[NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat

[Serena Cucco]

What's the key stroke to switch to the Jaws cursor?  I'll try that the next
time Jaws isn't reading a .pdf file.

Thanks,
Serena

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 9:17 AM Tracy Carcione via NJTechDiv <
njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Some big documents take a while to open, and Jaws doesn't say anything
> while
> they're opening.  Sometimes hitting tab will say a percentage, but not
> always.
> But, today I opened a pdf, and all Jaws would say is "blank".  I switched
> to
> the Jaws cursor and looked around, and there was a free trial offer which
> might have been covering the document.  I had to close and open the file 3
> times before it would read.  I looked for the thing about new version that
> was causing problems before, but it wasn't there.
>
> Sometimes, if Jaws isn't reading, I do alt-e to go to Edit, arrow up to
> Preferences, hit enter, choose Reading Preferences, and look to make sure
> that the screen reader options are there.  Sometimes that makes Jaws behave
> better.
> Tracy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NJTechDiv <njtechdiv-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mario Brusco
> via
> NJTechDiv
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2024 5:27 PM
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> Cc: Mario Brusco <mrb620 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat
>
> When pressing the enter key on a PDF file, it is opened in Acrobat but JAWS
> remains silent.
>
> By starting Acrobat and pressing the alt key does give me access to the
> menubar and allows me to right arrow to the edit, view, and other menus.
>
> What settings need to be adjusted in JAWS or adjustments need to be done to
> Acrobat to display a PDF's contents so JAWS can read the text?
>
> I can use Firefox and the Recognize with JAWS OCR feature to open the
> contents of the PDF, but I'd prefer to use Acrobat.
>
> Clear directions please.
>
>
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