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December 15, 2025
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Read aloud ignoring dashes "-"

  • December 15, 2025
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Hi there,

 

I have a long report of multiple cells with "-" where there is no values. Read aloud completely skips the cells where there is a dash, creating a catastrophic accessibility failure.

 

Has anyone experienced this, or has any workarounds to it?

 

Regards

Correct answer flo_5530

Apologies, I'm not an advanced Acrobat user and don't know how to see or change PDF marks. I have replaced all dashes with "N/A", since read aloud seems to see those fine, so please consider this issue solved.

 

Many thanks

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MikelKlink
Participating Frequently
December 15, 2025

Please check whether the tagging of the PDF marks those dashes as something not to read, e.g. as artifacts or as empty texts.

flo_5530AuthorCorrect answer
December 15, 2025

Apologies, I'm not an advanced Acrobat user and don't know how to see or change PDF marks. I have replaced all dashes with "N/A", since read aloud seems to see those fine, so please consider this issue solved.

 

Many thanks