Only with OCR software.

The trick is to educate those who insist on doing this.

George

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From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk
Sent: 10 July 2014 19:17
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Subject: [VICUG-L] pdf image files

I am running across more and more .pdf files which are saved as images rather than text. 
When opening them with Acrobat or other pdf readers, all I get is a blank.
Is there some way of getting at the text content of these files?

Thanks!

Nothing is more difficult to counterfeit than virtue.
John Calvin


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