Re: Issues with PDFs

Changing it to left-to-right reading order seems to have solved two of
my current problems. Words have spaces between them and the cursor
seems to stay where I leave it. Thanks!

And by "random access" I meant the ability to jump around to a given
page, chapter, etc.

On 3/29/17, Sean Murphy (seanmmur) <seanmmur@cisco.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reason why text join together. If you change the reading mode
> to left to right, addresses this issue I have found in the past. It does
> change the layout of course.
>
> In prior releases of Adobe reader did not loose the place when using Jaws.
> If I get the time, I might check.
>
> Sean Murphy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duff Johnson [mailto:duff@duff-johnson.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2017 7:56 AM
> To: Amanda Lacy <lacy925@gmail.com>
> Cc: w3c-wai-ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: Issues with PDFs
>
> Hi Amanda,
>
>> I'm using NVDA and Windows 10 with Adobe reader. Can someone tell me
>> why these things happen?
>>
>> I'm required to decide how many pages to display. If I choose "single
>> page" I have to issue some command at the end of each page to keep
>> reading. But if I choose "entire document", and the document is huge,
>> Adobe reader crashes. Why should I need to worry about how much of
>> anything is visible on the screen? Which setting just works without
>> hassle?
>
> You didn’t say… but be sure you are using the latest version of Adobe
> Reader.
>
> The fact that you can only read what’s on the screen / on the page (PDF or
> HTML) isn’t an accessibility issue per se. I recognize that this isn’t much
> comfort to you. Yes, super-long PDF documents can present readability
> issues… but that problem is not PDF-specific.
>
>> Words blur together.
>
> This is due to poorly-tagged PDF files.
>
>> PDFs are full of these errors in my experience. How can I fix them?
>
> By complaining to the author that the files are poorly tagged, and are thus
> inaccessible.
>
>> Adobe doesn't save my place. If I arrow around in a PDF, alt-tab away
>> to go do something else, then alt-tab back, I'm never in the place
>> where I left off. Why is that? Again, fixable?
>
> I can’t speak to the interaction between the PDF viewer and NVDA in this
> context. It’s likely this behavior is “application-dependent”. I suggest
> checking NVDA’s support content.
>
>> Also, what commands provide the most random access which you think I
>> should know?
>
> I’m not sure I understand what you mean here.
>
> Duff.
>

Received on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 21:19:36 UTC