----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn Arnold via Jfw" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com>
To: "Greg Nickel via Jfw" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com>
Cc: "Carolyn Arnold" <4carolyna@windstream.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 05:25 PM
Subject: Re: PDF documents


You are welcome. I intended for that to go off list; hope this does.

I forgot to tell you that you lay your forefinger in the stimulator array
and use your right hand to maneuver the camera. There are two adjusting
knobs just above the stimulator array, the lower to adjust the thickness or
thinness of the material and the upper one to adjust the intensity of the
vibrations. In the back of it, there is a switch to reverse background and
image.


Remember, life is what you make it,

Carolyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Nickel via Jfw" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com>
To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com>
Cc: "Greg Nickel" <greg.nickel.works@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 6:29 PM
Subject: RE: PDF documents

Thanks Carolyn. I'll check it out.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn
Arnold
via Jfw
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 3:17 PM
To: Greg Nickel via Jfw
Cc: Carolyn Arnold
Subject: Re: PDF documents

Greg, Optacon stands for optical to tacticle converter. I use the Optacon
R1D. It is an electronic device which is about the size of a text book. In
back of the machine is either a charger cord or just an electrical cord,
if
you have one without batteries. The machine is encased in a leather case
that snaps open and shut.

In front of it, there is a cable on it that feels sort of like a heavy
duty
headset cable. At the end of this approximately 18
inch long cable is a camera that is about the size of a pocket knife.
There
is a little knob at the top of the camera, so that the user can adjust it
to

accommodate print size.

Inside the main body of the Optacon toward the right side, as the device
faces you, there is a sort of metallic area that is about maybe an inch
across by two inches in length. This is called the stimulator array, and
it
contains 144 pins in six rows of 24pens. These
pins vibrate, as the shutter photographs the character where the camera is
place. So the user has a vibrating image of a printed letter, line, as in
a
9 x 12 room. In such a situation, different maneuvering of the camera is
required rather than reading across a straight line of printed material.

The device is a life saver for reading items like utility bills, getting
slip in window envelope correctly, checking to see if a pen writes, then
checking signature, checking to see the number on a check, and I could go
on
and on.

The Optacon is 70's technology. There is an Optacon Users' group:

optacon-l@freelists.org

It is a good idea to place maybe a telephone book across a page that maybe
you printed from the computer, so that you would be familiar with the
material to start to learn to read. If you don't know the print alphabet,
you could type it on the computer, one line in caps and one not in caps,
as
well as a line with numbers and then punctuations, followed by writing
what
the punctuation mark represents. If you know print, of course, that will
make
it easier. It takes some practice, which can be taxing to build the skill
needed to use the Optacon, but it is well worth the energy investment.

I will also give you information to where you can look into buying one,
and
the man will answer any questions. He is very well thought of by Optacon
users. His name is Richard Oehm.

oehmelec@samobile.net

Richard Oehm

Oehm Electronics

2194C Galveston Avenue

San Jose, California 95122-3617

Telephone: (408) 971-6250

Fax: (408) 271-9188



Feel free to contact me further in this regard, and I would encourage you
to

join the Optacon Users' list, which, by the way, has been very quiet
lately.

Perhaps you could scan some of the archives.



Remember, life is what you make it,

Carolyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Nickel via Jfw" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com>
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Cc: "Greg Nickel" <greg.nickel.works@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 4:45 PM
Subject: RE: PDF documents

Hi Carolyn

Can you tell me more about the Opticon and how it works for you? Happy
to
chat off forum at greg.nickel.works@gmail.com




-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn
Arnold
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Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 1:14 PM
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Subject: Re: PDF documents

With an Optacon, I can read floor plans.

Remember, life is what you make it,

Carolyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Nickel via Jfw" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com>
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Cc: "Greg Nickel" <greg.nickel.works@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 3:24 PM
Subject: RE: PDF documents

Can you tell me if JAWS 16converts the pictures into text boxes on the
Word
doc?

On the idea of conveying a picture other than visually, I could see a
tactile display coming in handy is for technical drawings like
architectural
or
otherwise that are line based drawings.

I do a lot of work with architectural and for now I have someone draw
over
the lines with a vinyl tactile marking tube. Any other ideas that might
be
better?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Lisle, Ted
(CHFS DMS) via Jfw
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 12:18 PM
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Cc: Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)
Subject: RE: PDF documents

When you come down to it, how do you read a picture anyway? Sure, you
can
extract text, but how do you read, for example, a photograph? Place a
center fold on a scanner, and a male synth will emit a deep heart-felt
sigh!
All kidding aside, how could a screen reader convey meaningful
information.
I suppose a tactile display might be able to do it two-dimensionally.

Ted

-----Original Message-----
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Jarreau
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Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 2:19 PM
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Subject: RE: PDF documents

I'm told the resulting Word doc is an exact replica of the original PDF
including graphics and images, photos etc. However only the text of the
document is visible to screenreaders. Wish graphics and images were
readable by Jaws but they are not.
I've heard there is soon to be released a device called something like
BumpPad It's said to be a tactile I-Pad type device made for blind
people.
I don't know who makes it or when it will be released. It was described
as
being able to read graphs and possibly images. Don't know any more than
that. I will for sure be looking for it when it hits the market.

Andre
-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Greg
Nickel
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Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 12:31 PM
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Subject: RE: PDF documents

How does 16 do with the conversion of graphics or pictures in a pdf? I
have
been holding back from updating to 16 to let the bugs get worked out but
converting pdf's to word docs is a fairly useful tool especially if it
does
it as accurately as you say.
because

-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Andre
Jarreau
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Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 10:20 AM
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Cc: Andre Jarreau
Subject: RE: PDF documents

Yeah, using Win7 and J16 latest build. The pDF copied and pasted into
Word2010 readily. It is now a Word doc and reads as though it were
written
in Word2010. Truly I['m a little blown away for the quality. Perhaps
this
one conversion was a fluke. For now I'm hopeful.

Andre
-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Lisle, Ted
(CHFS DMS) via Jfw
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 10:14 AM
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Cc: Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)
Subject: RE: PDF documents

No, I remember there were paragraph marks after every line. Of course,
that
was years ago, prior to AR 3.0. As for the image problem, that can be a
bear, depending upon the quality you have to work with. I have an old
Kenwood product manual that still looks strange, but is now useable,
thanks
to 16.

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Andre
Jarreau
via Jfw
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 4:57 PM
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Cc: Andre Jarreau
Subject: RE: PDF documents

Ted, I'm not sure what you mean by it not being the most attractive
document
around. The PDF Copied and pasted into Word is surprisingly clean and
reads
with no errors. Or are you talking about an image being converted into
text. That is often a mess as you say.
Andre

-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Lisle, Ted
(CHFS DMS) via Jfw
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 12:30 PM
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Cc: Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)
Subject: RE: PDF documents

Andre's way is an oldie but a goody. I used it back before AR was
accessible; but Bill is right, it won't do a thing for an image file.
Even
when it works, it's not the most attractive document around.

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Bill White
via
Jfw
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:31 PM
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Cc: Bill White
Subject: Re: PDF documents

That's not going to work in this case, because all she is getting in the
document are graphics. She may need to convert the document with OCR
software such as OpenBook. she can also use the services of RoboBraille
if
she can upload the document.

I'll include the link for her here.

http://robobraille.org/

Bill White billwhite92701@dslextreme.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Jarreau via Jfw" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com>
To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com>
Cc: "Andre Jarreau" <andre.jarreau@earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 8:25 PM
Subject: RE: PDF documents

Another possible way. I did this yesterday. Opened a 245 page PDF.
Then

I
selected all using control-A. Then copied and pasted directly into a
blank Word doc. Then saved the Word Doc under the book title name.
Now it opens in Word remarkably fast and reads very well. It might be
searchable.
Hope
this helps.

I use latest J16, Office and Word 2010 on my I5 Dell laptop.

Best

-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Ann
Byrne via Jfw
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 8:57 PM
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Cc: Ann Byrne
Subject: Re: PDF documents

If you have JAWS 16, have it convert the document for you. Press
insert-spacebar, then the letter o for optical character recognition,
then d for document, and let it run. When JAWS has finished, the
document is not only readable, but it can be copied and saved into
another form, such as Word or text.

good luck!
At 08:30 PM 7/15/2015, you wrote:

My office has a program that is supposed to convert pdf documents to
searchable text. The issue is that my sighted colleague said that
she could do a search of this one large document and find different
words in

it.

However JAWS just read "graphic" Graphic" and gave me some numbers of
the graphics. I'm wondering what is happening here, does anyone have
any

ideas?

Thanks!

Bar




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