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November 20, 2018
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How to make PDF accessible for people using JAWS

  • November 20, 2018
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Hello! I urgently need to make a PDF accessible for someone using JAWS how do I do that?

I have converted a large document using Adobe Reader DC however the person needs to be able to read it using his JAWS reading software.

How do I make this document accessible? Is this something I can do with Adobe Reader R01? If so how?

Thank you so much in advance.

Thanks,

Ax

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I wouldn't have either! But there is a forum, with resources and knowledgeable people here: Standards & Accessibility (tagged PDF)

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Brainiac
November 20, 2018

I wouldn't have either! But there is a forum, with resources and knowledgeable people here: Standards & Accessibility (tagged PDF)

jane-e
Community Expert
November 20, 2018

Hi abah19453951,

I see you posted in the Standards & Accessibility forum a couple of hours before you posted here, so I am locking this thread.

How to make PDF accessible for people using JAWS

Brainiac
November 20, 2018

Ok, making documents accessible is about tagging them. Which varies from an automatic process to weeks of meticulous editing. Either way, it's a job for Acrobat Pro. One thing Acrobat Pro will do is allow you to make a Word document into a tagged PDF, which at least takes care of a lot of the work, before rolling up your sleeves to start looking over the detail.

New Participant
November 20, 2018

Thanks for explaining!

Is there a guide for me to follow on how to tag word docs? I have no idea on what i am doing...! :-(

Brainiac
November 20, 2018

What is the starting point for the PDF. For example is it scanned from paper, a Word document...?

New Participant
November 20, 2018

Hi

It was a word document that was converted to PDF. I still have the word document available...