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nealsTNWRHO
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March 4, 2023
Question

default read out loud voice

  • March 4, 2023
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I  have noticed, that the default reader voice has been changed/updated to a female voice on acrobat. I need the former androgynous / non-gender computer voice again to work with. Could you please change that or is there a plugin to install?

 

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JR Boulay
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March 11, 2023

Yes, but I didn't see that this topic had several pages because it is badly indicated, it is only visible at the bottom of the page.
Besides, I never understood the point of dividing a topic into pages, it's not paper.
The web and HTML are all about scrolling!

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jane-e
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March 11, 2023

That makes sense @JR Boulay ! I've changed my Account Settings > Preferences to show 200 posts per page and only rarely see pages 🙂!

 

Jane

 

JR Boulay
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March 10, 2023

Untick the "Use default voice" option to use Acrobat voices, tick this option to use OS voices.

 

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jane-e
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March 10, 2023

Untick the "Use default voice" option to use Acrobat voices, tick this option to use OS voices.

By @JR Boulay

 

This was suggested six days ago on March 4. It did not help.

 

Jane

 

jane-e
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March 4, 2023

 

@nealsTNWRHO 

 

Try going to Preferences > Reading > Uncheck "Use Default Voice" and then the dropdown for other voices will be available to you.

 

 

Jane

 

jane-e
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March 5, 2023

 

 

So now i have no idea what to do now...

By @nealsTNWRHO

 

 

I've tagged Adobe Employee @S. S to take a look for you.

 

Jane

 

nealsTNWRHO
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March 5, 2023

Thank you very much jane-e

ls_rbls
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March 4, 2023

Hi @nealsTNWRHO ,

 

If I am not mistaken, this is handle at the operating system level.

 

It is possible that an unattended update might've reverted that preference to its deault voice.

 

In which operating system are you on?

nealsTNWRHO
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March 5, 2023

Hei ls_rbls ,

Thank you for your answer. At the moment i am on macOS Ventura 13.2.1. Do you think the change is with the operating system or did the developer change the default voice? In the dropdown for other voices, there are only female or male choices, so the former voice does not exist any more on acrobat but i really need this specific non-gender- robotic voice again. Are there any possibilities to get this back? 

Thank you very much for your support.

 

ls_rbls
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March 5, 2023

Thank You. I have done everything you said but neither the default voice nor the voicelist have changed. I think it is a change or an update from acrobat itself where the former voice has been exchanged. Or it is due to the new current macOS version. So now i have no idea what to do now...


Is this still happaning after forcing a manual reboot?