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ALDale13
Inspiring
December 20, 2018
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No Reader Available in a Free Version?

  • December 20, 2018
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I am disabled because of a stroke and cannot find any way to use Adobe Reader that lets me listen to anything without having to pay money that I don't have. I thought that Adobe Reader had a free version that allowed me to listen to PDF without having to pay out something? If I am mistaken, please assist me in this. I make less than $900.00 a month on Social Security and no way to pay. Anyone have another way perhaps, to listen to PDF files?

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ALDale13Author
Inspiring
December 21, 2018

Did you receive the Screenshot?

~graffiti
~graffiti
Legend
December 21, 2018

No. It isn't showing. Are you accessing and replying to these forums via email? If so, that won't work. You'll need to click the link near the bottom of the email you receive that mentions something about visiting this thread in the forum (sorry. I don't access via email so don't know exactly what is says). Once in here, you will be able to upload the screen capture.

~graffiti
~graffiti
Legend
December 20, 2018

The Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and you can get it here: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Install for all versions

As far as listening to a pdf, yes, it can do that. The function is called Read Out Loud. The only hitch to it is if the pdf does not contain any readable text (like it was a scan that was made into a pdf). If that's the case, Adobe has no free tools to make it readable like you want.

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ALDale13Author
Inspiring
December 20, 2018

Exactly how can I find out if it can be read aloud by the Reader? How do I

see if it's a readable text? There is no way the Reader displays any kind

of instructions that shows how to start any audio. It only shows where I

have to purchase the audio version and I must say this; I am slightly slow

in my ability to 'think' clearly as the stroke I had affected my mental

ability. Just to inform you of that. There is no way I can figure out how

to start any audio playing of any PDF. Example: I downloaded a PDF book

called The Post Tribulation Rapture by William Arnold the III. Nothing

happens when I tried to start the Reader.

Allan

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ALDale13Author
Inspiring
December 20, 2018

Ok. Lets get this figured out.

First, try this.

In Reader go to Edit>Preferences>Security (enhanced)>Sandbox container and check the box that says "Run in AppContainer(beta)." then restart Reader.

Then open Reader, use File open to open the pdf book. Go to View>Read Out Loud>Activate Read Out Loud then View>Read Out Loud>Read to End of Document.

Let me know what happens.


Sorry, but there is no AppContainer(beta)????

Allan

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