[bksvol-discuss] Re: world e book fair is here for 2008

  • From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:17:36 -0700

Actually the latest version of adobe acrobat reader is 9, ann, here's the link:
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/reader/

And it proves to be accessible, hope this all helps whoever is in need
of this, Chela

On 7/7/08, Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sue, this sounds very much like u need to adjust your adobe settings.
> & that probably warrants private contact--would that be permissible?
>
> On 7/7/08, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ann,
>>
>> My past experience with trying to read PDF files after conversion has been
>> with newsletters and my local newspaper.  Yes, the display does show those
>> things, and although I selected the whole document for my newspaper, I
>> could
>> only view one page.  When I would try to bring up the next page it didn't
>> work.
>>
>> It is kind of you to offer to convert book files for me.  Thanks.  I will
>> see what is on that huge consortium.  They may not have anything I want.
>> <grin>
>>
>> Sue S.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 6:09 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: world e book fair is here for 2008
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Actually, Sue, this is disinformation.  There are many PDF books on
>> that site, true.  However, not all of them are PDF.  Many are HTML or TXT.
>>
>> As for Acrobat Reader, what version do you have?  the newest versions,
>> 7 and 8, have a dialog that pops up when you 'enter' on a PDF file.  It
>> says a couple of things like giving you a radio button for how to read
>> the file, take the default unless you know differently.  Then it wants
>> to know if it should do the whole file or just a few pages.   Tell it
>> you want it to do the whole blessed file.  Then, it will have a "go"
>> button or hmmm, I forget what it's called begin or start or something.
>> Anyway, press the spacebar on it, it's a button.  The program will just
>> sit there for a while, hmmm, about a minute or more and then it will
>> show you the top line of the thing.  Does the braille display read this
>> OK?  That may be the problem.
>>
>> Once you've gotten the PDF opened, you can save it as a text file.  The
>> PDF's on these libraries are mostly text ones and should work OK.
>> However, since this is a consortium, some of these may not work,
>> depending on where you get them.  It's sort of hit and miss.
>>
>> I'll tell you what, Sue.  If you want a couple of PDF's from there,
>> download them, and send them to me.  I'll convert them for you and send
>> them back.   I don't know if the braille display works in Adobe Reader.
>> If it doesn't, of course, that means your dead in the water.  Send 'em
>> to me.  I'll convert 'em for you.
>>
>> Hmmm, this is interesting.  Now you've got me curious.  I'm going to do
>> some experimenting if I get the chance.  I'll hook up the BN and see
>> what it does in Adobe here.  Darned idiots, if they're going to create
>> an accessible PDF reader, the least they could do is make it accessible
>> to braille displays!  <grrrr>
>>
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
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