In that case, correct me if I'm wrong please, but wouldn’t jaws convenient OCR reader might help, or something like kerzweil 1000 which could try to make a tiff of the scanned pdf, then recognise that.-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 15 March 2014 12:40 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Adobe Reader XI help Have you tried Adobe's own internal reader. Of all places, it's in the View Menu at the bottom and is called "Read Out Loud". If that fails, then it is almost 100 certain that the file you are trying to read is a scanned file and so basically just an image of text. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Summers Sent: 15 March 2014 12:13 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Adobe Reader XI help Hello, I am trying to read .pdf files with Adobe Reader XI, and can't. All I get is, text frame. Please could someone send me instructions. I am using XP and NVDA. Andrew ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq