E.Barakhta in
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>Hi all,
>
>at the Open University we often have problems with PDFs. I can assure you
>that Supernova Screen Reader DOES NOT read PDFs (no matter which version).
>For some reason it does not bypass the first page. Maybe there is an option
>in Supernova Professional to fix it. I just do not know about it.
>The way of making PDFs accessible is to run them through Kurzweil 1000
>virtual printer. All formatting is preserved (as opposed to the 'Output to
>text')
Dolphin advertise Supernova 5 as having PDF support, you may be
interested to know that when viewing the pdf files you can't just do
arrow down in most cases as the Acrobat Reader presents the file in
page chunks. Try doing ctrl+pgdn and see if you get the next page
read, this is how I do it in Jaws. If you still have problems and are
definately using Supernova 5 or later and the correct version of
Acrobat Reader 5 with the MSAA hooks then get onto Dolphin support as
there is somthing wrong there.
Andrew.
>
>Regards
>Ekaterina Barakhta
>Development Officer
>CATER
>Open University
>Walton Hall
>Milton Keynes
>MK7 6AA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mervyn Robertson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 03 March 2003 13:00
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: PDF files
>
>
>Pauline
>
>Whilst I can only speak for the JAWS screen reader, I would suggest that all
>of the current screen reading products will be able to handle PDF files
>reasonably well. Adobe have worked with all of the manufacturers to
>facilitate accessible documents and of course, if effort has been put into
>following the guidelines for accessibility, the end result will be much
>better. The following link provides further information:
>
>http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_booklet.html
>
>Regards
>Mervyn Robertson
>www.sightandsound.co.uk
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pauline McInnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 03 March 2003 12:41
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: PDF files
>
>
>Dear All,
>I wonder if any of you know about this? Our University website like most
>has a lot of PDF files on it. We want to try and make these accessible to
>disabled students, but this is proving rather difficult. Providing a URL
>for each PDF with a connection to the adobe site is not a good option as
>many of our PDFs are on restricted sites and so this wouldn't work.
>
>However, there is a plug in for adobe writer called Make Accessible which
>will provide a tagged PDF file. What we're not sure about is which screen
>readers would be able to access this information? Our Computer team are a
>bit concerned that only the very latest screen readers could do this. Does
>anyone have any information on this and how prevalent the browsers are can
>support this plug in?
>
>Many thanks
>Pauline McInnes
>
>
>Pauline McInnes
>Development Officer (Disabilities)
>Cardiff University
>47 Park Place
>Cardiff
>CF10 3AT
>
>Tel: 02920 870004
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