[nfbcs] PDF as picture & what jaws version

[Ronald Smith]

What version of jaws did this feature begin with?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Chaltain via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Christopher Chaltain" <chaltain at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] PDF as picture


> What command are you using in JAWS to read the PDF file? If you use 
> JAWS+space followed by o and then w you'll just get the visible screen 
> recognized. If you use JAWS+space followed by o and then d, you'll get the 
> whole document recognized. If you haven't tried yet, you might try using 
> the document command.
>
> On 09/17/2015 01:29 PM, Tracy Carcione via nfbcs wrote:
>> I get my paychecks electronically, and, until recently, I could look at 
>> them
>> as a PDF.  They're still a PDF, but now it appears to be a picture, 
>> because
>> all Jaws says is "graphic".  I tried using the Jaws OCR on the graphic, 
>> and
>> it read enough to tell me it was indeed my paycheck, but not enough for 
>> me
>> to get the info I wanted.  Is there any way to get better info off one of
>> these PDF pictures?  Am I going to have to print the darn thing on the
>> network printer, for all the world to see, and then scan the printout? 
>> It's
>> all I can think of.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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