdf files

2015-06-18 Thread Greg Aikens
have to get >> a reader to help you rename the fields if the form is not >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 18, 2015, at 5:27 AM, May McDonald > <mailto:m...@canadianlynx.ca>> wrote: >> >>> Good morning. >>> >>> What pr

Re: pdf files

2015-06-18 Thread May McDonald
going to work. Otherwise, you have to get a > reader to help you rename the fields if the form is not > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 18, 2015, at 5:27 AM, May McDonald <mailto:m...@canadianlynx.ca>> wrote: > >> Good morning. >> >> What progra

Re: pdf files

2015-06-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
d wrote: > > Good morning. > > What program is the best to use to read and write in pdf files? I have a form > I need to fill out and it's in pdf. Thanks. > > May and LD Luna Moon! > www.canadianlynx.ca > m...@canadianlynx.ca > > > > -- > You

pdf files

2015-06-18 Thread May McDonald
Good morning. What program is the best to use to read and write in pdf files? I have a form I need to fill out and it's in pdf. Thanks. May and LD Luna Moon! www.canadianlynx.ca <http://www.canadianlynx.ca/> m...@canadianlynx.ca -- You received this message because you are subscr

Re: Get a Scanner to work in a different O.S. Was: Re: Abby Finer Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

2015-04-02 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
gabriele, can you message me again on my skype, i think i deleted your account on my skype, my skype name is dionipher thanks > On 02 Apr 2015, at 6:10 pm, Georgina Joyce wrote: > > Hello Gabriel, > > Most scanners are made to work from a twain driver so check out the twain > sane interface. I

Re: Get a Scanner to work in a different O.S. Was: Re: Abby Finer Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

2015-04-02 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Gabriel, Most scanners are made to work from a twain driver so check out the twain sane interface. It’s not as nice as the GUI tools but a little of reading might just keep familiar hardware going. From memory it involved installing about 5 little programs within the terminal. But that wa

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