RE: Is readability of PDF files [by JAWS] affected by the document being tagged
- From: "David Weddle" <ddweddle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:20:07 -0700
Yes PDF files are problematic at times. I don't know about the Tagged
option, but as I understand it there is a Secure option which if turned
on by the creator of the PDF file, makes the file unreadable by JAWS.
In my job at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
I am seeing this more and more with memoes sent by our headquarters
office in Sacramento which carry the signature of the agency Ssecretary,
division Director, or the like. The explanation from Sacramento is that
they don't want any receiver to change the memo in any way or copy the
signature to another piece of correspondence. But all it does for me is
to prevent me from reading it in which case I have to print and scan it
or have someone read it to me, like in the old days. I hope that FS can
'crack the nut' of better access to reading PDF files sometime in the
not too distant future.
Take care...
Dave Weddle
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Patricia A. Thorsen
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 12:21 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Is readability of PDF files [by JAWS] affected by the document
being tagged
I am doing testing of a private database service using JAWS. I know
that PDF files can be problematic, in terms of JAWS being able to read
them. If a PDF file is not tagged, does that mean that JAWS will not be
able to read it. I needed to read a PDF file and when JAWS did not read
it, I checked the properties tab, which indicated that the file was not
tagged. My sense is that the tagging is at the heart of the issue,
because the screen reader needs some text to read in order to interpret
the information. Yet, it also seems to me to be too simple of an
explanation.
I may have other testing issues at play here, but, I wanted to determine
if my suspision about PDF files was anywhere close to being accurate. If
I can learn something I have no problem with appearing to be a fool.
Thanks for your help.
Patty Thorsen
May we together go dancing,
May we together sing,
With feet tripping lighter than air,
May we together go singing
With spirits ignited
May we light up this day.
Written on a dare
From a friend at Cabrini Catholic Church,
To write something about light.
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