Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

I just downloaded and installed this app today and am figuring it out. It seems to be pretty accessible with VO, but I can't quite figure out how to actually read a document. I will definitely play around with the app some more though. I was able to switch my default .pdf reader from Capti to this one, which is kind of ironic as I received word just yesterday that the Capti folks recently hired an additional person to handle tech support queries. So only time will tell which of these I like better, or perhaps I'll use them interchangeably. I'm just glad my brother pointed me to Acrobat on the Mac, because thus far I've not had very good luck getting help with Capti. Or maybe I just need to devote more time to the blog post which my brother sent me.

I too downloaded it and was disappointed to find out I could not read a document. The document in question was Apple's Swift programming language guide. It kept saying 'Content is empty'. That was enought for me to go back to Preview.

Thanks for this. I just tried reading 2 .pdf documents that I recently downloaded, and while this app does leave some things to be desired such as character navigation via the arrow keys I was able to read a page or 2 of each document. One of these has 31 pages, and the other only contains 3 pages. I was able to navigate to the location pane just fine with VO, interact with it, and then begin reading while holding down the VO keys. I'd say this is a great start though by Adobe.

Will have to give this a whirl. Looks doable so far. Perhaps we could get in touch with Adobe and help them make it more efficient for us?

The stated purpose of this app is to "View and annotate PDF files". But this AppleVis entry only focuses on the accessibility of the viewing, and doesn't address the annotating. Annotation (i.e. making comments in the document, marking text for errors, deletions, or insertions) is crucial for many of us in our workplaces: for collaboration with co-authors, for giving feedback to students and colleagues, and for receiving feedback on our own work. From the app description here: "With Acrobat Reader DC, you can do even more than open and view PDF files. It’s easy to add annotations to documents using a complete set of commenting tools." Is this "complete set of commenting tools" accessible,, at all for VoiceOver users? If so, I'd really like to know. If not (and I don't think they are), then why in the world is this app rated 'fully accessible'? Thanks for any input and follow-up on this.

I don't think so either, but this weekend when I've got a little bit more time I'm going to play around with that feature some more. I received an updated lease form last week from my landlords, which is a pdf document. I downloaded and opened it, and it seems the document is tagged because I had no trouble reading through it. However, I couldn't find the place to sign off on it. My father ended up doing it for me, which of course he didn't mind and then turned it into the landlords. But still I'm going to have a closer look.

so how does one put a real signature on the document? not fill or type in, but actually sign it. tried pasting my signature, but it doesn't work using the fill and sign tool.

I have been trying to read a PDF file with VoiceOVer and have had no luck at all. I was able to change the background and text colors, relatively easily, but it has been all downhill after that neither VoiceOver or the built in text to speech options would work. I finally retreated to PreviewAm I missing something that is obvious?

Thanks,

John

For some reason when I try to fill a pdf form the program crashes and closes, taking me back to the finder. This only happens when using voiceover. Any suggestion?

Thanks