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Re: unable to read PDF
Ashleigh Piccinino
Hello Kevin
I don’t know about converting A PDF document. However, can you check for me and see if jaws says, “empty document. “ of course, this is when you either up or down arrow through the document. If jaws says, “empty document, “but A cited helper knows there is something on your screen come The document could a scanned image. When pDFs are like this, you can usually press this hotkey. The insert key on your number pad (if you have a regular desktop sized keyboard) and the Space bar is a layered command in jaws. Press these two keys followed by the letter O to get to OCR.You are still not done. Press the D for a document. The screen reader will say, “OCR started. “It might take a while, but your document should come up, reading as if it were in word. Then, you can read through it, select it and pasted into another program such as words, of course after copying, or just hit the escape key. after you are done reading your OCR results, press escape Key. I hope this helps, and sorry for any miss spellings. Other than my instructions, I do not know how to help. Sorry about that. Thank you for your question, and I would be glad to help again if you need it, Ashleigh S Piccinino
On Apr 10, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Kevin Meyers <kevinmeyers@...> wrote:
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Re: unable to read PDF
If you are using Adobe Acrobat Reader do the following:
1. Go to Edit > Preferences, the keyboard shortcut is Control + K 2. In the categories list arrow down to Security (Enhanced) or you can also press “S” 3 times to get there 3. Tab once and you hear “Enable Protected Mode at startup”, if it says this is checked press the spacebar to uncheck it. You will get the following message/prompt: Adobe Acrobat Reader dialog For changes to take effect, you need to manually restart the application. Are you sure you want to continue? 4. Tab to Yes and activate it, then press Shift + Tab 3 times to get to the OK button and activate it. 5. Now close Acrobat Reader and reopen your document.
Regards, Sieghard
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Kevin Meyers
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 7:36 AM To: jfw@groups.io Subject: unable to read PDF
Hello, I’m using Jaws2018 and Windoes10. I opened a PDF file and Jaws doesn’t read anything. I didn’t even get the message where Jaws recognizes the PDF and gives option to scan it. I tried to save it as as a MS word file and I get the message I can download the Adobe version that allows me to convert. I use to be able to convert and something happened that no longer allows me to do so. Any thoughts of what I can do? Thanks, Kevin
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Re: unable to read PDF
Alyssa <lyssassong@...>
It sounds like it may be opening in Edge over Acrobat. If that’s the case, unfortunately JAWS 2018 won’t read it. You will need to download Acrobat from Adobe’s site.
-Alyssa
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kevin Meyers
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 10:36 AM To: jfw@groups.io Subject: unable to read PDF
Hello, I’m using Jaws2018 and Windoes10. I opened a PDF file and Jaws doesn’t read anything. I didn’t even get the message where Jaws recognizes the PDF and gives option to scan it. I tried to save it as as a MS word file and I get the message I can download the Adobe version that allows me to convert. I use to be able to convert and something happened that no longer allows me to do so. Any thoughts of what I can do? Thanks, Kevin
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unable to read PDF
Kevin Meyers <kevinmeyers@...>
Hello, I’m using Jaws2018 and Windoes10. I opened a PDF file and Jaws doesn’t read anything. I didn’t even get the message where Jaws recognizes the PDF and gives option to scan it. I tried to save it as as a MS word file and I get the message I can download the Adobe version that allows me to convert. I use to be able to convert and something happened that no longer allows me to do so. Any thoughts of what I can do? Thanks, Kevin
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Re: links not being read in chrome, but being read fine in IE
Zel Iscel
Hi Paul,
Would you be able to share which theme you use when you settle on one? Cheers Zel
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of paul lemm
Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2019 4:02 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: links not being read in chrome, but being read fine in IE
Hi Randy and Mohith
Thanks for offering to take a look at the page/links for me, that’s very kind and much appreciated. However, the webpage isn’t live yet so I can’t share it, but I’ve also found some other accessibility issues with the theme I am using , due to this and combined with the link issues I mentioned earlier, I have decided to use a different theme .
Again though a huge thanks for the offers of help
Paul
From:
main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Kevin Meyers
I have been creating web sites for a html/css class I’m taking. I could take a look at the actual code and maybe find out what is going on behind the sceens. Do you have the site you are looking at promoted so I can use a url to look at it?
From:
main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Randy Barnett
I have come across this with links when I am reading the MIT articles. Edge, Chrome and Firefox will just say link but IE says the name of the link...
Funny the oldist "outdated browser is the only one working correctly. So it is not that they arent labled correctly... Not sure why this happens but it is strange.
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Re: links not being read in chrome, but being read fine in IE
Randy Barnett
You will hear the following in IE but
not Edge, Chrome or Firefox: list of 6 items Link Facebook Link Twitter Link Reddit Link LinkedIn Link WhatsApp Link Email Here is the link the text is near the top before the article: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613285/the-uks-online-laws-could-be-the-future-of-the-internetand-thats-got-people-worried/?utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71575324&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Im2pCyP5sLaa_xrrjLAVc_2gqBwoVSGnPjoSitk2NWaJLYc8tSs-zmzbGV7zG7mBeoeMPxB7b8Jh7I_PNUFWhm8PU5IEas4Sxp9IaTEqYenab4jk&_hsmi=71575324
On 4/9/2019 3:49 AM, Kevin Meyers wrote:
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Re: Jaws 2019 announcing cropped text in Excel 2016
Ann Byrne
When you get into quick settings there is a search box. I can never remember the exact wording, so I type "vis" into the search box, and the only result is cell text visibility.
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Arrowing through the choices, it is under \Excel Settings\Workbook, Worksheet and Region Settings
At 05:57 PM 4/9/2019, you wrote:
Hi,
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Re: Jaws 2019 announcing cropped text in Excel 2016
Rick Mladek
Hi,
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I've opened up MS Excel and did the insert +V and then proceeded to go through the list, searching for: Text Visibility Detection I found nothing. Where is this hidden? Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 5:31 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Jaws 2019 announcing cropped text in Excel 2016 Go to quick settings, insert+v; search for Text Visibility Detection At 04:16 PM 4/9/2019, you wrote: Hi Everyone,
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Re: Jaws 2019 announcing cropped text in Excel 2016
Russell Solowoniuk
Hi Ann, This is perfect! I never would have searched for that text! Thanks so much, Russell
On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 3:34 PM AnnByrne <annakb@...> wrote: Go to quick settings, insert+v; search for
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Re: Jaws 2019 announcing cropped text in Excel 2016
Ann Byrne
Go to quick settings, insert+v; search for
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Text Visibility Detection
At 04:16 PM 4/9/2019, you wrote:
Hi Everyone,
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Jaws 2019 announcing cropped text in Excel 2016
Russell Solowoniuk
Hi Everyone,
Is there a way to have Jaws 2019 announce when text in a cell in Excel 2016 overflows the cell, or is "cropped"? I know that NVDA can do this, and someone told me that Jaws has a setting to enable this feature, but I can't find the setting, if it exists. Any ideas? Thanks, Russell
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Re: jaws reading junk
Dan Longmore
Yes, if we could just get screen readers to crash while reading any bills. Lol Dan
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of mike mcglashon
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 4:23 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: jaws reading junk
[Block quote] Keep in mind that JAWS, like all software, is imperfect and crashes are still often though not frequent and freezing is not nearly as bad. [End block quote]
Too bad we can’t say the same regarding the billing; It always seems to be perfect, no crashes whenst collecting money!!
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Dan Longmore
Yes, I am using JAWS 2019 and later versions seem to have resolved some of these issues. Keep in mind that JAWS, like all software, is imperfect and crashes are still often though not frequent and freezing is not nearly as bad.
Dan
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Don Walls
I have not had this happen but I also have a question about JAWS. I use Windows 10 and JAWS 17. At times JAWS will be reading a Word file and just freezes or goes away. By hitting control-alt-J I can retrieve JAWS, though at times have a wait on the return. Has anyone else experienced this?
Don
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Re: jaws reading junk
mike mcglashon
[Block quote] Keep in mind that JAWS, like all software, is imperfect and crashes are still often though not frequent and freezing is not nearly as bad. [End block quote]
Too bad we can’t say the same regarding the billing; It always seems to be perfect, no crashes whenst collecting money!!
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Dan Longmore
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 3:50 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: jaws reading junk
Yes, I am using JAWS 2019 and later versions seem to have resolved some of these issues. Keep in mind that JAWS, like all software, is imperfect and crashes are still often though not frequent and freezing is not nearly as bad.
Dan
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Don Walls
I have not had this happen but I also have a question about JAWS. I use Windows 10 and JAWS 17. At times JAWS will be reading a Word file and just freezes or goes away. By hitting control-alt-J I can retrieve JAWS, though at times have a wait on the return. Has anyone else experienced this?
Don
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Re: links not being read in chrome, but being read fine in IE
paul lemm
Hi Randy and Mohith
Thanks for offering to take a look at the page/links for me, that’s very kind and much appreciated. However, the webpage isn’t live yet so I can’t share it, but I’ve also found some other accessibility issues with the theme I am using , due to this and combined with the link issues I mentioned earlier, I have decided to use a different theme .
Again though a huge thanks for the offers of help
Paul
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kevin Meyers
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 11:49 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: links not being read in chrome, but being read fine in IE
I have been creating web sites for a html/css class I’m taking. I could take a look at the actual code and maybe find out what is going on behind the sceens. Do you have the site you are looking at promoted so I can use a url to look at it?
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Randy Barnett
I have come across this with links when I am reading the MIT articles. Edge, Chrome and Firefox will just say link but IE says the name of the link... Funny the oldist "outdated browser is the only one working correctly. So it is not that they arent labled correctly... Not sure why this happens but it is strange.
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Re: jaws reading junk
Dan Longmore
Yes, I am using JAWS 2019 and later versions seem to have resolved some of these issues. Keep in mind that JAWS, like all software, is imperfect and crashes are still often though not frequent and freezing is not nearly as bad.
Dan
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Don Walls
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 3:01 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: jaws reading junk
I have not had this happen but I also have a question about JAWS. I use Windows 10 and JAWS 17. At times JAWS will be reading a Word file and just freezes or goes away. By hitting control-alt-J I can retrieve JAWS, though at times have a wait on the return. Has anyone else experienced this?
Don
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Re: Outlook Issue Suddenly Cropping Up
Michael Mote
Have you checked in your Outlook settings to make sure that Outlook is set to play a sound when an email arrives? I wonder if the Outlook volume is muted for some reason in your volume mixer. You would need to check that once Outlook is open. Also, you may want to check in the Windows 10 notifications and see if you are set up to receive incoming notifications. Just type notifications in the search box on your Windows 10 computer. Maybe one of these will help you get your sound back.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Alyssa
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 5:59 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Outlook Issue Suddenly Cropping Up
Hi all.
This doesn’t affect JAWS directly, but I was hoping some of you may have had the same issue and have worked around it.
I had to reinstall Windows 10 on Sunday because it decided it would crash my laptop.
Outlook 2016 is no longer playing a sound when I receive mail. I have checked Outlook sound options, Windows sound options, and I even made sure Outlook was the default program for mail in case that was an issue. I’ve even Googled to an extent, but nothing I’ve done has fixed this problem.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
-Alyssa
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Re: jaws reading junk
Don Walls
I
have not had this happen but I also have a question about JAWS. I use
Windows 10 and JAWS 17. At times JAWS will be reading a Word file and just
freezes or goes away. By hitting control-alt-J I can retrieve JAWS, though
at times have a wait on the return. Has anyone else experienced
this? Don
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Outlook Issue Suddenly Cropping Up
Alyssa <lyssassong@...>
Hi all.
This doesn’t affect JAWS directly, but I was hoping some of you may have had the same issue and have worked around it.
I had to reinstall Windows 10 on Sunday because it decided it would crash my laptop.
Outlook 2016 is no longer playing a sound when I receive mail. I have checked Outlook sound options, Windows sound options, and I even made sure Outlook was the default program for mail in case that was an issue. I’ve even Googled to an extent, but nothing I’ve done has fixed this problem.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
-Alyssa
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jaws reading junk
Juan Hernandez
Hi All,
I have noticed for a while now probably since the march jaws 2019 update came out that jaws has been reading letters after the line of text for example,
Screen readers require that… scr scr scr
As you can see its repeting the first few letters after the line of text. This happens in the podcast notification in jaws the summery read only text box, it happens in tw blue in various dialogs etc.
Has anyone encountered this?
Best,
Juan
Juan Hernandez
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Two questions about accessing graphs/charts and or accessible price monitoring plugin
Cristóbal
Hello list, Two questions related to the same topic. Does anyone know of an accessible price tracking plug in be it for Chrome or Firefox? I’ve tried CamelCamelCamel and the Honey app and while CamelCamelCamel can give the highest and lowest price for an item in a table format, there doesn’t seem to be info on actual price fluctuations. There does appear to be a graph, but nothing Jaws can read. The Honey app straight up just presents price history as a graph that Jaws doesn’t even appear to access. The second part to my question, is there in fact a way to access these online graphs/charts with a screen reader and somehow convert them to a table quick and easy? Things like thermoform paper and those types of accessible tools are overkill when all you want is to check the trend on a particular item and move on. Using the latest JFW 2019. I also use NVDA from time to time if that matters, but my main screen reader is Jaws. Thanks,
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