Hi Tim and others. I just made what I hope is going to work in most cases. I uninstalled Adobe Acrobat Reader and all those plug-ins that had the name which included Adobe Reader as part of their names. I test what would happen by going to the IRS web site which has a whole bunch of pdf files. I called up one of the nonaccessible ones, and lo, it talked. Then I found out that if I had the VO cursor sitting on the place where it started talking, that I could save it out as a good form file. I thought it might try and save the whole page, but it didn't. I thought it would call up Preview, but it didn't. I guess Safari is reading the text. I discovered I could interact with the text and go VO down arrow line by line. It wouldn't let me enter anything like it will for sighted people.
This is a definite improvement over having Adobe installed. Regards, Gigi On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > It should, but, it all depends on how the uninstall progresses. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Sep 4, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Tim. If I uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader, will Safari automatically >> go to Preview? >> >> Gigi >> >> On Sep 4, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Usually, web-sites that say that they require Adobe Reader don't actually >>> "require" Adobe Reader. All that they require is that you have a pdf >>> reader installed. Normally, Preview or pdfpen would do the job. Adobe >>> Reader also installs an Internet Plugin that takes over Safari and other >>> browsers making it so that Adobe will often open within Safari in an >>> embedded fashion which is unusable to us VO users. You can remove this >>> plugin by going into your Macintosh HD, Library, Internet Plugins and >>> removing the Adobe Reader Internet Plugin. Adobe will still work, it just >>> won't force it to be opened within your browser. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Sep 4, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi guys >>>> As the subject says, I have a question about Adobe acrobat reader and >>>> Safari. I would uninstall Adobe, except that I have some website I go to >>>> that say they require it. Last night, that stupid thing cause me a >>>> problem, and I had to get my husband to fix it. I hope this question makes >>>> sense, but how can I set those plug-ins so that it won't lock up Safari >>>> like it just did? I had it working where I could call the form up tell >>>> Safari to save it, and then use preview to read the PDF file. However, I >>>> was emailed a link to one, and when I Called up the link, it turned the >>>> fan on on my computer, and locked up Safari. I finally had to do a force >>>> quit and kill off everything. >>>> >>>> Here's another alternative I thought of, and I would like it better if it >>>> would work. If a website insist that you call up Adobe acrobat reader, can >>>> you use preview instead? >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
