From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: February 26, 2019 10:58 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: How to append digital signature to a pdf

I'll dig into this at some point today.   

I have not tried this with Adobe Reader DC and don't try everything when it comes to programs that have been historically well supported by screen readers and that have been very largely accessible.  I'll try to figure out what the bump in the road happens to be and whether there's a keyboard shortcut or other method around it.
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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

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2:32 PM
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.
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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

Hello, everyone.

Occasionally, when I download a file from Firefox, I get an alert saying that the file has been stored in a temporary file folder on my computer’s C. Drive.

The file path is often quite long, and I sometimes have to download the file several times in order to get enough of an idea of the path to actually find the file.

I tried using the Jaws cursor to re-read the file path, but was not successful.

Is there a better way to re-read the download file path?

I’m sure there’s a way to go into Firefox and tell it where I want all downloaded files to go, but I haven’t figured that procedure out yet.

Thanks for any help.

Tom Behler

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: 26 February 2019 15:58
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: How to append digital signature to a pdf

I'll dig into this at some point today.   

I have not tried this with Adobe Reader DC and don't try everything when it comes to programs that have been historically well supported by screen readers and that have been very largely accessible.  I'll try to figure out what the bump in the road happens to be and whether there's a keyboard shortcut or other method around it.
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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

Hello, everyone.

Occasionally, when I download a file from Firefox, I get an alert saying that the file has been stored in a temporary file folder on my computer’s C. Drive.

The file path is often quite long, and I sometimes have to download the file several times in order to get enough of an idea of the path to actually find the file.

I tried using the Jaws cursor to re-read the file path, but was not successful.

Is there a better way to re-read the download file path?

I’m sure there’s a way to go into Firefox and tell it where I want all downloaded files to go, but I haven’t figured that procedure out yet.

Thanks for any help.

Tom Behler

Unfortunately, making the upgrade available requires the manufacturer's input, and HP wasn't willing to do that on the machine I was fighting with. Sometimes different hardware really is the answer.


I've never had a problem like that before or since, but there it is.




On 2/23/2019 10:24, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:

Not something I ever came across, I even had an old PC at my store from 2008 which had an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, one of these E-series ones with 2 M cache running at 2.60 GHz and with an 800 MHz front side bus upgraded to windows 10 and it ran OK. Anyhow, one should think a BIOS upgrade might fix that if the BIOS is the problem.
Maybe there is another reason why Robbie didn't upgrade, I was just curious. Since Jaws 2018 was mentioned the screenreader certainly wouldn't be a problem.

Regards,
Sieghard

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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris Hill
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:07 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: JAWS and Chrome

There are some computers that due to bios incompatibility won't run windows 10 even though they will run windows 8.


CH



On 2/22/2019 22:27, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:

Just curious, but why would you still use Windows 8.1 when Windows 10 is so much better?

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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Robbie Curtis
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:52 AM
To: jfw@groups.io
Subject: JAWS and Chrome

Good Afternoon All,


I am having an issue with JAWS not seeing all the links in Chrome. Has anyone else had this issue or know which settings in JAWS I need to enable? I am using JAWS 2018 and Windows 8.1.


Thanks in advance.

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Hello,
I have a pdf that i need to sign. I have my signature in a word document and
jpeg format. Rather than printing, sign and scan, how do i append my digital
signature to the exact line i want it to reflect in the pdf.

Thank

Sent from my iPhone

Hi Brian,

Can you get to Fill And Sign using the keyboard?  I haven’t found it yet.

Thanks.

All the best

Steve

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: 25 February 2019 16:10
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: How to append digital signature to a pdf

I know what it is you're trying to do, as I do it myself for billing sheets I submit, but I hasten to add that this is not a digital signature.

Digital signing is a thing of its own and requires no image file of any kind.  If the entity accepting the file allows digital signatures you can simply insert one on the file itself using your PDF reader or editor of choice (if it's got the digital signing feature, and most do).

See:  How to Electronically Sign PDF Documents Without Printing and Scanning Them
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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

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: 25 February 2019 16:10
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: How to append digital signature to a pdf

I know what it is you're trying to do, as I do it myself for billing sheets I submit, but I hasten to add that this is not a digital signature.

Digital signing is a thing of its own and requires no image file of any kind.  If the entity accepting the file allows digital signatures you can simply insert one on the file itself using your PDF reader or editor of choice (if it's got the digital signing feature, and most do).

See:  How to Electronically Sign PDF Documents Without Printing and Scanning Them
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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

Hi, Everyone.
Using JFW18 with a Braille display. I'm needing to proof documents
with the display and am not seeing things show up, like indents. JFW
announces them when I navigate with speech reading line by line with
the arrow keys, but I was hoping to be able to see formatting like
indents on the display itself without having to use speech with apps
like Word. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Dani

Thanks,
Dani .