Yeah, John, I thought of that. ... And, I do think they are scanned 
images.

Well, the librarian at the University can convert them into text files for 
me, so I may just ask her to do that tomorrow.

That might be the easiest solution.

Thanks for the quick response.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: problem reading PDF files with Jaws 7.0


> they might be scanned images. You might have to use an OCR program like
> kurzweil or openbook to open them, then read them in that or save them 
> again
> from that program and you should be alright. I run in to that a lot.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:27 PM
> Subject: problem reading PDF files with Jaws 7.0
>
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> This is currently a question that pertains to some documents I need for a
>> course I'm teaching, but it certainly could pertain to ham radio
>> applications as well.
>>
>> I seem to be unable to open PDF files with Jaws 7.0.
>>
>> Every time I try accessing a file, Jaws says something like "alert page
>> empty".
>>
>> I am telling Jaws to read the inferred order from the file.
>>
>> I don't recall having this problem with PDF files before.
>>
>> It has happened to me twice just today.
>>
>> Is it likely that Jaws isn't recognizing the PDF files for some reason?
>>
>> These PDF files are either coming from e-mails that have been sent to me,
>> or
>> from relevant web sites.
>>
>> Any help with this PDF issue would be appreciated.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>