I’ve found that the PDF viewer included in Google Chrome works well with screen readers. If the document is a scanned image, then I run ABBYY FineReader on it.

Hi Mike, Yes, I know that this is an option, but I’m generally not a fan of this approach. It doesn’t really address the issue Thanks anyway,.

Hi, Joseph. I submitted a bug report to Adobe about Acrobat Reader DC and this document. The problem occurs not only with JAWS, but also using Narrator in Windows 10, without JAWS loaded. Bill

Hi Cristóbal & Steve, What if you put the phrase, List box Connectivity to your server. Connected Into the Jaws dictionary Add / Actual word field and put a space into the Replacement word

It will get stuck, unless you switch to “Read raw print stream”. Bill White billwhite92701@...

Hi: Thanks a lot. JFW seems to get stuck at 79 per cent. Thanks again!

Hi, Joseph. I have written you privately and put the pdf document you wanted in Microsoft Word, docx format. Please let me know if you would prefer the document in another format. Bill White

What about QRead? I love that program, though I do not have it on the computer that has the newest JAWS version. Sharon

Thanks, I’ll give that a look. The document is pretty straight forward, but, Adobe freezes in the middle of processing—maybe that’s actually JFW freezing. Maybe Adobe is just fine with

It works better if you use the “Change reading options setting in the Edit menu, and choose “Raw print stream. Bill White billwhite92701@...

I’ve always found it usable, but clunky as hell.

Apart from the fact that a large document say with 20 or 30 pages or even more takes a while to load I have no problems with ACrobat Readder being sluggish, once the document has loaded I can navigate

Acrobat is always kind of sluggish. If it’s not a scanned image document and is straightforward in general (iE, an etext or something), you can use qRead. It’s a nice little programme that very

No, it won’t help, I’m on Highlighted and it still does it. All the best Steve

No, it’s Outlook telling you that you are connected to the IMAP server. JAWS is just relaying information. All the best steve

Another option is to use the “recognize with JAWS feature, and bypass Adobe Acrobat DC altogether. Bill White billwhite92701@...

Hi, make sure adobes accessibility settings are correct. Also if this is a tag document jaws will not work properly or adobe will be sluggish. Get Outlook for iOS

Hi listers: Recently, I have been needing to access some PDF’s. For some reason, whenever I try to use Acrobat Reader DC, the program seems to be very sluggish, sometimes, even unresponsive.

Well, it won't erase your current version, so you have nothing to lose but a little time and space. The beta fixed my thunderbird problem, and hasn't broken anything I can find yet.

Hi Brian, I'm using Firefox. When I press Ctrl + F, the JAWS virtual find replaces the browser find window. If I'm at the top of the page and search for Settings, it takes me to the Chat settings