Unfortunately, you'll have to either, get a subscription, or purchase the
program outright.
Not sure if they're still allowing the option to purchase the product
outright, as I heard this option was going the way of the dinosaur, or not,
but if they don't, you can always try an older version that someone may be
selling, as they'll do the same thing. The only difference is that you
won't get the same OCR technology as the new version, but you do what you
can afford.
Basically, you have to convert the PDF to text, html, word, or some other
format more easily read with Jaws.
My advice is HTML, as that one retains continuity better, and is easier to
read.
I think the free version used to have an option to convert the PDF to plain
text, but I'm not sure if they've done away with that.
In any case, you'll have to save the document to your computer first, then
attempt the conversion. Do not leave the file in the temp folder when you
convert it.
Hope that helps.
Scorpio
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Spratt
Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 3:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Question
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/
For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit:
http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
