Hi,

On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Damon Chappie wrote:

> I was curious  about the ability to read Adobe or PDF files. How do you
> accomplish that with a JFW 3.0 screen reader?

Adobe has three options to try and read .pdf files.  First is something
they call an Accessibility Plugin.  It must be copied/installed into the
existing Acrobat directories on your computer.  With this you can read the
text in a .pdf file.

The second option is to use what's known as a proxy server within your web
browser.  In this case you need to configure your web browser to use a
service run by Adobe as a proxy server.  Then all your requests for web
pages pass through this server and anything that's a .pdf file will be
converted into the underlying text.

The final option is to use email.  In this case you email the URL of a
.pdf file to one of two addresses ([log in to unmask] for text and
[log in to unmask] for html) and receive back a converted file.

None of the options are perfect.  You will get all the text but sometimes
the format of the document is a bit mysterious.

You can get full details by visiting:

http://access.adobe.com

Kelly Ford
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See my home page at http://www.teleport.com/~kford/index.html