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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Thu, Dec 03 2020 11:59AM
Subject: PDF viewers used by screen reader users
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Update:
On launching a PDF online in Chrome, one has the option to open it in
Acrobat Reader. Using this option is necessary to complete a fillable
form. I do not see this option in Edge.
Also one cannot access lists or read a data table in a tagged PDF
directly using Chrome or Edge whether the PDF is accessed offline or
online.
I have not had success using the page# textbox right at the start on
launching a PDF in Chrome / Edge to navigate to say, page #27 in the
PDF.
Also JAWS can do a fairly good job of automatic-OCR with scanned
files in Acrobat Reader but I have not experienced that with the
browser-reading feature.
It appears Acrobat Reader is the best option yet for screen reader users.
- Sailesh
On 10/4/20, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> 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 ADDRESS 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
>>
>>