[bookshare-discuss] Re: pdf files
- From: "Larry Lumpkin" <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:49:29 -0500
In the preferences settings of Adobe, in the reading page, you can uncheck a
checkbox which has something to do with setting the number of pages adobe
will read before sending material to the interface one page at a time. That
will allow you to invoke JAWS say-allk and the document will read
normally--that is--if the document is one that will read in the adobe
accessibility ingerface.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Bond" <wildblinker007@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:02 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: pdf files
> Painfully. It works alright, but as far as I have seen you have to tell it
> to turn to the next page; you can't just read all of it with the say all
> command. Also, and this is probably more of a problem with the reader than
> with the JAWS interface, but it has a tendency to run very, very slowly on
> my computer, and sometimes crash my older one. Reading PDF documents on
the
> web is a nightmare for me.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Jimmy.Weber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 5:09 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: pdf files
>
>
> > Susan,
> > Thanks for the information. I don't need the information for personal
> > use, but through my job. I am a Disability Program Navigator--this
> > position is on a Federally funded demonstration grant through the state
> > Workforce Systems to help reduce the unemployment rate among people with
> > disabilities. We are Systems Change agents. In order to help all people
> > with disabilities we must be sure that material is available for all in
a
> > format they can access & understand it.
> > A colleague had mentioned to me that pdf files could not be read with
any
> > of the screen reader type programs so I thought I would ask the people
who
> > would know the best. I have had a physical disability for only 3 years,
> > but in that time I have come to understand and see too often people
> > without any disabilities "the professionals" will spend their time
sitting
> > in offices or elsewhere in meetings with other people "professionals"
who
> > do not have a disability and decide what people with disabilities need.
> > How does JAWS react to pdf files?
> > Thanks,
> > Jimmy Weber
> > Disability Program Navigator
> > Siouxland Tri-State Workforce Development Center
> > 2508 4th Street
> > Sioux City, Iowa 51101-2298
> > voice: 712-233-9030, ext 1045; fax 712-277-8438
> > tty: 1-800-831-1399
> > jimmy.weber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > www.iowaworkforce.org/access/navigators.htm
> > "Assistive Devices are tools for liberation, not devices for
confinement.
> > The absence of assistive devices can be confinement."
> >
> > Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request for individuals
> > with disabilities. Equal Opportunity Employer/Program.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Susan Wojtecki"@IWDWEB
> > Sent by: @IWDWEB
> > 07/13/2004 07:36 AM
> > Please respond to bookshare-discuss
> >
> >
> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > cc:
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: pdf files
> >
> >
> > Jimmy,
> > There is a program that costs about $60 for the full version that is
> > supposed to unlock the security on PDF documents called Advanced
Password
> > Recovery. There appears to be a demo version for use on smaller files,
so
> > maybe you can try it and see whether it meets your needs. As Mary said,
> > the
> > accessibility of these critters varies and I don't pretend to know how
it
> > works. There are a couple of addresses to which you can send PDF files
as
> > attachments and have them returned as text files, hopefully someone can
> > steer you to these as I have not done this in a while and can't quite
> > remember. However, this cannot be accomplished on locked files since
they
> > usually have restrictions on copying, printing, etc. i recently
purchased
> > a
> > PDF reference on cd-rom which had limited accessibility and found out
the
> > hard way that OpenBook could not help in this situation, so I can only
say
> > it depends.
> >
> > If you want to check out the Password Recovery program, go to
> > http://www.elcomsoft.com/apdfpr.html for information. hth.
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
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