On 02/06/2013 09:21 PM, Karl Sinn wrote:
Hi,
Am 06.02.2013 06:02, schrieb Gustav Degreef:
Hi folks,
I would like to have tts output from PDF files (created by xsane from paper documents)using okular. I already have the tts output set up on Suse 12.1 using Jovie.
I can already selecttext in PDF files - using okular's text selection tool andthen get speech output of the selected text. I can also use the select tool to select part of the image, and okular will still pop up a menu with the option to speak out the selection.
I get the PDF files from medical journals and other publications.
However, when I create my own PDF files using an HP Scanjet 3110 (via xsane), I can't select the text. I can select parts of the image, but I don't get speech output. Is there any way tocreate PDF files that can be read out by okular? Thanks, Gustav
If I understand you right you want speech output from scanned documents. That's basically not possible because the text is not "text" but "image" and the text to speech tools can't "read" the text from an image. The only way to make this happen would be to run a text recognition software to change the image into plain text and then use the text to speech tools.
Karl
Yes, you understood correctly. But why can okular read out other PDF documents? Are they not images? Excuse my ignorance. Thanks, Gustav. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org