[nfb-db] PDF Documents and JAWS

[Scott Davert]

Hi Marrisa.
I would try what Denice suggested. Sometimes this method works with
jaws. HThe reason these documents are not reading by default in JAWS
is because they are most likely pictures of the document, not actual
text. You can also run it through OpenBook or Kurzweil if you have
either of these options available. Just open them the same way you'd
open any other type of document. As a final effort, you can try
converting the file using robobraille.
http://robobraille.org/frontpage
Note that if there are figures in the document, like statistical
charts and such, these will not come out very well with any of these
suggestions. The reason for this is the same reason wy you cannot scan
a page that you get in the mail that has a picture in it. It utilizes
the same technology. I hope that we have been able to help some!

Scott

On 8/17/13, Dr. Denise M Robinson <deniserob at gmail.com> wrote:
> This trick typically works, turn off jaws, ctle a to select all, ctle c to
> copy and paste into word with ctrl v...turn jaws back on
> or you can send it thru openbook or kurzweil
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 2:43 PM, M Lucca <lucca.marisa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Fellow NFB-DB Members,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I received a few PDF documents I need to read, but JAWS tells me the
>> documents are empty. The documents have text within their pages, and if
>> one
>> clicks on a page, the whole page is selected. JAWS usually reads PDF
>> documents seamlessly, and I don’t know why the software cannot read the
>> text. I need to contact the sender to retrieve accessible versions of the
>> documents, of course, but I was wondering if anyone could explain why
>> JAWS
>> informs me the documents are empty. Also, how can one correct the PDF
>> documents to make them accessible to JAWS? ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thank you!****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Marisa****
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nfb-db mailing list
>> nfb-db at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> *Dr Denise*
>
> Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
> CEO, TechVision, LLC
> Specialist in Technology/Training/Teaching for blind/low vision
> Private training to your needs
> 423-573-6413
>
> Website with hundreds of informational articles & lessons on PC, Office
> products, Mac, iPad/iTools and more, all done with
> keystrokes: www.yourtechvision.com
>
> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
> doing it." --Chinese Proverb
>
> Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid: humans are incredibly
> slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond
> imagination.
> --Albert Einstein
>
> It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
> --Walt Disney
>