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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Oct 4, 2020 7:08AM

Hi David

I'm just using the default PDF view in Chrome, no plug-ins.
I click the PDF, then at the top there is a dialog where you can
choose to zoom in, download etc. Then the file starts.
There's a bit of a delay I admit, it can get annoying for large files,
but typically I find that it is better than downloading the file and
opening it, though I don't have strong opinions. I just like being
able to click and read without taking extra steps, especially if I'm
not sure whether the PDF has anything interesting, e.g. a restaurant
menu.


On 10/3/20, David Engebretson Jr. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Birkir,
>
> I'm happy to hear you are finding the presentation of PDF documents in
> Chrome more accessible. Is this the Chrome PDF add-on you are using?
>
> I ask because I find the latency from keypress to when the TTS engine
> starts
> to talk (I'm using Eloquence) is significant enough that I have to use the
> Adobe Reader application on my Windows 10 machine so I don't get frustrated
> with the latency while viewing PDF's in Chrome.
>
> Are you experiencing any latency?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts!
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Birkir R. Gunnarsson
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2020 4:34 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF viewers used by screen reader users
>
> Chrome has a surprisingly decent PDF viewer by now. I have, for the most
> part, stopped downloading web-based PDF files, just open them in Chrome
> instead. I have not tried this on interactive PDFs though but for static
> documents reading order, headings and so on are properly exposed (to
> Jaws/NVDA).
>
> On 10/2/20, Sailesh Panchang < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> A long standing practice for me has been:
>> I prefer to download PDFs and read them using Adobe Reader.
>> I do this off links that open up a PDF in the browser too.
>> On Windows, this is the most effective way of getting to content /
>> navigating around in a tagged or even untagged doc that may or may
>> not include forms.
>> As 2020 draws to a close, I am wondering if there are other reliable
>> and effective PDF/UA viewers that work with screen readers on Windows
>> /mobile / Mac and would like to learn from the experience of SR
>> colleagues on the list.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>> Sailesh
>> >> >> archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
>> >>
>
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