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nealsTNWRHO
nealsTNWRHO
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March 4, 2023
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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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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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    March 10, 2023

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

     

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity Expert
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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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      jane-eCommunity Expert
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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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        jane-eCommunity Expert
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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 10, 2023

        Thx Jane

        No i havent changed anything on the speed or the pitch. it was all on default, so whhen its on clicked on use default, you cant configurate the voice, its all standradized. 


        *standardized
        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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        ls_rblsCommunity Expert
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        March 5, 2023

        You're welcome.

         

        Yes the voice in Acrobat will change depending on what the user has configured as the default robo-voice in the operating system.

         

        For macOS and iOS devices is Siri Voice (Micrososoft Windows devices is Cortana, Amazon is Alexa, Google is the Google Assistant):

         

        To change Siri's voice to "Q" (the gender neutral voice assistant) try this:

         

        • Go to Apple menu => System Preferences => Siri => Language => Siri Voice

         

        From the dropdown menu choose the desired gender type voice.

         

        Now, I am not sure if in your specific case, with newer updates, Siri's voice has reverted back to only a male or female gender voice but it shouldn't.

         

        You need to scroll through that dropdown menu and see an option that should say "Voice 5".

         

        Select that option and it should give Siri a gender-neutral robo-voice.

         

        Changing this setting in your operating system as the default Siri voice should be respected in the Adobe Acrobat's Reading preferences settings.

         

        If you don't manually configure these voice settings in your operating system it may not be reflected in Acrobat because it is not the Adobe Acrobat preferences that controls the robo-voice options... those are made available to Acrobat by the OS (not the other way around).

         

        To verify, go back to Adobe Acrobat Preferences settings as suggested by @jane-e and uncheck the "Default" tickbox to see all of the available voice options provided by your operating system.

         

        You should now be able to change it in Acrobat.

         

         

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