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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> What screen reader are you using?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Nicole<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Miller via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 18, 2024 11:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> John Miller <johnmillerphd@hotmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBCS] opening a PDF document in Windows using a browser like Edge rather than Adobe Acrobat<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had some challenges reviewing my e-mailed hotel confirmation for attending the NFB convention this July at the Rosen Center Hotel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I called the phone number, placed the reservation on my credit card, and wrote down the room confirmation number.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This has been my practice from prior years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thinking about how terrible it would be if the reservation was made for the wrong month or something I went to review the e-mailed confirmation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First it went to my junk e-mail but I easily grabbed the e-mail from there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In past years confirmations would have the information in the body of the e-mail but this one came as an attached PDF with the name of the PDF the reservation number.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On my Windows computer I opened the PDF in Adobe Acrobat. This was not very satisfying. The application just said blank when I asked for it to read the document.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Next I navigated to the attached document with my iPhone.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The PDF opened easily and I reviewed a 2 row several column table.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This seems to be a more and more common way to relay vital travel information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The header for each column was the date and on row 2 was the dollar value for the reserved stay on that night.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I asked a blind colleague how to get a good experience examining a PDF document such as this room reservation using Windows.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My colleague told me to open the PDF with any browser such as edge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For example, save the attachment to the downloads folder, navigate to the downloads folder, tap the applications key, arrow down to open with and select edge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In Edge all the information was there and easy for me to review.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I look forward to quickly reviewing future documents in a browser such as Edge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just dodged the confusion for blind people caused by Adobe Acrobat once more.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also look forward to helping Adobe Acrobat increase its accessibility.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Very best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>