John, I've never tryed Text Aloud, heard of it loads over the years but... Can you still scroll in the document with the arrows, or will it just play the file back using a sapi voice like a media player? Dj Paddy ----- Original Message ----- From: john coley To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:08 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: a good alternative to adobe reader accessible with JFW? Hi Lyn, do you want to keep the format unchanged, or do you just want to read the text? If you only need to read the text Text Aloud will convert pdf to text, and will do it extremely quickly, literally in a couple of seconds. It isn't free though. For ease of use though it's the best program for doing it that I've found. Once you've told Windows you want to open pdf files with text aloud that's all you need to do. when you click on a pdf text aloud will convert and put the text file in the same folder as the pdf. John. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lyn & Twinny To: access UK Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:56 AM Subject: [access-uk] a good alternative to adobe reader accessible with JFW? Hi list, I was wondering if any of you knew of a good, possibly free alternative to the bulky adobe reader to read .PDF files? Accessible with Jaws too of course. I would appreciate any feedback on this. Thanks a lot. Lyn & Twinny ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.13/1914 - Release Date: 24/01/2009 20:40