[NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat

Tue Mar 26 19:24:30 UTC 2024

Serena, Brian Shell provided the keystrokes for you since you use a laptop:

capslock + semicolon  to toggle on the PC cursor.

capslock + p to toggle on the JAWS cursor.

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From: Serena Cucco via NJTechDiv [mailto:njtechdiv at nfbnet.org]
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Subject: [NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat
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 <mailto: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.

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     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
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           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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