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From: Jonathan Metz
Date: Tue, Aug 06 2013 10:38AM
Subject: Can't get JAWS or NVDA to read through PDF
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Hi there,

I created a PDF form and I can’t get JAWS or NVDA to read continuously through the PDF. I have all the Heading Tags in the correct order, use lists normally, and have form labels. For the life of me I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. The PDF is set up exactly the way it should be, and it is the same as all the other documents I’ve ever done, aside from the fact that this one has form elements.

The form elements don’t start until page 5. At first, I thought the screen readers were having issues with the Grouping element Sect, so I eliminated those and let everything sit in a standard weak structure. Then I changed the page numbers from roman lower case for the cover and TOC page and just ran everything with numbers.

I’ve used pdfGOHTML and it comes up looking spectacular. I created Accessible text and it looks great. I can’t get JAWS or NVDA to read straight through or identify headings. What can I do to save the document and get it to work?

Thanks for any and all help! I’m at a total loss here.

Jonathan Metz

From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Wed, Aug 07 2013 1:31AM
Subject: Re: Can't get JAWS or NVDA to read through PDF
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Hi Jonathan,

are you in a position to share the PDF form?

Olaf


Am 6 Aug 2013 um 18:38 schrieb Jonathan Metz < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >:

> Hi there,
>
> I created a PDF form and I can’t get JAWS or NVDA to read continuously through the PDF. I have all the Heading Tags in the correct order, use lists normally, and have form labels. For the life of me I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. The PDF is set up exactly the way it should be, and it is the same as all the other documents I’ve ever done, aside from the fact that this one has form elements.
>
> The form elements don’t start until page 5. At first, I thought the screen readers were having issues with the Grouping element Sect, so I eliminated those and let everything sit in a standard weak structure. Then I changed the page numbers from roman lower case for the cover and TOC page and just ran everything with numbers.
>
> I’ve used pdfGOHTML and it comes up looking spectacular. I created Accessible text and it looks great. I can’t get JAWS or NVDA to read straight through or identify headings. What can I do to save the document and get it to work?
>
> Thanks for any and all help! I’m at a total loss here.
>
> Jonathan Metz
> > >

From: Jonathan Metz
Date: Wed, Aug 07 2013 7:00AM
Subject: Re: Can't get JAWS or NVDA to read through PDF
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Thanks for the response Olaf. After several hours it turned out to be
something really simple. I try to leave the settings in Acrobat and screen
readers to be pretty default to get the widest user experience, but
leaving Acrobat to only read the visible page on long documents doesn¹t
really help while testing. :)



On 8/7/13 3:31 AM, "Olaf Drümmer" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

>Hi Jonathan,
>
>are you in a position to share the PDF form?
>
>Olaf
>
>
>Am 6 Aug 2013 um 18:38 schrieb Jonathan Metz < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I created a PDF form and I can¹t get JAWS or NVDA to read continuously
>>through the PDF. I have all the Heading Tags in the correct order, use
>>lists normally, and have form labels. For the life of me I can¹t figure
>>out what I¹m doing wrong. The PDF is set up exactly the way it should
>>be, and it is the same as all the other documents I¹ve ever done, aside
>>from the fact that this one has form elements.
>>
>> The form elements don¹t start until page 5. At first, I thought the
>>screen readers were having issues with the Grouping element Sect, so I
>>eliminated those and let everything sit in a standard weak structure.
>>Then I changed the page numbers from roman lower case for the cover and
>>TOC page and just ran everything with numbers.
>>
>> I¹ve used pdfGOHTML and it comes up looking spectacular. I created
>>Accessible text and it looks great. I can¹t get JAWS or NVDA to read
>>straight through or identify headings. What can I do to save the
>>document and get it to work?
>>
>> Thanks for any and all help! I¹m at a total loss here.
>>
>> Jonathan Metz
>> >> >> >
>>>