[Trainer-talk] ZipForms with JAWS

Nancy Coffman nancylc at sprynet.com
Wed Mar 20 12:59:52 UTC 2013


Although scanning programs will open and read these documents,  they will not allow you to fill them out.  I would recommend printing them and then re-creating them In Word as an accessible form. Freedom Scientific has a tutorial on these website on how to create an accessible form.

Nancy Coffman
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On Mar 20, 2013, at 6:48 AM, "Stephen Guerra" <stephen at independentliving.com> wrote:

> I would suggest she try DocUScanPlus from Serotek, she can try a trial
> version, and it can take either protected or unprotected .pdf
> S and turn them in to text for reading.  s
> 
> Stephen Guerra
> Assistive Technology Specialist and Technical Operations
> independent living aids, LLC | SOUNDBYTES
> 200 Robbins Lane
> Jericho, New York 11753-2341
> Phone: 800.537.2118
> Direct: 516.450.3817
> Fax: 516.450.3842
> E-mail: stephen at independentliving.com
> Check out our 2013 New E-Catalog
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Sylvia Yasa
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:39 PM
> To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Trainer-talk] ZipForms with JAWS
> 
> She is currently using JAWS 14 and Kurzweil 1,000. Both programs were
> unable to access the PDF files. When we tried importing the file in
> Kurzweil, we got a message saying: "The system could not load or open
> those files as they are protected."
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> Sylvia
> 
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>>   1. Using ZipForm with JAWS (Sylvia Yasa)
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>>   3. Re: Using ZipForm with JAWS (Laine Amoureux)
>>   4. Re: Using ZipForm with JAWS (Stephen Guerra)
>>   5. Re: Using ZipForm with JAWS (Stephen Guerra)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:16:37 -0400
>> From: Sylvia Yasa <yasa.sylvia at gmail.com>
>> To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Using ZipForm with JAWS
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>> 
>> Hi List,
>> 
>> I am an adaptive technology instructor at Blind Industries and
>> Services of Maryland, and I have a student who works as a realtor and
>> used to manage all her transactions and paperwork using an online
>> application called: "ZipFormsOnline", "http://www.zipform.com/".
>> If anyone has used this application before, your input is greatly
>> appreciated!
>> The problem is that it seems to have significant accessibility
>> problems using JAWS 14. Besides, it generates the forms in a protected
>> PDF format. Is there a way to access this type of PDFs?
>> Thanks in advance for your great responses!
>> Sylvia
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:40:07 -0400
>> From: jadkins at mabnc.org
>> To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Out of Office
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:42:35 -0600
>> From: Laine Amoureux <laine.amoureux at gmail.com>
>> To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
>>    <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Using ZipForm with JAWS
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>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
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>> I don't have experience with the program in questiom, but protected
>> pdf files can be accessible, if prepared properly; without experiemce
>> with the program unfortunately, i can't say the auto-generated form
>> would be created in an accessible way...
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Mar 19, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Sylvia Yasa <yasa.sylvia at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi List,
>>> 
>>> I am an adaptive technology instructor at Blind Industries and
>>> Services of Maryland, and I have a student who works as a realtor and
>>> used to manage all her transactions and paperwork using an online
>>> application called: "ZipFormsOnline", "http://www.zipform.com/".
>>> If anyone has used this application before, your input is greatly
>>> appreciated!
>>> The problem is that it seems to have significant accessibility
>>> problems using JAWS 14. Besides, it generates the forms in a protected
>>> PDF format. Is there a way to access this type of PDFs?
>>> Thanks in advance for your great responses!
>>> Sylvia
>>> 
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>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:59:29 -0500
>> From: "Stephen Guerra" <stephen at independentliving.com>
>> To: "'List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology'"
>>    <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Using ZipForm with JAWS
>> Message-ID: <002d01ce24a9$f9f29260$edd7b720$@independentliving.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>> 
>> Has she tried to view the .pdf's with Jaws 14, and is she also using
>> Openbook?
>> 
>> 
>> Stephen Guerra
>> Assistive Technology Specialist and Technical Operations
>> independent living aids, LLC | SOUNDBYTES
>> 200 Robbins Lane
>> Jericho, New York 11753-2341
>> Phone: 800.537.2118
>> Direct: 516.450.3817
>> Fax: 516.450.3842
>> E-mail: stephen at independentliving.com
>> Check out our 2013 New E-Catalog
>> Web sites: www.independentliving.com
>> www.soundbytes.com
>> 13581ff6-edb8-4fe2-9d8d-9677a6e429d3
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>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Sylvia Yasa
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:17 AM
>> To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Using ZipForm with JAWS
>> 
>> Hi List,
>> 
>> I am an adaptive technology instructor at Blind Industries and Services of
>> Maryland, and I have a student who works as a realtor and used to manage
>> all
>> her transactions and paperwork using an online application called:
>> "ZipFormsOnline", "http://www.zipform.com/".
>> If anyone has used this application before, your input is greatly
>> appreciated!
>> The problem is that it seems to have significant accessibility problems
>> using JAWS 14. Besides, it generates the forms in a protected PDF format.
>> Is
>> there a way to access this type of PDFs?
>> Thanks in advance for your great responses!
>> Sylvia
>> 
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>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:00:21 -0500
>> From: "Stephen Guerra" <stephen at independentliving.com>
>> To: "'List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology'"
>>    <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Using ZipForm with JAWS
>> Message-ID: <002f01ce24aa$18d84530$4a88cf90$@independentliving.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>> 
>> Unless of course the default settings were set to create the .pdf's that
>> way
>> 
>> 
>> Stephen Guerra
>> Assistive Technology Specialist and Technical Operations
>> independent living aids, LLC | SOUNDBYTES
>> 200 Robbins Lane
>> Jericho, New York 11753-2341
>> Phone: 800.537.2118
>> Direct: 516.450.3817
>> Fax: 516.450.3842
>> E-mail: stephen at independentliving.com
>> Check out our 2013 New E-Catalog
>> Web sites: www.independentliving.com
>> www.soundbytes.com
>> 13581ff6-edb8-4fe2-9d8d-9677a6e429d3
>> Y2:13581ff6-edb8-4fe2-9d8d-9677a6e429d3
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Laine Amoureux
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:43 AM
>> To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
>> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Using ZipForm with JAWS
>> 
>> I don't have experience with the program in questiom, but protected
>> pdf files can be accessible, if prepared properly; without experiemce
>> with the program unfortunately, i can't say the auto-generated form
>> would be created in an accessible way...
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Mar 19, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Sylvia Yasa <yasa.sylvia at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi List,
>>> 
>>> I am an adaptive technology instructor at Blind Industries and
>>> Services of Maryland, and I have a student who works as a realtor and
>>> used to manage all her transactions and paperwork using an online
>>> application called: "ZipFormsOnline", "http://www.zipform.com/".
>>> If anyone has used this application before, your input is greatly
>> appreciated!
>>> The problem is that it seems to have significant accessibility
>>> problems using JAWS 14. Besides, it generates the forms in a protected
>>> PDF format. Is there a way to access this type of PDFs?
>>> Thanks in advance for your great responses!
>>> Sylvia
>>> 
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