Ok, Nic. Go ahead and send it to me off list, and I'll see what happens when I try it.
Regards, Gigi On Jan 17, 2014, at 12:16 AM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
