SensusAccess works with most everyday documents, including Word files, PDFs, PowerPoint slides, and pictures of text. It is especially helpful for scanned PDFs that a screen reader cannot read, because it can recognize the text in the image and turn it into real, readable text.
Files you can upload
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Kind of file
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File types
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Word and text documents
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DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, ASC
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PDFs
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PDF, including scanned or image only PDFs
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Presentations
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PPT, PPTX
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Web pages
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HTML, HTM, XML
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Ebooks
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EPUB, MOBI
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Images of text
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JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, TIF, BMP, and a few less common image types
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LaTeX projects
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TEX
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What you can turn them into
SensusAccess groups its output into four choices.
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Choice
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What you get
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MP3 audio
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An audio file read aloud by a computer voice. You pick the language and the reading speed.
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Ebook
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EPUB, EPUB3 with Media Overlay, or MOBI (Kindle). You can also choose a larger base font.
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Braille
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Digital Braille in TXT or PEF format
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Accessibility conversion
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Tagged PDF, Word (DOC or DOCX), RTF, plain text, HTML, or Excel and CSV
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Good to know
- Your choices depend on your file. The formats you see change based on what you upload. For example, an EPUB file can only be converted to MOBI, and a MOBI file can only be converted to EPUB.
- Language support for audio. MP3 audio does not support Asian languages unless the original file is a Word document.
- Clean files work best. A clearly formatted Word document or a clean, text based PDF gives the best results. Scans that are crooked, grainy, smudged, or covered in handwriting usually come out with errors.
For the complete list of what converts to what, see the SensusAccess output formats page.