<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you. That is good to know.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Nancy Coffman</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 29, 2025, at 11:12\u202fAM, Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Greetings:<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">Freedom Scientific acknowledges the problem and has also suggested filling out the PDF form using Firefox. I tried this and was surprised to find that it actually worked!<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">Happy New Year to everyone!<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">Cordially,<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">Curtis Chong<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"><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"> Curtis Chong <chong.curtis@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 28, 2025 7:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible PDF Form<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I submitted the following bug report to <a href="mailto:access@adobe.com">access@adobe.com</a>. Wondering if anyone using Adobe Acrobat is encountering a problem similar to mine.<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"> Curtis Chong <<a href="mailto:chong.curtis@gmail.com">chong.curtis@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 28, 2025 1:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:access@adobe.com">access@adobe.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible PDF Form<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Greetings and felicitations:<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">My name is Curtis Chong. I am blind. I routinely use the JAWS screen reader and Adobe Acrobat to read and (when necessary) fill out PDF forms. I do not, however, fill out PDF forms every time I choose to update the Adobe Acrobat software.<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">I give you this information as a matter of full disclosure and additionally to report an editing problem I have noticed of late with the latest Adobe Acrobat software and JAWS version 2026. To be specific, I am running JAWS 2026 on a Windows 11 25H2 system, and the version of Adobe Acrobat I am running is Continuous Release | Version 2025.001.20997 | 64-bit.<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">Attached please find a PDF form which is used for voters in Colorado to register to vote. If you can\u2019t accept attachments, here is the direct download link to the form: <a href="https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/NVRA/files/COVoterRegistrationAgency.pdf">https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/NVRA/files/COVoterRegistrationAgency.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2>The Problem<o:p></o:p></h2><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">In JAWS, I use Manual Forms Mode. Consider the field in the attached file where one enters a last name. When I type in my last name, \u201cChong,\u201d I am not able to verify what I typed using the traditional cursor movement keys--left/right arrow. I must necessarily press F6 then Shift F6 to shift focus back to the edit field and, in so doing, have Forms Mode turned off. This is not the behavior that a screen reader user should experience when filling out a supposedly accessible PDF form.<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">What should happen when I activate Forms Mode in the appropriate edit field is that I can review and edit the contents of the field and then Tab to the next field if necessary.<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">If necessary, I can be reached by phone at +1-515-306-1654 if you are interested in discussing this issue. I look forward to your help and thank you in advance for your attention to this email.<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">Yours sincerely,<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">Curtis Chong<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">Email: <a href="mailto:chong.curtis@gmail.com">chong.curtis@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: +1-515-306-1654.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBCS mailing list</span><br><span>NFBCS@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/nancy.l.coffman%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>