[NFBCS] Reading complex PDFs, like investment statements

[Joe Orozco]

Depending on your comfort level, consider using the built-in AI features
that come with JAWS. I run events for our affiliate and recently had to use
Picture Smart to review a complex hotel invoice. To my surprise, it
actually worked really well, but of course, I’m not going to compare a
hotel statement to a set of personal financial documents.



Joe

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM Lewis Wood via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> I read my bank  statements, utility bills, and medical reports via JAWS
> OCR to Word
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> It seems to get most to the closest on the format.  Still not 100%, but
> usually acceptable.
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> I was wondering how those wearing Meta Glasses fare with viewing pdf
> documents on the screen?
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> Lewis Wood
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> *From:* NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Tracy Carcione
> via NFBCS
> *Sent:* Monday, February 10, 2025 8:16 AM
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> *Cc:* carcione at access.net; 'New Jersey Technology Division List' <
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> *Subject:* [NFBCS] Reading complex PDFs, like investment statements
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> I have some IRA accounts, as well as other investments.  I find it
> impossible to read the PDFs that are supposed to show me how my investments
> are performing.  They have many columns, often broken up by other text, so
> I can’t figure out what numbers belong to which columns.  Sometimes there
> is 1 header or number on each line, and sometimes there are many numbers on
> one line.
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> Financial plans are even worse than statements—completely incomprehensible.
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> I am using the latest version of Jaws, and Adobe.
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> I would welcome advice on how to read complex PDFs like this, so I can
> feel less like a mushroom.
>
> Tracy
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