Re: Reading books in PDF format with JAWS 7
- From: "Victor Bishara Real Estate" <victorbishara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:40:53 -0700
Thank you Debbie. If I contact the author about accessibility, most likely
they don't even no what is what. Are there any specific questions you
suggest I ask?
Thank you
victor
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Debbie Scales" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Reading books in PDF format with JAWS 7
> Victor honestly it all depends on the book. Some e-books are completely
> accessible and read like any other PDF file. Some are encrypted for
> security reasons and can't be read by a screen reader. I suppose the
theory
> is that a screen reader interfaces with the text in such a way it would be
> as if a sighted user could "copy and paste" it. Make sure you are using
the
> latest version of the acrobat reader version 7.07 to get the best results,
> which has tried to address some of these security issues. This is what
> the jaws help system says about adobe reader and this issue.
> The accessibility of a PDF file depends on how the document was authored.
> While JAWS makes PDF documents far more accessible than ever before, some
> files may still not read properly. Information on authoring accessible PDF
> documents is available at http://access.adobe.com/
> Debbie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Victor Bishara Real Estate" <victorbishara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 12:37 PM
> Subject: Reading books in PDF format with JAWS 7
>
>
>
> Hello:
>
> I like to purchase a book available in PDF format. Any one has
experieince
> with how accessible and feasible reading these books?
>
> Thank you
>
> Victor
> èc-
>
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