How many pages is the file and how long did you wait?

I notice that some people recommend Thunderbird as a JAWS-friendly email client. I have used this program for many years, initially with NVDA and now with JAWS 2019. While Thunderbird does technically

I’m a little confused here. Did you use JAWS OCR, insert+space, o, d? You didn’t mention having done that. Assuming you did, as you likely did, then I would definitely run a dedicated OCR

 Hi Kevin, If you have Openbook installed you can use it to read this empty PDF file by doing the following: 1. Open the file and press, Control + P, for the print command. 2. After the printer

If it’s like the problem I was having today, you might also try loading the Touch cursor once you think the OCR is done and seeing if it then reads. I could see text in the viewer today, but JAWS

Whenever I receive files of this nature and all else fails; I open the document, though it indicates no text, print it out, and then use another OCR program to scan and reat. Such as, Openbook,

If you're willing to send me a copy of the PDF I can at least take a look at it. You have to remember that the author has absolutely nothing to do with the typesetting of a book. That's the

I purchased a book titled accessibility handbook - making 508 compliance web sites. It is a Kindle book. Jaws was able to read all but the text in a picture format. So I talked to the publisher about

Hi: You might want to try this--- Unload JAWS and then restart JAWS either from your Desktop or shortcut key then see if it reads. I have been noticing this problem on occasion with not only PDF

Do you know what the content of the file is (and I mean that generally)? It is entirely possible that there is no text that can be OCRed, for example, if the file is several pages of photographs. --

Hello, I’m using windows10 and Jaws2018. I received a PDF file that Jaws will not read. I tried to use the OCR in Jaws and that didn’t read it as well. I put the cursor on the file name in

I'm not fond of Facebook, but I consider the regular site to be usable. A keystroke that really helps, and must be fairly new to JAWS, is q for Main Region. I also find the combo box for other pages

That is just how it works in outlook 2016. The other key combpo that works is control-shift-tab. Then arrow up and down the list or use first letter navigation. -- Kimberly

I think Jaws 2019 is a bust. Strange things happen. When 2019 loads, none of my desktop shortcuts work. If I unload 2019 and load 2018, they work again. Given the other issues folks have been talking

Along with Jaws reading strange things now I have noticed that when I try to arrow through a word to get the spelling, I get nothing. No voice at all. It is also doing this on Web pages. Angie

For anyone who's considering using the Win10 Mail App I would suggest you have a look at what David Moore has written with regard to using it along with the People and Calendar Apps that is in the

I have not made any changes to my Microsoft Word 2016 ot to Jaws 19 but all of a sudden I am hearing as I type in Word. Words 67! Words 67! P 2, p4, words 687. I am not sue what is going

Hi Richard, Give the following a try to see if it'll work in Word 2016: I recently learned of a command, windows key plus ;, *semicolon*, which opens up a list box that gives you the options of

It’s probably a different strokes for different folks deal, but for me, I find using the favorites section for switching between inboxes much quicker and more convenient this way. I’ve never

I have that many as well and I hit control-y and the first letter of the account I want to check. Maybe I should look at the favorites, but it is hard to imagine it makes things any