hi mike most likely the document you received was scanned from a original and therefore it is a image not the actual txt I had a similar problem with a contract I still could not get it to read after saving it as text document unfortunately our technology while useful is not perfect I hope this makes sense as it is how I found it to be
Allen Dunbar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwight Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:09 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] jaws reading PDF > Hello List: > > Ever since I began using jaws 9 I have not been able to open attachments > so I save them to my documents and then open them there. Today I > received a PDF attachment and after saving it to my documents and > opening it jaws says empty document. My wife says the text is on the > screen. Why isn't jaws reading it? It is 17 pages long. I am using > adobe 7. If anyone has any solutions or suggestions, I would be very > grateful. > Dwight Johnson > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
