From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([74.53.93.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IG0HA-0007Wh-00 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:33:12 -0400 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6VMXBM1018366 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:33:11 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l6VMXBYu018365 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:33:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:33:11 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: converting graphics on a text console Message-ID: <20070731223311.GO6144@rednote.net> References: <20070730192647.GA5840@cq.ftml.net> <20070730223438.GL6144@rednote.net> <20070730225213.GA16794@cq.ftml.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070730225213.GA16794@cq.ftml.net> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7spk Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:33:12 -0000 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@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina@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@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org