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Your听PDF听in听Canvas Ally听has a bright red dial, a score of 0%, and the message 鈥淭his听PDF听is听scanned.鈥� What do you do?

Step 1: Can you make another copy?

Do you have access to the original book, article, etc.? Can you find it again online or in the University Library?

If you can find a digital copy, it鈥檚 probably already more accessible than your scan.听听can听听that听is听more accessible than a printed or听scanned听copy.

If you have a printed copy, contact the听Universal Design Center (UDC)听or your听Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) coordinator听about how to re-scan it to a more accessible format.

Step 2: Librarians

If you can鈥檛 find the source, reach out to your University Library听. They may have ideas about where to find the original, maybe even a more accessible version?听

Step 3: Use Ally

Go back to your file in Canvas. Next to it听is听a little down arrow that allows you to download an听. Select OCRed听PDF. The file that results will not be fully accessible. Review it for accuracy and upload it into Canvas for a new Ally score. However, for higher-quality scans and/or files that are mostly text, Ally can make some big improvements. And the OCRed听PDF听will be easier to fix than the听scanned听PDF.

If the OCRed听PDF听has too many inaccuracies, try Ally鈥檚 alternative formats again and select HTML. Open the new file in a web browser, copy all of the text, and paste it into your favorite word processing software. You can fix Ally鈥檚 mistakes and add basic structure such as headings.

Last Resort

We won鈥檛 fix a听scanned听PDF听if we have any other option, but sometimes there听isn鈥檛 one. If听this听PDF听is听the only copy you have and you cannot find another one, and Ally didn鈥檛 help, contact the UDC for a听.