Hi Brigid
PDFs are a bit like websites, there are accessible ones and inaccessible ones. If you read an accessible pdf with JAWS its fine/easy/not a problem, you can navigate the pdf with JAWs and use many of the functions you can use on web pages, i.e.press H to jump between headings. If I had to choose a screen reader to use with pdfs I'd go with JAWS.
More often than not people have problems reading pdfs because:
- they are not structured, no headings, the reading order is not defined
- the pdf is a picture of text (i.e a scanned image).
TechDis have some excellent information on accessible pdfs as part of their accessibility essentials series.
Regards
Nuala Davis
Newcastle University
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Hello,
Does anyone know of any developments in the assistive technology world for blind students? Is there any better package available than Jaws, which has fewer problems or none at all in fact with 'reading' PDF. Please remember in your reply that I not an experienced techie ; - ).
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