Reader X: Read Out Loud function not working; no voice output

[heathen753]

I was using this function in the Reader 9.4 but the voice got the text a bit garbled at times, so I thought I'd try the latest version of the Reader and see if the passage was less garbled.  Reader X has no voice output at all, even after setting and confirming accessability config.  I messed with all 3 options of text buffering.  I know the pdf file I'm viewing is ocr not image (at least Reader 9.4 could read it w/ a bit of it being garbled).  Not sure what else to try; Text Aloud voices still work in that application.

[nonlin3]

May I Recommend that you try turning off the protection mode.

Edit > Preferences

Choose "General" from the Categories on the Left

and at the bottom of the form you will find "[ ] Enable Protected Mode at startup"

Uncheck it and

Restart the program.

I didn't have the same problem you had until I install a new voice, then I had the same problem. and this seemed to do the trick.

Best of luck.

[heathen753]

I'm just now bumping into the problem again.  I've got choices in "preferences - reading" of 3 AT&T voices and the default MS voice.  I prefer the AT&T Voices that I got from text aloud.  But they don't work even if I can point to one of them via preferences.  But the default MS voice works I found out, eventaully.  I guess I'm OK w/ just that voice available to me rather than "enabling protected start up" and reinstalling the AT&T voices (think that's what you suggest to do).  BTW, "enabling protected start up" is already set so maybe this would not work.  Also not sure I have the voices on disk so... can I even reinstall them?

Thanks for the help.

[heathen753]

oh uncheck "enabling protected start up" got it.  But still I may just suffer with the default voice, will see.

[Roxannabell]

The enable protected mode is not available to me

[mansia87727456]

Disabling "[ ] Enable Protected Mode at startup" works. Just want to point out that this option is in Edit-> Preferences -> Security (Enhanced).

[riyap26]

it worked

[malitha27775619]

it worked! thank you

[jz2010]

I fixed read out loud in Adobe Reader XI by picking the "Microsoft Anna" voice in the reading preferences.  No other voices work.  I haven't seen this answer in any forum, but a youtube video casually mentioned it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETOohmYui3Q