[NFBCS] PDF accessibility is crazy

[Curtis Chong]

Tracy:

Regarding Acrobat Reader DC, I suspect that the version you opened in
Windows 7 is not the latest one available from Adobe. One strategy I have
used when a PDF is open is to copy and paste the contents into a Microsoft
Word window. My usual way of pasting in Word (text only) would not be good
because you want to keep the links as links so that you can activate them.

Given my many years of experiencing trying to decode PDF documents, Acrobat
Reader DC seems for me to provide the most consistent (albeit not perfect)
experience. When reading bank statements where all I want is the text, the
best experience for me is to copy and paste the text into a stable (and
readable) window in Microsoft Word.

I hope this provides a bit more information and clarification to get you
through the problem.

Regards,

Curtis Chong


-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFBCS
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2021 8:43 AM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
Subject: [NFBCS] PDF accessibility is crazy

I'm taking a series of workshops this week, and all the access links are in
a PDF.  I opened the document on 3 different machines in 4 different ways,
but it only really worked on one.  

On my laptop, I tried opening it with Firefox andChrome, and neither worked
well enough to use.

In Adobe BC, I tried opening it on my old Windows 7 PC, and that sort of
worked, but not great. But it does work OK on my Windows10 laptop with Adobe
BC, thank Goodness.

Why does accessibility have to be so complicated!

I tried to figure out if my 2 machines are running different versions of
Adobe BC, but can't find where it keeps the version#.

If I download whatever Adobe I find onto my other laptop, is it likely to
work, or is it only certain versions that work well?  The version that works
is on my work laptop, so may be a pro version.

Really, it's insane to have to try so many things to find the one that is
accessible.

Tracy

 

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