Re: [orca-list] Reading PDFs with Orca

[Nick Wood <nick microlitesoftware co uk>]

Thanks Max,

That worked!

Regards,

Nick



On 28/02/16 17:03, Max wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have not read the specified page; However, I would like to clarify: 
> after opening the "PDF" file that you tried to press the key "f7"?
> After pressing the "f7", you are asked if you want to enable 
> navigation using the cursor keys. You need to agree.
> After that, if the file "PDF" has text content, you will be able to 
> read it easily.
>
>
> 28.02.2016 18:47, Nick Wood пишет:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to figure out how to read PDF documents using Orca. So far
> > as I can tell, Evince should offer at least some accessibility support
> > for PDFs, but no matter what I try, I can't seem to get Orca to read the
> > actual PDF contents.
> >
> > I found this page on the Gnome wiki:
> > https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/a11y
> >
> >
> > It says that if I tab through the various widgets in Evince I should
> > eventually get to the view widget and Orca should read the contents of
> > the current page, but I can never seem to find the widget that contains
> > the PDF text.
> > I've tried with a range of PDFs that I know are accessible on Windows
> > (i.e. they definitely contain real text and not just a picture)
> >
> > Any tips would be hugely appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Nick
> >
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