Ah from Kurzweil you can save the file as a formatted Braille file as
well.  I think the same is possible from Openbook as well but have not
used it for so long I am not really sure.  I think my version of that at
home is 5.0 but also not sure.   



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Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:24 AM
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Subject: Re: importing a scanned image PDF file into K1000

    Thanks very much, Howard.

This is very helpful.

I'll print out these instructions in Braille, and give it a try when I
get the chance here.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: importing a scanned image PDF file into K1000


> Goodmorning tom.  What I do, is this.
> 1.  Click on the attachment.
> 2.  Choose "infer reading order from document" when acrobat opens.
> 3. If acrobat says the file is empty, do the following:
> 4.  Choose print
> 5. Select the kesi virtual printer.
> 6. Tab to okay and press enter.  You can skip the tabbing if you know
> you want the full document.
> 7.  k1000 opens using your default recognition settings, and the
> virtual printer takes the files and sends it to k1000's OCR engine.
> 8.  Read or save the file in your desired format.
> 9.  In my default settings, I use fine reader engine, 1 page, and
> identify tables.
> 10.  When the file opens in acrobat, it might just start reading if
> it is text.  Make sure you have the latest acrobat on your system.
> 11.  I don't know if this is necessary or not, but I have acrobat
> display the full document.  The screen readers can handle this now.
> Hope this helps!  How do others do it?
>