The reason JAWS reads it as a blank document is because whoever scanned the document forgot to turn on the 'recognize text with OCR" button. When I want a hard copy scanned as pdf, I give my student worker the following instructions:
1. place copy on scanner 2. open Adobe Acrobat 3. go to file menu (alt f) 4. down arrow to "create pdf" submenu and then right arrow 5. choose the source of scan, in this case choose "from scanner...." 6. you are in a dialog box with combo boxes and radio buttons: a. choose scanner b. choose front or both sides c. check "recognize text with OCR" (default setting but sometimes other users may turn it off) d. settings.... choose the settings you want e. check the button that says "add tags improves accessibility for disabled users. f. press enter on the scan button. The resulting PDF file should be readable with JAWS. Best, Samira -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] "Alert document is empty" Hi folks, I recently received a PDF document and when I attempted to open it I received the following message: "Alert document is empty." Undaunted by Jaws inability to recognize certain PDF formatting I proceeded to open it in note pad as a TXT file and received a blank screen with Jaws simply sounding top and bottom alert. Would it be safe to assume that because I receive no information using either file format that the document is in fact empty and I need to have the document resent? TNX Larry 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 address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 588 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message 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 address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
