Sometimes when a PDF won't display text, I have closed the PDF, but not
Acrobat Reader, with ctrl-W. I will then go to Adobe Reader's recent file
list and open the file that I just closed. You may also have to press
ctrl-shift-5 to set reading options
For image PDFs I use Omnipage to do OCR, and have it create a Word document.
The program you owned may have been by Abbyy, who make FineReader and other
OCR products.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message-----
From: David via Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 11:01 AM
To: Don H ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: PDF issues
Since you state NVDA will read them, they apparently hold text, not just
scanned images. I have seen numerous samples of the same behavior, which
in rality have lead me to stop using Adobe in my daily activity. I find
that those documents, typically will open in things like QRead, and
there WE will read them well enough. What's more, often the layout of
the document will be somehow better in QRead.
Other PDF readers out there, might have similar beneficial effect. QRead
for one, is not exactly free, but low-cost enough, that it proved worth
the money to buy a license.
Several years ago, I bought a license for a PDF-To-Text converter, think
it was from a company named something like ABC Software, but cannot find
the software, nor the license here now. Back then, that was the better
solution.
Adobe has been on and off, when comes to reliability - from my
experience. They release one version, and for a while everything works
wonderfully well. Then comes a new version, or at least you start
getting new PDF files, and everything seem broken. Who is the
bottleneck, I do not know. As a user though, I am lost. Could it be the
Adobe, the PDF file, the screen reader - or simply just the combination.
For the more recent year and a half, QRead has been my solution. It will
stay, till it no longer solves the issue, or something better comes
around for handling PDF documents.
One clear drawback with QRead - or any other converting software - is
that you cannot fill-in things like a PDF form. Another disadvantage is
that they do not let you print the document. Nuance, the former
Scansoft, has something they name PaperPort, which is told to give you
all flexibility with PDF documents. To what extent it will work with a
screen reader, would be nice to know if anyone has any experience. Then
again, it does cost a chunk.
On 2/11/2017 1:44 AM, Don H via Talk wrote:
I find a lot of pdf documents that will open in adobe reader that WE
will only say top and bottom and not read what is displayed on the
screen. The only remedy I have found so far is to use NVDA instead of
WE to read these files. Is theere a way to get WE to read them?
Running latest WE ona Win 10 system.
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