I restarted and reinstalled adobe.  I guess removing and reinstalling jaws is where I'm going next since the repair didn't do the trick.


Thanks for the idea.


CH


On 2/27/2019 20:04, Flor Lynch wrote:

Have you restarted the desktop since the problem manifested itself? If the problem persisted after a restart, consider a completely fresh install of JAWS2019 on the desktop.

-----Original Message----- From: Chris Hill
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 1:27 AM
To: jfw@groups.io
Subject: Adobe reader dc and jaws.

Well, this one has me beat.  I'm running the latest version of both
programs on two different computers.  My desktop will no longer read
pdf's.  They show up blank and jaws ocr won't start.  It is working fine
on my laptop.  NVDA reads pdf's fine on my desktop, but now jaws won't
do it at all.  I've repaired Jaws and that didn't help.  Any ideas?

Where can I get the desktop client for Zoom?



Love in Christ
Marty
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the

spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to
resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Ephesians 6:12, 13
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Nutt
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:51 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hi,

Note these won't work in the browser version of Zoom, which is why I
recommend to Jessica that she install the desktop client.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: 26 February 2019 14:22
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hello,
On this page you will find all the information on the keyboard shortcuts
you
can use with Zoom on all platforms.

ortcuts-for-Zoom

HTH,
Richard


-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jessica D
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 6:12 AM
To: Jaws user list <main@jfw.groups.io>
Subject: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hello,
Last Night, I attended a zoom meeting.

I wanted to ask questions, but couldn't find the chat box, and the host
had
my audio muted.

I was using the client inside Chrome.

Does anyone have any tips for navigating this version of zoom?

Have you restarted the desktop since the problem manifested itself? If the problem persisted after a restart, consider a completely fresh install of JAWS2019 on the desktop.

-----Original Message----- From: Chris Hill
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 1:27 AM
To: jfw@groups.io
Subject: Adobe reader dc and jaws.

Well, this one has me beat.  I'm running the latest version of both
programs on two different computers.  My desktop will no longer read
pdf's.  They show up blank and jaws ocr won't start.  It is working fine
on my laptop.  NVDA reads pdf's fine on my desktop, but now jaws won't
do it at all.  I've repaired Jaws and that didn't help.  Any ideas?

I'm not a Google fan, and you are right, the outlook calendar is far
better.
But, are you still going to be using Office, or have to use the online
Google interface?
I couldn't imagine being nearly as productive with the Google interface.
Good luck,
Richard



The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't
have any." -- Alice Walker


On Feb 27, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Amy Bower
<abower@whoi.edu<mailto:abower@whoi.edu>> wrote:

I just learned that my institution might be switching all of its emailing
and calendaring system to Google products. As a long-term Outlook user, this
bums me out a lot. I haven’t used Google products much since my first
attempts were incredibly frustrating. I think they have come some ways in
making their products more accessible to screen readers, but my sense is
still that accessibility is still more clunky and cumbersome than e.g.,
Outlook.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who is a power Google user with
Jaws, who can hopefully reassure me that I won’t have to spend weeks
learning how to use Google mail etc with Jaws. I’ve struggled through
learning how to use Google calendar because I had to for other reasons, but
even after 6 months, I find it more cumbersome to use than Outlook. If
anyone can point to resources where the accessibility of e.g. Outlook and
Google are compared and assessed, that would be helpful. I know there are
online resources, including at Freedom Scientific (or whatever they call
themselves this week), and the Google people have an accessibility
department etc, but when all is said and done, is the accessibility within
the Google environment as efficient as in Outlook? I’m not sure I can stop
the train at my institution at this point, but I’m willing to try anything.
Thanks.
-Amy
Dr. Amy S. Bower
Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Department of Physical Oceanography
MS #21
226 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
v: 508-289-2781
f: 508-457-2181
e: abower@whoi.edu<mailto:abower@whoi.edu>
www: http://www.whoi.edu/scientist/abower

I just learned that my institution might be switching all of its emailing and calendaring system to Google products. As a long-term Outlook user, this bums me out a lot. I haven’t used Google products much since my first attempts were incredibly frustrating. I think they have come some ways in making their products more accessible to screen readers, but my sense is still that accessibility is still more clunky and cumbersome than e.g., Outlook.

I would be interested to hear from anyone who is a power Google user with Jaws, who can hopefully reassure me that I won’t have to spend weeks learning how to use Google mail etc with Jaws. I’ve struggled through learning how to use Google calendar because I had to for other reasons, but even after 6 months, I find it more cumbersome to use than Outlook. If anyone can point to resources where the accessibility of e.g. Outlook and Google are compared and assessed, that would be helpful. I know there are online resources, including at Freedom Scientific (or whatever they call themselves this week), and the Google people have an accessibility department etc, but when all is said and done, is the accessibility within the Google environment as efficient as in Outlook? I’m not sure I can stop the train at my institution at this point, but I’m willing to try anything. Thanks.

-Amy

Dr. Amy S. Bower

Senior Scientist and Department Chair

Department of Physical Oceanography

MS #21

226 Woods Hole Road

Woods Hole, MA  02543  USA

v:  508-289-2781

f: 508-457-2181

e: abower@...

www: http://www.whoi.edu/scientist/abower

 

Where can I get the desktop client for Zoom?



Love in Christ
Marty
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the

spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to
resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Ephesians 6:12, 13
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Nutt
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:51 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hi,

Note these won't work in the browser version of Zoom, which is why I
recommend to Jessica that she install the desktop client.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: 26 February 2019 14:22
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hello,
On this page you will find all the information on the keyboard shortcuts
you
can use with Zoom on all platforms.

ortcuts-for-Zoom

HTH,
Richard


-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jessica D
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 6:12 AM
To: Jaws user list <main@jfw.groups.io>
Subject: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hello,
Last Night, I attended a zoom meeting.

I wanted to ask questions, but couldn't find the chat box, and the host
had
my audio muted.

I was using the client inside Chrome.

Does anyone have any tips for navigating this version of zoom?

Where can I get the desktop client for Zoom?



Love in Christ
Marty
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the

spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to
resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Ephesians 6:12, 13
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Nutt
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:51 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hi,

Note these won't work in the browser version of Zoom, which is why I
recommend to Jessica that she install the desktop client.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: 26 February 2019 14:22
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hello,
On this page you will find all the information on the keyboard shortcuts
you
can use with Zoom on all platforms.

ortcuts-for-Zoom

HTH,
Richard


-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jessica D
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 6:12 AM
To: Jaws user list <main@jfw.groups.io>
Subject: Using zoom in Chrome, with jaws?

Hello,
Last Night, I attended a zoom meeting.

I wanted to ask questions, but couldn't find the chat box, and the host
had
my audio muted.

I was using the client inside Chrome.

Does anyone have any tips for navigating this version of zoom?

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: 26 February 2019 19:32
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: How to append digital signature to a pdf

Steve and Adekoya,

           I cannot find any blessed way to activate the Fill & Sign using the keyboard, and even if I activated it with the mouse, the dropdown menu under the Sign option is not accessible either via the keyboard nor, when I mouse over it, does it read anything relevant (Add signature versus Add initials).  Adobe has clearly done a poor job with accessibility in the Reader DC version of Acrobat Reader, which is a shame since they both invented the PDF format and had pretty much been "the gold standard" of accessibility with screen readers.

           Adekoya, what you had been asking about is an electronic signature, and I hate to even call it that.  I do the same thing in Excel spreadsheets and it amounts to inserting a scanned image of your actual signature.  There are some entities that will accept that, but many will not.

           I have found that PDF-XChange Editor has become more accessible than it had been at its release, and it has true digital signature capability, but that is not the same thing as inserting an image of a signature, and it is not supported in the free version of the program.

           I very seldom edit PDFs, and the ones I have to sign, such as my tax forms, generally download as editable for the form fields and allow me to save the filled-out form, including a typed "signature" which is accepted.

           If this is for a PDF form that you will use again and again and again, and can manage the rest of it in your PDF Editor of choice, this is a time where a sighted assistant could insert the electronic scanned signature into a blank copy, then that could be your template each time you need to use it in the future.

            I'm actually downright shocked at how inaccessible Reader DC is for other than strictly reading.
--

Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763  

   Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.

         ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA The Sage of Baltimore