[blindLaw] QRead As a Substitute for Adobe Reader

Wed Aug 7 12:39:31 UTC 2019

I use PDF Pen on my Mac; unfortunately, they don’t make a windows version.
Here are some suggestions they have for Windows users. The first one is free, so it’s worth seeing how it works with JAWS.
https://alternativeto.net/software/pdfpen/?platform=windows <https://alternativeto.net/software/pdfpen/?platform=windows>

Good luck.

Onward!
Robert Munro
r.g.munro at gmail.com

> On 6 Aug, 2019, at 11:16 PM, Rod Alcidonis via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I use QRead and it is a good app but not a replacement for a more rebuts PDF application such as ABBYY. I process all of my OCR in ABBYY and convert the material into a Word doc for consumption.
> 
> QRead will not convert image-scanned PDF documents, but it is good with accessible PDf-formatted  manuals and alike.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rod Alcidonis, Esq.
> -----Original Message----- From: Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw
> Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 10:01 AM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Rahul Bajaj
> Subject: [blindLaw] QRead As a Substitute for Adobe Reader
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> So it turns out that ABBYY Fine Reader does not work as a viable
> substitute for Adobe Reader to read PDF documents as such. JAWS simply
> refuses to interact with the document if you open it in ABBYY - Amar
> has confirmed this finding as well.
> 
> When I had posted a question about the problems attending the
> navigation of PDF documents with JAWS last year, Derek, in the email
> below, alluded to an app called QRead which costs around $30. I am
> wondering if others here have used this application and have found it
> to be a viable substitute for Adobe Reader. Specifically, I am
> wondering if it enables you to smoothly read PDFs in para-wise form
> and if JAWS does not lose focus while reading the document. If it is a
> viable substitute, I will purchase it.
> 
> Best,
> Rahul
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Derek Dittmar <derekjdittmar at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:58:05 -0500
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Reading PDFs with JAWS has become infeasible
> To: Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com>
> 
> Rahul,
> I hope this e-mail finds you well. As a third year law student, I
> primarily use a small application from an indi blind developer called
> QRead.
> https://q-continuum.net/qread/
> Most of my use of PDFs involves working through assigned readings in
> electronic textbooks. I know that QRead does not allow for editing
> within pdfs. However, if all you need is a relatively inexpensive (I
> think it was $30) pdf reader with good JAWs accessibility, then I
> think it might work.
> As a  note, I am still using JAWS 16 (ugh). Also, I learned about
> QRead from a personal friend who was (and maybe is) working with the
> developer for marketing. However, I haven't consulted with her in
> sending you this e-mail, and by no means do I get any sort of benefit
> from recommending the application. I will tell you that I'm working on
> an LL.M. right now, and have about twelve PDFs open in the application
> -- several law review articles and a few multi-hundred page textbooks
> -- and it is working just fine.
> 
> On 11/10/18, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I have JAWSb 2018 and acrobat dc. Jaws keeps automatically jumping up and
>> down in PDFs when you select 'read entire document'. Control+up and down
>> arrows also doesn't work for para-wise navigation; jaws says blank. Finally,
>> even ctrl+shift+n works sporadically.
>> 
>> I have spoken with VFO. They say that the first 2 problems, at least, have
>> been widely reported in recent weeks. I am using OCR and word versions as ad
>> hoc measures. Do others have any ideas, or can they report this to FS or
>> Adobe if they are facing it?
>> 
>> Best,
>> Rahul
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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> --
> Rahul Bajaj
> Candidate for the BCL
> Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018)
> University of Oxford
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