There are commercial programs such as Omnipage that can read PDF's, but they are doing this as a sideline to their primary function of OCR. I think you should get accustomed to the idea that Adobe Reader is a growing program (30 MB or more), because when there is text in a PDF file, it reads it with several options. I have also used the feature for commenting on a PDF document, creating a sort of "post-it note" that is attached to a page which I send back to the author. Adobe Reader is the only program that sends the text through MSAA. Some of the others probably only create a nice display on the screen which is one large graphic that screen readers cannot interpret.
I do sometimes use the PDF features of Omnipage to get a different perspective on the layout of the pages, because Adobe Reader doesn't always get these correct. But most of the time, Adobe Reader is all I need to understand a PDF and to save a text file from it. Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls > -----Original Message----- > From: Claude Renaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:46 PM > To: Window-Eyes US Mailing List > Subject: Adobe reader alternative > > Hi all, > > Doe someone know an adobe reader alternative for reading pdfs ? > I tried with jaws several thing as Sumatra PDF, Foxy reader but with no > luck. > I would like to find an alternative because version after version Adobe > Reader become heavier and heavier... > Is there another way than converting pdf to another format ? > > > Regards, > > -- > > Claude Renaud > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
