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From: David Ashleydale
Date: Jul 11, 2011 4:30PM

The PDF is tagged. I don't have a copy that I can show you right now,
unfortunately. But using the text I wrote earlier as an example, that whole
paragraph shows up in the tag tree as one paragraph. When I choose the
"Highlight Content" option for the Tags, and then click on that paragraph in
the tag tree, the whole paragraph highlights in the document.

However, when I listen to it with JAWS 12, it pauses at the end of each
line, even though the whole thing is all in one paragraph tag.

Note: no pausing occurs when I tell JAWS to just read the entire document
from top to bottom. It does that fine. This only occurs when I start at the
top of the PDF and navigate through the document using the Down Arrow.

Thanks,
David

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Duff Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> David,
>
> If the PDF is correctly tagged, you should get each paragraph without
> pauses.
>
> If the PDF hasn't been tagged, or is tagged poorly, then the text-stream
> delivered to you as an AT user is a crapshoot in the first instance.
>
> In such cases, if you are lucky enough to ONLY suffer pauses, consider
> yourself fortunate!
>
> Duff Johnson
>
> US Committee for ISO/DIS 14289 (PDF/UA), Chair
>
> p +1 617.283.4226
> e <EMAIL REMOVED>
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>
>