Can inserted audio play directly in Chome browser

[Guest]

Hi all,

I am considering purchasing the rich media add on for Acrobat Reader but have a question.

I understand the tool will allow you to direct insert audio into the document and so that when a selected link is clicked, the audio will play.

My question is:

Will the audio play directly in the browser, or will an employee need to download the pdf and open on his/her computer to be able to hear?

Background:

I make English learning materials for our employees and up until now we have inserted links to audio files in Powerpoint and convert to PDF– the links remaining intact. The issue with this is that the audio files or located in a separate location from the pdf file so unless the user right clicks the link and "opens in a new tab" then they are taken away from the learning material to the audio file. Ideally, we want the audio file to play inside the document without being redirected to another page where the material can no longer be seen.

I tried doing this once with Acrobat Pro but I learned that if the employee opened in their browser (Chrome) then the audio didn't play. We have to assume that everybody will be opening directly in their web browser.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Regards,

Robert

[Bernd Alheit]

Chrome uses his own PDF viewer, not Acrobat Reader.

[Guest]

Hi Bernd,

I see....

I assumed it was an official Adobe extension of some kind.

Makes sense.

As a company, we use google apps and 95% of pdfs are opened in Chrome.

I wonder if there is a workaround?

Please let me know if you have any ideas.

Thanks again!

Robert

[Bernd Alheit]

It is not an Adobe extension.