Re: Alternatives to Adobe reader that are jaws friendly
- From: naboukhad nassr <naboukhadnassr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 17:17:43 +0200
Thanks Elf. I'll try what you suggested. I'll download the last version, right?
Thank you.
On 2/1/11, The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> naboukhad,
> why don't you uninstall adobe and reinstall a fresh version to fix that
> problem, I use the stock adobe all the time and have no problems with it as
> far as straight operation goes.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "naboukhad nassr" <naboukhadnassr@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 12:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Alternatives to Adobe reader that are jaws friendly
>
>
>> Hi. As an alternative, I suggest that you use a PDF to Word converter.
>> Many times I wait for a document to open with Adobe Reader, and when
>> it finishes loading it crashes and says "adobe reader has stopped
>> working".
>> An accessible converter is "Very PDF to word converter". Website:
>> www.verypdf.com. You convert once and use MSWord then.
>> Hope this was useful info.
>>
>> On 1/30/11, Yadiel Sotomayor <yadosotomayor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> ?You could use an OCR program to open PDF files. I usually use openbook
>>> instead of using adobe reader. Noe thing though, Open book is expensive,
>>> so
>>> If you don't have it it is not an option.
>>>
>>>
>>> From: JM Casey
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:06 PM
>>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Alternatives to Adobe reader that are jaws friendly
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone.
>>>
>>> So I really hate adobe reader. It's ridiculously huge when all I want to
>>> do
>>> is read text, installs a speed launcher in memory that I don't want, and
>>> crashes almost every time I close it. There are a number of other
>>> programmes
>>> out there that sensible people use, like PDF XChange viewer, but I
>>> haven't
>>> heard much from jaws users on this subject. This list is pretty much my
>>> only
>>> contact with the screenreading community in general and I don't really
>>> have
>>> the time or inclination to try a bunch of programmes until I find one
>>> that
>>> works. I know adobe reader has special accessibility features and so
>>> abandoning their horrible software might not be as easy for us as it is
>>> for
>>> sighted users. Any thoughts? Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yadiel J. Sotomayor
>>>
>>> E-MAIL: yadosotomayor@xxxxxxxxxxx
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