[Athen] JAWS and PDF/Word/Text files

[David Andrews]

Most people probably already know this, but when 
using PDF's with a screen reader, it is best to 
use the stand-alone Adobe Acrobat Reader, not one 
of the browser plug-in versions.  The stand-alone 
seems to be more reliable and stable when used with a screen reader.

Dave

At 03:34 PM 12/12/2016, you wrote:

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>Sean wrote:

>“I can't say I would turn to PDF - I agree 

>with Bevi that the file format has much going 

>for it, but the issues I experienced with 

>students had more to do with integration between 

>the screen-reader and the Adobe Reader/Acrobat 

>software that made reading PDF documents 

>problematic, particularly for larger documents.”

>

>We produce extremely large PDF documents for 

>academia and government every day. When made 

>correctly, your students shouldn’t be having these problems.

>

>Is there a chance you can send me a sample PDF 

>that didn’t work well enough for your 

>students? I’d like to investigate what is 

>failing so that either 1) I can give you 

>suggestions on how to correct the PDF, or 2) 

>give feedback to Adobe, Microsoft, and the 

>screen reader manufacturers on what’s failing so that it can be fixed.

>

>Our team members work closely with all the key 

>stakeholders so that we can eventually have a 

>seamless, easy method of making accessible 

>documents from the source Word, PowerPoint, and 

>InDesign files to the exported PDFs. We’re getting there, slowly but surely!

>

>And yes, you should start seeing incremental 

>improvements everywhere, software by software, 

>feature by feature over the next year or so.

>

>To email a sample to me, send it to 

><mailto:Bevi at PubCom.com>Bevi at PubCom.com   If 

>it’s too large for email, contact me and 

>I’ll set you up with a secure FTP upload page.

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