That wasn't the question. But, getting the image out of the app to run through KNFB Reader could be rather interesting. Plus, no telling how good the images are when it comes to OCR and, probably, there is a subscription fee. I personally wouldn't risk it since there is no way to know if you would get a usable magazine even if you could get it into KNFB Reader. The magazine source needs to offer an accessible version in text format, whether through this app or some other way.
JMO, Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 9:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility Why can't KNFB reader handle it as an ocr? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Turner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 4:59 PM Subject: Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility Voice Dream Reader cannot read image based PDF files. It does not do any OCR. Your text book was in text PDF. However, for sighted users, Voice Dream Reader gives the option to view image PDF files in original layout. Richard (Sent from my iPhone 5S) > On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Michael Malver <[email protected]> wrote: > > Voice Dream Reader does a great jobwith pdfs. I don’t know if it can handle > pdfs based on images, but I read an entire textbook > using it. > If VoiceDream can do it, perhaps this other app can be made to handle pdf > through some sort of ocr-based solution. > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Alan Paganelli > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 10:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding > VoiceOver Accessibility > > I went through this with iPhone Life. They were very nice folks who took the > time to explain to me that the reason why they use > PDF is so the magazine in PDF format looks exactly like the print magazine. > PDF is actually a picture of the document and no > screen reader can read a picture to you. > > HTH > > > Alan > > Sent from my iPad Air > > On Feb 19, 2016, at 7:31 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear All: > > Issuu is an app which provides access to millions of magazines, newsletters, > etc., on virtually any topic you can think of. My > son, who is also a VoiceOver user, wanted to access his high school’s > newspaper which is on the platform. However, it is in an > image pdf. Furthermore, trying to get around the app is nightmarish, and it > does not appear that any of the available resources > is accessible. > I wrote to their support center, and this is the response I received. My > response to that unhelpful response is first, with the > response in the middle, with my original message at the bottom. I think this > is absolutely something which should be available to > those who use screen readers. If others agree, I think we should bombard them > with requests to make their platform accessible. > Christine > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Christine Grassman (issuu Support Team)" <[email protected]> > Subject: Update from issuu Support Re: Poor VoiceOver accessibility > Date: February 19, 2016 at 10:16:27 AM EST > To: Christine Grassman <[email protected]> > Reply-To: issuu Support Team <[email protected]> > > ## Please do not write below this line ## > > > Christine Grassman > Feb 19, 16:16 > > With all due respect, there is no excuse for this. Apple makes available to > developers, free of charge, guidelines for making apps > accessible. There's absolutely no reason not to do this. > Christine > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Angel (Help Center) > Feb 19, 11:51 > > Hi Christine, > > Unfortunately we don't have a way for those with visual impairments to use > screen reading technology or have a way to make our > site accessible at this time. We also haven't been informed of any plans to > add that functionality any time soon. I'm so very > sorry about that. > > If we do introduce this functionality at any point, we will put up an > announcement on our blog (blog.issuu.com) and on our help > center (help.issuu.com), so please do keep checking these places for updates. > > Please don't hesitate to write back if you have any other questions, and we'd > be happy to assist you. > > Best regards, > Angel > > issuu is on iOS and Android. > > To learn more about issuu, please visit our Help Center. > > > > Christine Grassman > Feb 15, 22:42 > > I am blind, as are my children. We use iPhones with VoiceOver accessibility > to access text. I am deeply disappointed that Issuu is > not voiceover accessible. Only some features are accessible, and one cannot > find and read magazines. In this day and age, this is > unacceptable. Information should be accessible to us just as to others. > There is no reason why the text of your millions of publications should not > be accessible using a screen reader. I hope that you > will address this as quickly as possible. > Christine Grassman > > Sent from my iPhone > > > This email is a service from Help Center. 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