Well, it's official.
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
@mcourcel I will try this. Wonder if paperback is planning to add PDF forms? I’m sure it’s not a simple fix.
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
@mcourcel can you fill out forms with it. I hate adobe reader!
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
@mcourcel I knew about foxit for ages!
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
@mcourcel Not forgetting the fantastic paperback
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
@mcourcel I just downloaded this because of your post, so lets see hw this works. smile. if it breaks, itr's your fault. lol.
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
@mcourcel @technocounselor Hmmm. Doesn't FoxIt also edit PDF's? I'll definitely check in to this solution especially to determine if editing is accessible and if it generates tagged accessible output.
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
@mcourcel Oh, intriguing. Does the JAWS virtual cursor or NVDA browse mode automatically work with Foxit Reader, or do you have to do something else like bring up the document in a web view?
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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
@mcourcel Oh wow! I heard some blind folks talking about it, but I didn't realize the devs had put in accessibility work. I'm gonna go give this a spin with NVDA
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@mcourcel Oh, intriguing. Does the JAWS virtual cursor or NVDA browse mode automatically work with Foxit Reader, or do you have to do something else like bring up the document in a web view?
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@vol4life8657 @matt @mcourcel It's damned fast too. Recently, I've gotten used to opening PDF files in Firefox. This is as fast.
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@mcourcel can you fill out forms with it. I hate adobe reader!
@bmoore123 You sure can. works great.
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@mcourcel I knew about foxit for ages!
@TomGrant91 Yeah, I did too, but the first time I tried it, their accessibility sucked. It's much better now.
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@mcourcel Not forgetting the fantastic paperback
@TomGrant91 Never, Paperback is da bomb!
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@bmoore123 You sure can. works great.
@mcourcel @bmoore123 So let me get this straight. The standard version won't let you fill out forms, but the portable version will? I mean, I'm not gonna shoot a gift horse in the mouth, but, that sounds weird.
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@mcourcel I just downloaded this because of your post, so lets see hw this works. smile. if it breaks, itr's your fault. lol.
@JamminJerry Sure, blame Canada while you're at it. lolol!
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@JamminJerry Sure, blame Canada while you're at it. lolol!
@mcourcel with there beedy little heads and flapping heads so full of lies. ROFL
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@mcourcel @technocounselor Hmmm. Doesn't FoxIt also edit PDF's? I'll definitely check in to this solution especially to determine if editing is accessible and if it generates tagged accessible output.
@darrell73 @technocounselor I think It does? I ahven't tried as of yet, but yeah, that would be cool.
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@mcourcel Oh, intriguing. Does the JAWS virtual cursor or NVDA browse mode automatically work with Foxit Reader, or do you have to do something else like bring up the document in a web view?
@matt Nope, it works right out of the box. I did encounter some sort of "hey, try this", window, but escape got rid of it and I was in my PDF document.
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@mcourcel @bmoore123 So let me get this straight. The standard version won't let you fill out forms, but the portable version will? I mean, I'm not gonna shoot a gift horse in the mouth, but, that sounds weird.
@Rosalyn @bmoore123 Standard version should let you do that as well. I was just sniffing around and found a portable one is all.
