[blindLaw] QRead or other options As a Substitute for Adobe Reader

Thu Aug 8 01:00:22 UTC 2019

Hello everyone,
I don't know if this is useful. But MS Word 2016 will open PDF files and read them. If page numbers and alike are essential, this might not be a workable solution. But if you just need to read a document that is PDF, Word 2016 and I would imagine 2019 might do the trick.

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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Unitt via BlindLaw
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Subject: Re: [blindLaw] QRead or other options As a Substitute for Adobe Reader

I have been having the same issues with JFW losing its place in Acrobat Reader, and installing the August update did not help. FineReader is a no-go for reading PDFs. I tried the demo of QRead but couldn't get the install to complete.

I am now running the demo of Foxit Phantom PDF, and it shows some promise.  I have tried several PDFs of various sizes, and so far don't have any problem with JFW losing its place in the document. A 300 page document opened almost instantly, compared to the minutes Acrobat takes.

There are still issues with stripping line numbers off pleadings, and not always showing page numbers. It is going to be a pretty steep learning curve as the program has a robust feature set, and a ribbon menu that is not all that friendly to JAWS (or maybe just to me) it's too soon to tell how useful it will be yet.

I will mention another alternative if you have an iPad is using VoiceDream Reader. I use it a lot because It allows for highlighting of text in PDFs and you can export the highlighted material to a text editor for quick reference or for pasting into briefs etc.

Brian
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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Aser Tolentino via BlindLaw
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Subject: Re: [blindLaw] QRead As a Substitute for Adobe Reader

JAWS recently added support for Foxit Reader. I think QRead is great for reviewing larger PDFs, but its text extraction can be rather eccentric, and can really mangle things like tables. 

Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.

> On Aug 7, 2019, at 06:17, Kelby Carlson via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I have used the demo version of QRead and may get the full version at 
> some point. I have been reasonably impressed with its performance; it 
> definitely opens documents faster than Adobe.
> 
>> On 8/7/19, Robert Munro via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 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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>>> 
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