Re: Can anyone open PDFs with Jaws really

Sorry for my way of expressing some ideas!
but I think there are some .pdf's files bad built, I mean built in wrong way, 
or something similar, so when you open those with the program, I am using adobe 
accrobat reader 8,the screen readers support can't recognize anything on it.
 Whenever it happens I use OpenBook to read this file, usually it works fine.
But my first, .pdf file is opened with adobe accrobat and I can read 
confortably if I want in a loud voice or with JAWS.
HTH
Esperanza Villafuerte

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Mote 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:16 PM
  Subject: Re: Can anyone open PDFs with Jaws really


  Does Open Book work the same when it comes to reading PDF files?  Just a 
question?

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Dean Martineau 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:37 PM
    Subject: RE: Can anyone open PDFs with Jaws really


    Hi, Jim.  There are a number of things to look at here.  One is whether the 
pdf documents people are sending you contain text.  If they don't, you need to 
perform OCR on them with a program designed to read print, so that the text 
wwill be recognized and turned into readable text.  

     

     

    When you say you have the latest version of Adobe Reader, I assume you mean 
version 8.  It would be interesting to know what happens when you try to open a 
pdf document with this version.  

     

    There is a third-party program that some people like to use, pdf2txt.  It 
is free, and it can do a limited job of performing OCR on the pdf's that are 
just pictures of text. You can get it at 

     

    http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe

     

    If you already use the EdSharp editor, the pdf conversion routine is 
included in it.

     

    This should get you started.  Pdf documents are mostly quite usable, so we 
should be able to figure this out.

     

    Dean

     

    From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Jim Talley
    Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 11:52 AM
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: Can anyone open PDFs with Jaws really

     

    Hi all, People keep sending me PDF documents. I have the latest Adobe 
software, yet I can not open the documents. Can any of you help me. I am using 
Jaws 7.0 with Win XP home. Is there third party software for this task.  Thank 
you in advance!

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