The PDF Fix.

The Kindle is amazing but a lot of research articles and different things that I need to be able to read, are only available in PDF Format. Kevin found the fix, The Adobe PDF converter. You simply upload your PDF and it converts it to Word or Excel then, you save it again. The Kindle will then read it perfectly. You lose any graphics but you can keep the PDF format to follow along with. This is extremely helpful for anyone with low vision. This would be very useful for a teacher who is working with a low vision or blind student. Many people are dealing with disabilities other than low vision that may run into this same software issue when using screen readers such as ZOOM, JAWS, or MAGIC. In the time it took me to write this (about 5 minutes), I have converted 3 PDF research articles that are about 30 pages each to Word format and saved them onto my Kindle. I am impressed with how fast the process is and that you don’t have the spelling and character recognition issues that come along with many of the OCR (Optical character recognition) programs we have paid much more for.

“Bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” Abraham Lincoln


https://www.acrobat.com/exportpdf/en/convert-pdf-to-word.html

Blest

Man, I have never heard anyone snore as loud as Kevin is tonight. The last week or so has been nonstop stress. Kevin and the girls handled themselves with class and gave nothing but respect even when it was not given to them. We treated ourselves and the girls to Bahama Buck's Snow Cones once everything was calm this afternoon. Yummy. With everything going silly around us McKenzie forgot to bolus for lunch. We talked about how much to bolus for but she never entered it into her pump. Her blood sugar got a bit ugly for a couple of hours before we realized it while ordering snow cones. She got a sugar free one and was happy with it. She is doing good now. Miss CC is going tomorrow to have Color Guard pictures taken at school. She is going to look so cute. I am already excited to see the pictures. Mom, Ginger, and Delsey the Dog made it home safe. I enjoyed a nice long talk with my Granny tonight. We have not talked much in a while so It was wonderful. I can't think of anything we didn't talk about. ha ha I love those unexpected calls from her. She has a way of giving advice without ever saying a word. Somehow I always remember what is most important in life and have a weight lifted from me after dumping the stressful things that aren't or that I am not in control of anyway. We have our moments and we don't always agree about everything. She is going to be 83 and is and will always be one of the most wonderful people in my life. I miss her and am ready to jump in the car and go crawl up in a pallet in her bedroom floor. Yes I know I am almost 33 year old but that I will never out grow. I miss my Granny Joyce and the talks we use to have. I know she is watching down over us all and I sure hope she is proud of what she sees. I guess I will go get a little sleep. These guys are sleeping so hard they are going to be rested and ready to think of something crazy to do tomorrow and early I am sure. I am extremely blest to have each of them.