[NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat

[Mario Brusco]

It's the minus key; the top right key if you have a standard keypad. To 
return to normal mode, aka the PC cursor, just press the key below the 
minus key known as the plus key. These two keys, the numpad plus and 
minus keys are one way toggles; either PC cursor mode is on or JAWS 
cursor is on. It is adviseable not to keep the JAWS cursor on as you use 
the computer in daily tasks.

-------- Original Message --------
From: Serena Cucco via NJTechDiv [mailto:njtechdiv at nfbnet.org]
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 5:10 PM
To: New Jersey Technology Division List <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Serena Cucco <serena.c.cucco at gmail.com>
Subject: [NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat
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 <mailto: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



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     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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