Andre and others, With regard to images and graphics, last May I posted the following on this list, which generated no interest at the time. Yesterday I came across a program that converts JPG files

Thanks everyone. Feeling a bit silly for not working that out. Thanks Jo Sent from my iPhone

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@...

With an Optacon, I can read floor plans. Remember, life is what you make it, Carolyn

Sorry if I wasn't clear. To my knowledge no photograph is OCR readable. I think only text from graphics can be picked up by the OCR feature.

I can't tell you how it works. I haven't given it much thought. ...not that I could figure it out. If your architectural drawings can be put in a PDF then check out ViewPoint graphics embossers.

Yeah the tactile Pad is curious. It may be possible there might be a slight height dimension in addition to the two dimensions expected. ViewPoint makes a very high quality embosser used for

If you mean using convenient OCR, I don't think it converts the pictures at all. I've never had anyone look to be sure, but I know I have gotten extraneous text at times that I thought was probably

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

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

Thanks guys. Sounds like updating would be worthwhile.

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

Hi, Andre. Greg is asking how JAWS16 does with converting graphics, not how Word does at converting graphics. Bill White billwhite92701@...

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

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

It is plain text; thanks for explanation. Remember, life is what you make it, Carolyn

Greetings All, How do I stop Jaws from announcing "Vertical tab", please? I am using Windows 7 64 bit, JAWS Version 16.0.4350.400, and Office 365. Thank you, Cheers Kevin. -------------- next

You'd better know it!

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

What is Avaya? Remember, life is what you make it, Carolyn