[NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat

[Serena Cucco]

Hi Mario,

My laptop doesn't have a num pad.  What's the shortcut for the Jaws cursor
for computers without num pads?

Thanks,
Serena

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:14 AM Mario Brusco via NJTechDiv <
njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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
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> 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
>
>
>
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: NJTechDiv <njtechdiv-bounces at nfbnet.org
>      <mailto:njtechdiv-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Mario Brusco via
>      NJTechDiv
>      Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2024 5:27 PM
>      To: njtechdiv at nfbnet.org <mailto:njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
>      Cc: Mario Brusco <mrb620 at hotmail.com <mailto: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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