Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: Options for working with pdf files

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

If the pdf document can be found by google one trick I've used in past 
and I didn't need the formatted output was to open the cached link and 
read the document in text form.

On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Alonzo cuellar wrote:

> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 15:47:06
> From: Alonzo cuellar <mariachiac gmail com>
> To: B. Henry <burt1iband gmail com>, orca-list gnome org,
>     Vinux_Support <vinux-support googlegroups com>
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: Options for working with pdf files
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if you can currently do what you want on Linux with pdff files. 
> Since pdf will be a part of my life if I attend school in a few months I have 
> a windows machine. The last time I tried reading pdf files on Linux I was 
> able to read the document fine. However, if the document had markups to 
> navigate threw chapters the focus would not change.  I think a few others 
> have reported this as well.  Whats important now though is that you can read 
> pdf files with Orca in Linux.  This will probably be worked on at some point.
>
> there are utilities to convert files to text, but then you lose the 
> formatting off the document.
>
> Alternatively you can read the document in Firefox.  How well this works I 
> can not recall off hand.  I tried it a few times and I seem to remember that 
> it would not keep my place in the window if I moved my focus to another 
> application.
>
>
> Alonzo
>
>
> On 10/31/2016 2:22 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> > Is adobe reader 9.x even usable with orca?
> > I installed the acro read package from the arch linux AUR, and can read 
> > nothing. Is there a setting to enable accessibility, or is this program no 
> > longer
> > an option for Orca users?
>
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