On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 05:13 AM, Daniel Damacena wrote:

Since 2013 version, Word is able to open pdf files. It requires a conversion, but it Works very well.

I can even jump between headings in navigation mode, wich saves me a lot o time.

 

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De: Jason White via Groups.Io
Enviado:sábado, 17 de novembro de 2018 13:28
Para: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Assunto: Re: [nvda] Reading PDFs in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

 

Try the PDF reader that is built into Google Chrome, or use ABBYY FineReader to convert the PDF files to another format (HTML or Microsoft Word).

 

Due to the above two solutions, I haven’t used Adobe Reader for quite a while.

 

From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Supanut Leepaisomboon
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2018 7:08 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Reading PDFs in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

 

I tried a few more untagged PDF files and yep the same issue that I explained in my first post still occurs.
However this seems to only occur with untagged PDFs, I.E the ones that once opened presents a dialog to choose the reading order and such.
Since I have to deal with these PDFs on a regular bases for my university, is there a way to properly read these PDFs with NVDA?

 

 

 I know Microsoft Word can open PDF files, but it only works with smaller PDF files; I tried with a PDF version of an ebook hundreds of pages long and Microsoft Word seems to hang or it doesn't seem to open (no, the ebook isn't a protected PDF file).
But since Reader DC 2018 is working fine I'll just stick to it; I still need to find a way to prevent it from auto-updating.
Edit: I tried changing the subject line in hopes of forcing this reply to appear in  my earlier thread but this doesn't seem to work...hmmm

Hi Supanut
For what it's worth, you can try my add-on SentenceNav to read
malformed PDF documents one sentence at a time:
https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/sentenceNav.en.html

Best
Tony

Hello All,

 

Adobe Reader has a built-in Read Out Loud Text-to-Speech tool. It allows you to read the current page or the rest of a file. Of course not as flexible as with NVDA or JAWS.

 

To set up Read Out Loud:

 

1. Go to the Preferences dialog box of Acrobat Reader by selecting Edit > Preferences.

2. In the left pane, select Reading.

3..In the right pane, deselect the Use Default Voice and select a voice from the drop-down list that you have verified installed on your computer.

4. Click OK.

 

To activate Read Out Loud:

 

1. On the View menu, choose Read Out Loud > Activate Read Out Loud.

2. Again go to View > Read Out Loud and then choose an appropriate option for reading: To read the current page, choose Read This Page Only. To read the entire document, choose Read To End of Document. Adobe will begin reading

 

 

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Desert

I finally found a way to turn automatic updating off in Acrobat Reader DC, by disabling the update service in the Windows services configuration. I simply change the startup type to disabled.
Until the issue I mentioned in my original thread is resolved, either by new releases of either Acrobat Reader DC or NVDA or by a NVDA addon, I'll continue to use the 2018 version of Acrobat Reader DC (I'll most likely have to downgrade the copy on my desktop back home as well).