[access-uk] Re: give away of the day - pdf conversion tool

  • From: "Vanja Sudar" <vanja@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:34:39 -0000

Hi,

I have just installed this software and from what I seen so far it doesn't seem 
accessible at all. Granted, I haven't actually tried to convert a file, but I'm 
not even sure how to do it.

When the software installed it wasn't very visible to jaws. Even when in the 
window, pressing insert+t did not read the title window. Jaws cursor did see a 
dialog, which told me that it was a trial version and that I had 10 conversions 
left and to "click here" to register. When I did click (it was very hard to 
focus the jaws cursor to that point( it just came with several edit fields, 
which weren't read by jaws, not even the jaws cursor, so I gave up for now. I 
couldn't even close the software. Alt+f4 did not work and not even jaws cursor 
could see any type of close button, so the only way I could close it was by 
terminating the process from the task manager.

Potentially this seems like the great tool, but if we're not able to use it not 
much good. I do admit though that as yet I haven't tested this with any other 
screenreader. It would be useful if anyone else has tried this yet and had 
different or better luck with this, either with jaws or of course any other 
screenreader.
Vanja
http://www.sudar.co.uk
http://mashupradio.net
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Adrian Higginbotham 
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:16 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] give away of the day - pdf conversion tool


  todays give away of the day is a tool which can convert pdf files in to 
editable ms Word documents, html, and otehr formats.  haven't tested he 
application for accessibility myself yet but to get your hands on something 
that usually costs $30 it's gotta be worth a try.
  free for today only from
  http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/pdfzilla/


  Adrian Higginbotham,

  Manager, Leading edge research

  Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994

  Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx

  Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/

  BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ 

   

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