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From: Claire Forbes
Date: Jan 4, 2024 3:36PM

* Adobe Acrobat Reader - Adobe Acrobat DC
* JAWS - JAWS 2020
* NVDA - 2023.3 (I just updated today)
* and operating system - Windows 10

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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of David Engebretson Jr.
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 5:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] NVDA screen reader_PDF reading

What version of:
* Adobe Acrobat Reader
* JAWS
* NVDA
* and operating system

Are you using? The above information could help to pin down the problem.

Thanks,
David


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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Claire Forbes
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2024 2:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] NVDA screen reader_PDF reading

Yes, it's set to "Read the entire document" and it does read the whole document successfully.
I just ran JAWS in 40-minute-mode and JAWS also read it while automatically changing pages as it reads. So now I'm even MORE curious about why NVDA won't to it, ha!

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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Laura Fathauer
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 4:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] NVDA screen reader_PDF reading

Go to preferences for the adobe application, then "reading", then look at the "screen reader option" of "page vs. document" and look to see if it is set at "only read the currently visible pages."

Laura


On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM Claire Forbes < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> The document is tagged properly and the reading order is solid. All
> content is read by NVDA, the page just doesn't change as it's read.
>
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> The following is ChatGPT‘s opinion
>
> Hello Claire! It seems like the document may lack proper structure or
> navigation landmarks. You might want to check if headings and other
> structural elements are appropriately tagged in the PDF. This can help
> screen readers navigate through the document more effectively.
>
> Dean Vasile
>
>
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> > On Jan 4, 2024, at 3:58 PM, Claire Forbes < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > No, it's just a document with a cover page and then content.
> >
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> > Does the document have any form controls?
> > And if so, when you navigate to those form elements, does the page
> change?
> > Dean Vasile
> >
> >
> > 617-799-1162
> >
> >> On Jan 4, 2024, at 3:51 PM, Claire Forbes < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello everyone!
> >> I'm testing some PDFs with NVDA screen reader and the whole
> >> document is
> read by NVDA, but the page doesn't change, it remains on the cover
> page, as NVDA reads through the document.
> >> Is this considered non-compliant or is there a setting the change
> >> to
> make it toggle along as it reads?
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >> Claire
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