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Free PDF conversion at Adobe's site (self.Blind)
submitted by tasty_pepitas
I can remember a link to a little-known utility at Adobe's website that would convert PDF files to plain text, for the sake of complying with accessibility law. It seems to have disappeared. Does this thing still exist?
fastfinge 3 points 5y ago
Nope, it's gone. Adobe created guidelines for creating accessible PDFs several years ago. At that point, they removed a bunch of access features. Now, if someone doesn't create accessible PDFs following Adobe's guidelines, that's on them, not Adobe.
awesomesaucesaywhat 2 points 5y ago
Would it do ocr on an image PDF? That would be amazing
tasty_pepitas [OP] 1 points 5y ago
It did a passable but not great job. I'm asking for a visually impaired student who currently has to get everything converted by the disability office into Word, so it will work with a copy of Zoomtext.
awesomesaucesaywhat 3 points 5y ago
Oh god, disability services. I turned in requests the first week of June and still don't have my books. Had to tell professors today that I probably won't be able to do the readings for two more weeks
vwlsmssng 1 points 5y ago
$1 can do a reasonable job of converting PDFs including OCR of images.
It is not free and I can't vouch for its accessibility.
It is not free and I can't vouch for its accessibility.
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