Justin, I think some clarity is called for here. As you know, JAWS is a speech synthesizer, so you don't convert PDF to JAWS. Instead, you convert a PDF file into a form that JAWS can read. Many PDF files are readable without us having to do anything, except for making sure Adobe's accessibility settings are correct. If a PDF file isn't immediately readable, some programs enable you to perform optical character recognition (OCR) to create a new document that JAWS can read. Convenient OCR is such a program built in to recent versions of JAWS. However, as other listers have pointed out, it doesn't format well, which is one reason why people use the Kurzweil Reader and similar devices. Even then, some PDF files defy any kind of accessibility conversion, as Greg may be finding out and as I've encountered with the receipts my audio guy issued to me this week.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin Williams Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2017 9:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Question One more thing. Which version lets you convert pdfs to jaws? Is that also adobe pc, but upgraded? Is it free, or do I have to pay? Justin -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mitch Galloway Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Question Tom, I too have had that problem. I solved it by making sure the option on how to read the document was set to "left to right". Hope this helps. Mitch -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler Sent: Friday, September 08, 2017 9:49 AM To: 'Jaws users list' Subject: [JAWS-Users] Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Question Hello, everyone. I have recently noticed a problem with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 17.0. For some reason, words are often run together in the document when I'm trying to read it. This problem does not appear on the visual screen. In other words, if someone sighted looks at the document, it looks fine, with no words or characters run together. This seems to occur mainly with Microsoft Word documents that have been converted to a PDF file format. I'm thinking that this problem might be a Jaws issue, because the document displays fine visually. Has anyone else had this issue, and if so, is there something I need to change either in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC or Jaws to make documents read more properly? Thanks as always! Dr. tom Behler from Michigan For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
