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

[Devin Prater <r d t prater gmail com>]

Emacs has PDF tools.


On 11/7/2016 5:28 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> 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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