Acrobat X - Read this Page Only not working

Question

Hello,
I have Acrobat Pro X, and need to make accessible PDFs from InDesign. Before I upgraded to Acrobat X, I used to have Acrobat read the text to me to help check the reading order. But in Acrobat X, the "Read this page only" selection does not work. If I click on some text, it will read that line, but that doesn't help me to see what order it will actually read since it doesn't read the next line to the end of the page unless I manually click on it.
My problem is that we tag things in InDesign and set up the proper reading order (we've tried using the structure and using the Articles panel...), but in the Reading Order panel, it often shows a different order. Even two text frames that are threaded, it will show the 2nd text frame as being 1st in the reading order rather than the 1st text frame where the text originated. That makes no sense. The tag structure in the PDF looks correct but the reading order does not (if viewing from the TouchUp Reading Order view.
So we want to make sure we check the reading order, and having it read the page to us is one of the easiest ways to do this.
Anyone have this kind of problem? Any suggestions to get it to actually read the entire page?

Answer 1

It is often a good idea use a screen reader to check the accessibility of  files -- even if you check the Tag Structure, content and order panels. Sometimes a file can be corrupt and will not read, even though the tags are perfect and the file passes the Accessibility checker.  This does not happen very often, but I have had it happen several times.
And many people recommend using a screen reader to check pages with figures or tables.  Read Aloud will NOT do a very good job of checking tables. I don't think it can identify row and column headers or identify cells associated with them.  There are a number of screen readers available for download that are more sophisticated and much better suited for checking file accessibility.  For exampe, Freedom Scientific's Jaws runs in demo mode. You may want to try that.
Regardless, while the Read Outloud feature was not designed to validate and is not the best tool for the job, it should be working for you. 
You could try using Read Outloud on different files, or on a different machine and see if that makes any difference.  Sometimes system updates and/or software conflicts may effect things. Check and see if the shortcuts below have any effect --
Ctrl Shift
B
Read out loud from the current page to the end of the document
Ctrl Shift
C
Pause reading out loud
Ctrl Shift
E
Stop reading out loud
Ctrl Shift
V
Read only the current page out loud
Ctrl Shift
Y
Activate and deactivate read out loud
Good luck and let us know if you have resolved the issue.