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From: Karen McCall
Date: Jun 7, 2024 7:00AM

OK, I have an update!

First, Kofax is now Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax).

Second, even though they provide a dialog for an update, there is no such thing as a "free" update.

Each time there is an "update", you have to purchase an "upgrade".

The "good" news is that the tagging is much better and more accurate.

I use JAWS and when I started PowerPDF I got an accessibility settings dialog. This is an improvement.

The Reading Order Panel opens to the right of the document and reveals a Reading Order Ribbon which I haven't explored yet.

I can't find the Content Panel and it is not in the list of things to add to either the Navigation Pane (if that's what it's called here) or the Reading Order Pane.

The Ribbons do have keyboard commands but I've just installed the program so haven't explored them to see how deep or how accessible the tools are.

So, on the negative, there are no "updates" just paid "upgrades" for the application. I'm not sure what constitutes an update or upgrade? Completely new Versions numbers or incremental Version numbers?

On the plus side, the tagging is much better.

I haven't checked the OCR or other tools yet but will keep the list posted.

BTW, an upgrade for the current version (5) is $250 CAD or close to it.

Cheers, Karen