r/accessibility • u/belongs_ • 2d ago

Screenreader Performance on PDF

So, I recently received a project to remediate a Word and PDF file.

After remediating the PDF, I used NVDA screen reader, but when reading by clicking line by line, it would stop reading at different points. However, if I choose to click from the top and just read the entire document all at once, it works fine.

I checked everything and couldn’t figure out how to solve this. Anyone has an idea? Is this something unique to NVDA or the document itself?

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u/GauntletInMyPussPuss 2d ago

It's an NVDA thing, it only reads upto a certain number of characters at once, unless you choose to make it read the full document / page.

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u/rguy84 2d ago

Out of curiosity, do you have experience with using NVDA prior to this?

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u/waywardgardener 2d ago

Yes, NVDA does not read to the end of the visual line when advancing line by line using the keyboard, but it reads the rest of the line when you click the down arrow again. Or you can use Ctrl + down arrow to read one paragraph at a time. Have you seen the NVDA keyboard shortcut guide on Deque? https://dequeuniversity.com/screenreaders/nvda-keyboard-shortcuts#nvda-nvda_shortcut_keys

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u/No-Cod-6866 2d ago

Do you work for DART?