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Go Here: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?REPORT&z=3 Log In Click on the list you want to leave 'Leave this list' Regards Tim Symons Trainer/Assessor Access Summit 0161 275 0990 "...supporting students..." -----Original Message----- From: Assistive Technology Trainers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of CAMPBELL R.G. Sent: 27 August 2009 10:15 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: FW: An easy way to convert PDF's to images, so that RWGOLD 3 for MAC can convert to Doc. *Comes out of woodwork...* No idea why I'm still getting these emails, I'm pretty sure I unsubscribed years ago! Becky Campbell Assessment Officer / Swyddog Asesu Student Support Services / Gwasanaethau Cefnogi Myfyrwyr Keir Hardie Building / Adeilad Keir Hardie Singleton Park / Parc Singleton Swansea / Abertawe, SA2 8PP Tel / Ffôn: 01792 513000 Email / E-bost: [log in to unmask] www.swansea.ac.uk / www.abertawe.ac.uk ________________________________ From: Assistive Technology Trainers on behalf of Mike Parry Sent: Thu 27/08/2009 00:11 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: FW: An easy way to convert PDF's to images, so that RWGOLD 3 for MAC can convert to Doc. I would say that is certainly the case Doug. You'll need to send an unsubscibe email - details will on this site somewhere, hopefully not buried too deeply. I wonder if anyone else will come out of the woodwork, not realising they've been on this list for years without realising! <tumbleweed>..... Ian and Tim, thanks for your thoughts. Originally they (the Access Centre we work for) used to send us hard copies of the reports - of course we moaned and groaned about having to scan them in and demanded digital formats. We then moaned and groaned about the supersize tif files...but not quite so loudly - for fear of alienating our paymaster - and now we are where we are. Be careful what you wish for, as the adage goes.. I've thought on about R&WGold being 'clever' and OCR-ing text that is the wrong way up (tho producing lots of errors in the process). Perhaps it is actually a straightforward thing for an OCR program to look at text from all angles and decipher it. Looking at a typical report - they are so full of tabulated text and numerals and symbols, that maybe you'd get that many errors even if the image file was the right way up. BTW - are you guys both trainers? I work at Huddersfield University as a trainer, but I'm gradually dipping my toe into the world of freelance training. My timing could have been better perhaps.. Mike P