[NJTechDiv] JAWS cannot read a PDF in Acrobat
Serena Cucco
serena.c.cucco at gmail.com
Wed Mar 27 16:22:56 UTC 2024
Thanks, Mario.
Serena
On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 3:25 PM Mario Brusco via NJTechDiv <
njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Serena Cucco via NJTechDiv [mailto:njtechdiv at nfbnet.org]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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> Cc: Serena Cucco <serena.c.cucco at gmail.com>
> 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.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Serena Cucco via NJTechDiv [mailto:njtechdiv at nfbnet.org
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> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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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
> <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org <mailto:njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
> <mailto: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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