U.S voice files missing in Acrobat DC

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August 31, 2020
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I tried to get Acrobat DC to read a file out loud to me. This used to work fine, before my work laptop was replaced with a newer model. Now an error message says "No US English voice available on this system." This is a Dell laptop running Windows 10. Where do I get the necessary files for the voices? The IT dept. told me to Google it...

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radzmar

Community Expert

Try to set a voice manually in Reader.

Open [Edit] > [Preferences] > [Reading], uncheck "use default voice" and select a voice from the drop down below.

Natty_SHD

Participant

I followed the steps, but there are no (zero) option for voice languages.

Natty_SHD

Participant

Here is my solution....

How do I add languages to Adobe Acrobat Pro?

Steps

Go to Control Panel >Programs and Features.
Select Acrobat and and click Change.
Choose Modify and click Next.
Click Languages.
Click on the drop down against the languages that you want to install and select This feature will be installed on the local hard drive.
Click Install.
CTRL+Click on Acrobat.

radzmar

Community Expert

Acrobat uses the voices installed in your operating systems provided by the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI). You should check, if there has any been installed or not.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17173/windows-10-hear-text-read-aloud

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/Search/results?query=Microsoft+Speech+API+%28SAPI%29

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Guy_IAuthor

Known Participant

Word 365 can read the file out loud (it sounds like the David voice), so the files must be installed in Windows, but Acrobat DC apparently can't "see" them.

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