If you're still working on this, you might be able to get your local Kinko's to scan the image for you into something you can ocr. Or, perhaps you have a friend with a scanner? Just a thought about how to get from a to b quickly. Janina Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 06:34:38PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I usually try explaining this as: "There are two kinds of text. One kind > > is the kind you can crop and rotate, but you can't spell check it. I > > need the kind you can spell check." > > > > People don't necessarily understand what that is, but somehow the spell > > check part does gain a glimmer of understanding. > > > > Offered in the hope that it may be useful, but without warranty or even > > an implied warranty of fitness ... ... > > Good suggestions. Alastair's recommendation to use gs was also a > winner. What it revealed though was the original scanning by my friend > which produced the pdf file, produced one out of conformance with the > Adobe specs for pdf. But I now see a clear path from pdf images to > ascii text. I'm tempted to spring for a flat bed scanner. It's the sane > thing to do. > > Chuck > > > > > - -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (99% of Full) > My new web site location is at: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net > The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGrmud0maTgpPXM9cRArjiAJwPSHrE6xYaLoqFO8rDgNI0ACVitQCfQXB5 > kxzGhdrrMCgd5jB/8EvQgHY= > =/Vt+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org
