You might try WWW.Empowermentzone.com . Jamal who might be on this list has an extensive library of blind friendly apps and I believe he has something for this PDF issue. Jim ________________________________ From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anna Giller Sent: June 5, 2009 10:19 To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] pdf files with Java Hello Everyone! I purchased an e-book in PDF format, and JAWS refuses to read it, Saying "Protection Error". For some reason Adobe option "Save as Text" is disabled for this file. Is it possible to right Java program to convert this PDF file to a text file? Thanks in advance for any type of help, Anna