No OCR is completely usable, especially if the publisher uses a lot of graphics, ads, weird spacing but having to bring it up in Adobe then wait for 30 minutes for it to be ready to read in Jaws OCR, then not being able to move to where you left off in a timely fashion, and the same goes for Docuscan is annoying and the paper I am talking about is not, an image file, it worked until December 2017, its format had not changed, and it is always over 50 pages in length.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 12:01 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading pdf's in Edge? I use Windows 10 and JAWS 18. JAWS OCR was apparently quite improved in version 2018, and maybe to the point now where it is more accurate/better, but even the JAWS training materials stated until recently that you couldn't use this function for reliable, high-quality oCR of scanned images. I do use Adobe Acrobat on this machine; it's an old version and really crashy, but I like it because it either has built in oCR functionality or interfaces with Windows 10's OCR feature (I still am not sure which, honestly), and it can convert to a variety of formats. I haven't yet had any reason to open a PDF (or anything else really) in Edge, but Firefox will do this, in a pinch. I still prefer Adobe for this purpose, though. And the newer versions of Reader at least are less crashy and play nicer with screen-readers, though I still have issues with Adobe and their formats. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of rosecomb...@cox.net Sent: April 19, 2018 9:55 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading pdf's in Edge? My experience is no, with a community newspaper, OCR of it is marginal, no way to insert book marks so you don't have to start over, after you have read 20 pages of a 60 page document. Edge shows me no keystrokes, can't save or import my favorites, I am there, but nothing particularly useful I can do with the product, no menus, no way to find the keystrokes, if any were actually provided. What garbage in my humble opinion. At least in IE 11 if I can't remember how to do something there are the menus I can read. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 10:11 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading pdf's in Edge? Howdy Sheez, What if you read the PDF file with the Jaws OCR feature instad of Openbook? Would this possibly read the file better? I'm just throwing this out there since I don't use Widows 10 / Edge as my main computer / browser. Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sennt from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. ----- Original Message ----- From: cheez To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading pdf's in Edge? What I did to read a PDF was saved it to the desktop giving it an unordinary name. I chose Weird. Then launching Open Book, I went to Open Document and selected the PDF option. Next I looked on the desktop and found the file named Weird. After I pressed Enter, Open Book started reading it. I also tried turning on Narrator in Edge, but I wasn't able to stop Narrator from reading the whole document. In other words, I wasn't able to read word by word nor line by line. Hopefully this'll work for you. Or better yet, maybe someone will share a bit of JAWS magic with us to make it easier to read PDF's. Vince ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Moore" <davidmoore0...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:33 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading pdf's in Edge? >I am not sure! > You could make sure that the virtual PC cursor is on, and try pressing >F7 to use carrot browsing! > David Moore > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Star Gazer > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 6:37 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading pdf's in Edge? > > Thank you Dave. > Edge opened the PDF via default, I was just not able to read the text. > I should have been more clear. > Any tips on getting Edge to read the text? > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On > Behalf Of David Moore > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 6:13 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading pdf's in Edge? > > Hi! > On the PDF, press the applications key or Shift+F10. Arrow down to > open with sub menu and press right arrow. Arrow down to Edge, and > press enter. > Your PDF, even a scanned image will open in Edge, and after a minute > or so, you will be able to read it just like a word document. I use > Edge to read all of my PDFs now. > David Moore > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Star Gazer > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 8:16 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] reading pdf's in Edge? > > How do I do this folks? > > > 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/ 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/
