Yes, I have tried it, it is why I put it on this list: smiles. -----Original Message----- From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Breda Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 11:26 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Jaws Jose have you actually tried that. In my experience that technique doesn't work for the OCR text in jaws even though you think it would. I have had to resort to setting up a printer driver and setting the printer driver to print to file. That was the only way I could get it to work and believe me I know how to copy and paste grin! Don w a 2 i w c On 8/8/2015 8:48 AM, Jose Tamayo wrote: > Hi, > > To save the text, all you do is press CTRL+A to select all text and > CTRL+C to copy to a clipboard. You can then paste it to word or > Notepad for saving. > > Jose - KK4JZX > > -----Original Message----- > From: For blind ham radio operators > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Tom Behler > Sent: Friday, August 7, 2015 11:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Jaws > > Lou: > > For me, the most useful feature of Jaws 16 is the convenient OCR > feature for help with scanned image PDF files. > > There are always errors in the scanning, but the feature at least > gives me a general idea of the content of the file. > > I have not done this yet, but there apparently is a way that you can > take the scanned text and save it into a text or MS Word file for > future reference if needed. > > Again, the OCR feature does not provide perfect results, but it has > been helpful to me on at least several ocasions. > > Of course, I am fortunate, in that the University where I teach keeps > my Jaws license and SMA updated, but that will end when I retire, > probably within the next year or so. > > Tom Behler: KB8TYJ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: For blind ham radio operators > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Lou Kolb > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 9:58 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: OT: Jaws > > For years, I've been stuck at Jaws 11, not wanting to pay what FS > wanted to upgrade to Jaws 16. On the plus side, it motivated me to > become familiar with NVDA, which turned out to be a fairly pleasant > experience. It's really an excellent screen reader, especially given > that its free. But I still use Jaws for most tasks so I finally bit > the bullet and am about to upgrade to Jaws 16. > > i'm just wondering what you all find to be the most useful inovations > and features in the last several versions. Thanks.Lou WA3MIX Lou Kolb > Voice-over Artist: > Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations > Messages On-hold: > www.loukolb.com