[NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat
Serena Cucco
serena.c.cucco at gmail.com
Mon Mar 25 22:14:41 UTC 2024
Thanks, Brian.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:11 PM Brian Shell via NJTechDiv <
njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> capslock + semicolon for PC
>
> capslock + p for JAWS
>
> capslock + left brace to root JAWS to PC
>
> capslock + apostrophe for root PC to JAWS
>
>
>
> On 3/25/2024 3:53 PM, Serena Cucco via NJTechDiv wrote:
>
> 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
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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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