HI Gigi, I was using PDFPen. I downloaded the trial version of PDFPen Pro, and at first it seemed to be exactly the same. VoiceOver could see the text areas, but I couldn't seem to type text into them. Then I noticed that although VoiceOver wasn't reading the text I typed, it appeared to be showing on screen. I could bring the mouse pointer, and although VoiceOver wouldn't announce any typed text under the mouse pointer, if I do a control click with the TrackPad it offers to look up the word I typed or offers spelling suggestions if I typed gibberish. So seems I can type, but the typed text is invisible to VoiceOver. Also, when I am focussed on the text areas, VoiceOver announces keyboard focus to be on "empty scroll area".
I might email you the form off list and see if we can get anywhere. Just thought I'd send this on the list in case anyone else becomes interested in this issue. Thanks, Nic On 15 Jan 2014, at 1:10 pm, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there > Did you download the pro version of PDF pen? I just realized that that may be > the difference. I have the pro version on my computer. When I did the 1040, I > was not having those problems. If you want, can you send me the file off list > and I'll see if I can make it work. > Regards, > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 14, 2014, at 7:02 PM, Nicholas Parsons >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Gigi, >> >> Thanks for that. I downloaded the trial from their website. >> >> I tried reading a PDF I know has been made into an editable/fillable form >> with screen readers in mind. It works with JAWS on Windows and I believe it >> was probably created with Adobe software. In PDFPen VoiceOver could see and >> would read out the form fields, but the text areas would not be editable. So >> VoiceOver would say, for instance, "Date edit text", but if I tried typing >> nothing would happen. >> >> Is there some trick to being able to fill in these forms? I noticed a whole >> heap of unlabelled buttons and checkboxes, and thought perhaps I need to >> configure one of these. If it's just that the form I'm using doesn't have >> what PDFPen and VoiceOver require, do you know what the magic ingredient is? >> >> Thanks, >> Nic >> >> P.S. I tried the above on both Mavericks and Mountain Lion. >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
