Update on Acrobat does not allow Form Fields to be read.

[Diana Devlin McConahay]

I have been creating and testing Forms for the last year and everthing has been fine.

Today when I came in my version of Acrobat was 2025.001.20844. It shows a Read Aloud menu at the top of the frame. It has some nice features but it does not allow a very critical feature - reading Form Fields. I went in and made sure the Preferences under Reading  and made sure the "Read Form Fields" check box is checked. Restarted Acrobat and restarted the Windows 11 pc. That didn't worked. I "Disabled new Acrobat" and that worked. Is there anything I can do to make the form fields work in the new version?

Thank you ,

Diana 

[Thom Parker]

And yet another reason to NOT use the new UI.   

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

If you are testing your PDF/forms for visually-impaired readers, do NOT use the built in "read out load" feature. 

You need a real screen reader such as the open source (free) NVDA screen reader (nvaccess.org). 

Here is a list of others:

https://afb.org/blindness-and-low-vision/using-technology/assistive-technology-products/screen-reade...

If not for this purpose, please disregard this post.

[RachitJain]

Hi Diana, 
Thanks for reporting the issue. Please share a sample form pdf with us so that we can investigate the issue and resolve it in upcoming future release. 

Thanks

Rachit

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

I did a quick test with one text field, named it, filled in the tooltip area, and put some content in the field. The read aloud skipped it completely. Took about a minute to test it. 

[Zesty_employeee123]

I am having the same issue. This is a big problem since we are under a deadline to ensure all forms are Accessible.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

I am having the same issue. This is a big problem since we are under a deadline to ensure all forms are Accessible.

By @Zesty_employeee123

See my post above on Nov. 17th. The Read Aloud is NOT for checking accessibility. 

[Zesty_employeee123]

Thank you. I saw your post but the built in should work the same. Version 20844 worked.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

That is true!