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Re: damned adobe acrobat---kill the programmers!!!
From:
Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:58:21 -0400
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    John:

Thanks...This is really helpful information...I am sure I will use it.

Best 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: damned adobe acrobat---kill the programmers!!!


> I do that all the time, they work about 95% of the time, and the rest of
the
> times, it works but just some things don't come out like they should,  and
I
> have an older version then what's out now,  it does work, just go in to
the
> program,  control o for open, select the PDF file you want, hit enter, it
> takes a few minutes to do the recognizing and all, but it works.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: damned adobe acrobat---kill the programmers!!!
>
>
> >     John brings up an interesting point here.  Does anyone know how
> acrobat
> > PDF files convert with the Kurzweil K1000 system?
> >
> > Best 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 11:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: damned adobe acrobat---kill the programmers!!!
> >
> >
> > > If you have a program like Kurzweil or something like that, you can
open
> > > those files with that program and it makes them readable if they're
> > images.
> > > I do that a lot, it's not 100% perfect, but it's about 95% of the way
> > there
> > > as far as what I've done with it. I don't know if open book will do
that
> > or
> > > not I'm told it will.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:57 AM
> > > Subject: Re: damned adobe acrobat---kill the programmers!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > > I agree.  Even when acrobat files do convert, often they are so
> jumbled
> > as
> > > > to be unreadable.  I've never considered this a solution to
> > accessibility.
> > > > Often these files are just scanned images.  I won a cd a while back
at
> a
> > > > club meeting.  Last years magazines.  All pdf files and totally
> > unuseable
> > > > by me.
> > > > 73s
> > > > Butch Bussen
> > > > wa0vjr
> > > >
> >

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