I am using Adobe Reader XI. Under the Edit Menu there is an option for Accessibility.
HTH, Annette -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] PDF problem Annette, which Adobe product do you have? i think you're talking also about a paid Adobe product, whereas most people are just using the free Adobe Reader (which doesn't have OCR capability). Thus, the empty document message arises. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Carr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] PDF problem > My guess is that the PDF was created by someone scanning the > information in > to it. Essentially, the document contains a picture of the contents. > You > will need to run the document through some type of OCR (Optical > Character > Recognition) process. If you have OpenBook, you can accomplish this > by > sending the document out of Adobe and into OpenBook via the Freedom > Printer > if you have it set up. There is a similar process for Kurzweil or in > the > OCR package you are using. You can also open the document directly in > your > OCR package. In my Adobe, I have my accessibility options set up to > automatically come up so that I can tell it to run the OCR process > right in > Adobe. If your Adobe accessibility settings are not set up, I'm sure > someone on this list can point you in the right direction as I have > not had > to do this in years. > > HTH, > Annette > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] >>On > Behalf Of Marlo Green > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 3:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [JAWS-Users] PDF problem > > I have a document, it is labeled pdf, but when I try to open it jaws > says > that the document is empty! Can someone give me some help as I need to > turn > in a summary of this article on Tuesday. Thank you > > > > NUMBERS 23 19-20 > > > > 19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He > should > repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He > not > make it good 20 Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has > blessed, > and I cannot reverse it. > > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > > > > 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/
