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paulad93763527
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February 6, 2017
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Read out loud function not working in Reader XI or DC

  • February 6, 2017
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Hi,

I know there have been other questions raising this issue, but is there a fix? ie - without disabling protection at startup.

It is very important that our audience (who may have an impairment) can use Reader's accessibility options.

Thank you

Paula

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    sb116
    Participating Frequently
    February 6, 2017

    Hi Paulad93763527,

    For this functionality to work, Adobe Reader must have a voice selected that you have installed in your system.

    For the same, please try the steps below:

    • Open Adobe Reader application
    • Go to Edit>Preferences>Reading(on the left side options)
    • Under the "Read Out Loud Options", un check (use default voice)
    • Choose a voice from the drop down menu and click Ok
    • Then try the same on clicking any part of the file that you wish to be read out loud.

    Let me know how it goes.

    Thanks,

    Supriya

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    paulad93763527Author
    Participant
    February 6, 2017

    Hi Supriya,

    I have been using this function for years, this is the first time I have had a problem.  It works absolutely fine with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, so the voices must be installed on my system.  it worked once this morning with Zira, but then stopped with any of the 3 voices.

    Kind regards

    Paula

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    sb116
    Participating Frequently
    February 6, 2017

    Paulad93763527,

    Please confirm if you checked it with other files too, or is it not working with a particular file.

    Also, for testing purpose only, please check if it works fine after disabling the Protected mode and then you can enable it.

    Thanks,

    Supriya

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