[JAWSLite] Re: pdf on the net

Wayne,

I found that whenever Jaws said empty document, It means to me that 
Adobe is reading an image document. I do believe that should alert 
you what you are trying to read. At least, that is what I look for.

Lennie

At 03:45 PM 1/14/2009, you wrote:
>Thanks Lennie.  I am sure you are right.  I just received an e-mail with 4
>pdf attachments.  Three of them I was able to open and read with no trouble
>but the fourth one kept giving me a message, Empty Document.  I printed it
>and scanned it and it was full of text.
>
>I think I am going to e-mail Adobe and ask if there is a way to identify the
>type of pdf docs and let us know.
>
>Wayne
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Lennie Rinaldi
>Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:20 PM
>To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: pdf on the net
>
>Wayne,
>
>I ran into this problem too using version 8 of Adobe Reader.
>
>I think that the PDF document is an image and the only way to read it
>is to do what you did. I often print an image document and scan it to
>read the text.
>
>Just thought that you might like to know.
>
>Lennie
>
>At 12:42 PM 1/14/2009, you wrote:
> >Thanks for trying.  I did download the Accessible version of Adobe Reader
>9,
> >but the two attachments that were unreadable before the download are still
> >unreadable afterward.  I print them, scan them in Open Book and there they
> >ar.
> >
> >Wayne
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >On Behalf Of G.W. Cox
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:51 PM
> >To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: pdf on the net
> >
> >Go to your help menu on version 8 and upgrade to version 9. Somewhere along
> >the line, there will be a dialogue for accessibility settings.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "wayne b smith" <waynesoundsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:00 PM
> >Subject: [JAWSLite] pdf on the net
> >
> >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > >
> > > I was using Adobe Reader 7 and reading pdf files that came as e-mail
> > > attachments with no problem.  Then, I downloaded Adobe Reader 8 and the
> > > trouble began.  Most of the files that come as attachments are
>unreadable,
> > > often saying Unknown Zone.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > When I save one of these attachments to My Documents and then open it
> > > reads
> > > just fine.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Recently, a ministry in Florida sent me a pdf flier that I could not
>read.
> > > I called them and a woman said that she checked it and it was fine.  She
> > > suggested that I print it.  I did, and when I scanned the page it was
>all
> > > there.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Do these issues ring any bells with any of you?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Wayne
> > >
> > >
> > >
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