What version of JAWS? You need to have the document open in Adobe, then remember that the convenient OCR keystrokes are:
Insert+Spacebar Release to hear a click sound Press the letter O release Press the letter D release You should hear a response that it is working I recall that this was available in JAWS 17 or later. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki W." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 11:14 Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading empty PDF document with JAWS 2018 That's not working. It still continues to say empty document and no other window opens. The particular pdf does contain images and print. Would that make a difference? Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reed" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading empty PDF document with JAWS 2018 > Hi Vicki, > > After opening the "empty" pdf, hit JAWSKey+spacebar followed by "od" > (without the quotes). > This invokes the OCR document scan. It will take a bit of time for the > scan, depending on the size of your document. > The result is then displayed in the virtual viewer. > If you wanted to, once the scan is complete, you could select all of the > text, copy it to the clipboard and paste it into a text file. > > Reed > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Vicki W. > Sent: January 10, 2018 9:47 AM > To: JAWS <[email protected]> > Subject: [JAWS-Users] reading empty PDF document with JAWS 2018 > > I have several .PDF documents showing up as empty, so how can I get JAWS > 2018 to read them? > > Thanks. > > Vicki > 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/
