I have some PDFs from animal watch, and I would love to have them display on the monarch. The monarch doesn’t seem to be able to pick up the braille text from the labels, ect. Any suggestions on how to make this monarch- friendly? The link for reference: https://awvis.aphtech.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/California-Condor-UEB-Graphics.pdf
Hello! The Monarch tries to display the braille when I apply the “more detail” filter a few times (dots 46 + space), but the result isn’t legible. This can happen when the Monarch interprets braille as pixels in an image, rather than embedded text. It probably has to do with how the PDF was originally saved.
The best way to fix this is to open the file in a program where the text can be edited, then save the file as a PDF again. This worked for me when I used CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator. Alternatively: convert the file to a Word document in Adobe Acrobat, open it in Word, and save it as a PDF from there.
Hope this helps!
Thank you for your reply! Will the image still come up if it’s saved as a word doc?
With a Word doc, the Monarch will display the text in the word processor, but it will not open a graphic. You’ll need to open Word and go to File → Save As, then select “PDF” from the drop-down menu of file types. A PDF is the only file type I know of that will accurately display images and braille on the tactile viewer. You may find the “Draw With Word for the Monarch” file from this post helpful.
Wonderful! I’m so excited to try this!!