Feedback for Reader-Read Out Loud

For Adobe, I am surprised at the low level of quality of Adobe Reaader-Read Out Loud. It cannot pronounce simple words and sounds so robotic as to make the feature painful to use. Why read page headers instead of continuing with a paragraph? Why read a paragraph full of references? Why no option to skip sections of a page? I could go on, but I will just say that it is obvious that Adobe cares little for this program. Come on Adobe, you can do way better than this.

I got the MSVCP50.dll file from a friend. I'm not sure this was necessary, though.
However I picked up this post from another discussion:
“I thought to set my preference to a very slow speed (which I learned can't be less than 150 words a minute) and I also changed the voice to a Microsoft voice (SanSoft voices were the other choices). When I tried again, it worked. I don't know if it was the speed or the voice or both, but I never would have considered those if I hadn't been aware of the bar. It must have shown before but it was so quick and I wasn't looking for it that I must have missed it.”
I also hadn’t noticed the bar at the bottom, which is only there for a split second, and I’m not sure what significance that had. But by changing my preferences (Edit/Preferences/ Reading) from the default, it seemed to kick the function into action. The volume is still very low, though, even with all the volume slide controls on max.
But progress anyway!

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Read out loud mode for iPad?

Hey there I was wondering if you all will add to the development a read out load function for a iPad. I very much enjoy your adobe xi and it working program.
It would be very awesome for us students with dyslexia! That function for the PC has saved me and is very useful for me.
Also if there is application for that by your company I would very much love to know.
***I searched and realised that its not advailable yet. I guess i'll wait to get a ipad til that function exsists.***

Hi Tcimmiyotti,
Thanks for contacting us.
With the current version of Adobe Reader you can use basic accessibility . More can be found at http://blogs.adobe.com/readermobile/2013/02/21/feature-preview-accessibility-support/
For Read out loud we are working on this feature and you might see this as a part of our future updates, but we can't commit when it will reach to you.
Thanks
-Satyadev

I need help with a PDF file that is an image, the "Read Out Loud' option does not work, please help!

I need help with a PDF file that is an image, the "Read Out Loud' option does not work, please help!

You mean an image such as a scanned document?
If that is the case, the file doesn't contain any text for Reader Out Loud to read. In order to fix that, you would need an application such as Adobe Acrobat that does Optical Character Recognition to convert the images to actual text.
You can also try to export the file as a Word document or something else using ExportPDF which I believe offers OCR and is cheaper than Acrobat.

I have created PDF from hardcopy by using my scanner. After I run OCR option for my PDF by using Acrobat Pro 9. But "Text-to-speech" functionality of the PDF says that an error message comes up that says the page is empty when I turns on the read out loud

I have created PDF from hardcopy by using my scanner. After I run OCR option for my PDF by using Acrobat Pro 9. But "Text-to-speech" functionality of the PDF says that an error message comes up that says the page is empty when I turns on the read out loud option in Acrobat. Kindly help me to sortout this problems?

So I tried generating the same PDFs on two other computers that have Acrobat 9 Pro. Results were reproduced. The verdict is:
- complex PDF files (that is, containing cross-references, tables of contents, and bookmarks) generated by Acrobat 9.x Pro are roughly 2-5x larger than the identical file generated with Acrobat 8.x Pro.
- different PDF conversion settings make a negligable difference (less than 10% rather than 70-80%).
- using the "Reduce File Size" or "Optimize PDF" option cuts the file size roughly in half, almost always resulting in a "image downsampling mask" warning message, which requires acknowledgement (that is a problem for batch processing or automation).
- adding an Acrobat watermark to the file cuts the file size roughly in half.
- just using Save As to another filename has no effect on file size.
- generating the PDF in Acrobat 9 with links but no PDF bookmarks still results in the inflated file size.
- generating the PDF in Acrobat 9 without any links or bookmarks results in approximately the same file size as the Acrobat 8 PDF with full links and bookmarks.
It appears that Acrobat 9's manner of adding links is what's bloating the files, and in my case it's probably not related to images or image resolution/print quality. It's a shame, because Acrobat 9 seems to have made some improvements to the Review Tracker interface, and a few other bells and whistles which I haven't really gotten around to exporing yet. But unless I find a way to keep my links and the PDF file sizes comparable to what I was getting with Acrobat 8 Pro, it looks like I'm going to stay with Acrobat 8.

I'm looking for the read out loud feature for my Adobe the iPad

I'm trying to find a read out loud feature for Adobe that is installed on my iPad

I think the feature is called Voice Over, and I think it's now compatible with Reader:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3598?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Read Out Loud States Authoring for Highlights

Hello fellow Adobe fans,
I usually Highlight my user manuals so it's easier to find things later.
Today I turned on "Read out Loud" and for each Highlighted word it says:
"Highlight Comment Christine July 31, 2012 7 hours 35 minutes and 1 sec (end link)"
The "end link" is in parentheses because I'm not positive that's what it's saying.
This is really annoying! I've gone through the Preferences numerous times and the help files as well. Is there a way to disable this?
Does anyone know why it's doing this and how to stop it? Or is my excessive use of Highlights the problem; perhaps "Read Out Loud" wasn't designed for it? Although, even if it was just a few words; it's still extremely distracting. I could see it's use if I was collaborating with a group; but surely there must be a way to turn this off for the average user?
About the file: I saved a Microsoft web page by "printing" it to a file using my Quicken PDF Printer. I'm using Adobe Reader v10.1.3 and Windows XP SP3.
Thanks very much for your time

Great question!!! When I travel I would like to be able to listen to some multi page documents....it would be like a book on tape.

How can I get read out loud to work on MAC for adobe reader?

Having trouble getting the read out loud function to work on MAC. It keeps says "BLANK" or "Warning Page Empty". How can i get this resolved my the read out loud function to work properly?

That depends.
First, be sure the pdf isn't just scanned images. Can you select individual words with the select tool? If not, you would need to use a tool to run OCR before it can be read.

Read out loud does not work on Adobe Reader XI. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

Does anyone know how to repair the Read Out Loud problem with Adobe Reader XI?

Hi thomash,
Are you running into this problem with all PDFs, or just a select few? If the PDF was created from a scan, and OCR wasn't performed (so there's no "live" text), then there wouldn't be anything to read aloud.
If the issue occurs regardless of the PDF you have open, has anything changed on your system since Read Out Loud worked for you?
Best,
Sara

Adobe Reader's Read Out Loud is glitched.

When I use the r-o-l feature to read my textbooks, the program does not read words with the letter "F" in them correctly. At first, I believed it was just something weird with the book I was attempting to have it read, so I changed it. But now I've bought a completely different computer, and have a new class with new text books, and it's still doing it. For example, the word fire. It'll read fee-are-ee. Influence is pronounced in-flamabluence. Flesh is 'florida-esh'. It's highly distracting, and I don't know what to do about it. Any suggestions?
I am using Windows 8, on a pc.
Best,
Dawn

I do not have Reader installed, but in Acrobat, there is a Read Out Loud menu item under the View menu.

Acrobat 9 Pro can't read out loud

I've always been able to use Acrobat's "Read Out Loud" feature to help me proof complex documents by having Acrobat read the PDF aloud while I read the original to check for discrepancies. Since upgrading to Acrobat 9 Pro Extended version 9.4.6 on Windows 7, I can't get the Read Out Loud feature to work. The document is fully tagged, the sound and speakers are working correctly. After activating the Read Out Loud feature (View->Read Out Loud->Activate Read Out Loud), when I select any of the options (e.g., Read This Page Only or Read to End of Document), Acrobat crashes. It doesn't matter if I'm using a PDF generated from Framemaker or one downloaded from Adobe's site.
I've read through Adobe's Help forums and can't find a solution. Has anyone had and successfully resolved this problem?:
Carol

Just some nattering -
Maybe a "Repair" of Acrobat 9 will resolve the issue.
May have to move into Acrobat X (first fully "made for Win 7").
Be well...

Read out Loud problem in Adobe Reader X

I tried the Read out loud feature of Adobe Reader X, but it does not seem to be working.
I am using Adobe Reader X on windows XP sp3
when i click activate read out loud
it gives me to more options in the view menu to read current page and read entire file to the end
when I click either option, the option to pause and stop appears in the view menu but i dont hear anything.
what should I do?

Thanks for the response.
Yes, this is mostly pie in the sky. We're interested in taking the
audio from a document read aloud by Adobe Reader and converting it into
a format that can be burned to CD. I'm assuming that we would simply have to record the aloud reading--but I was wondering if Reader gurus might have a better approach.
J

Read Out Loud Not Working - Acrobat Pro v9.2

Hi,
I'm working my way through the Adobe Acrobat 9 Classroom in a Book and in Lesson 6 came to a section for accessibility and the Read Out Loud feature. However, when I follow the lesson (and instructions in the Adobe Help files), nothing happens. No sound, nothing.
I'm using Acrobat Pro v9.2 and Windows Vista.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I've been searching through the Forums, Help Files, and Google to try to find a solution or maybe see whay I could be doing wrong, but have come up empty.
I have checked my volume and it is set at maximum volume, and Read Out Load is activated under View -> Read Out Loud.
Thank you for any assistance.

Hi Bill,
Thank you very much, that helped. I didn't know anything opened up when it was activated and set to read so I paid attention to what was happening and noticed the bar on the bottom, but it was there only a second before disappearing. So then I thought to set my preference to a very slow speed (which I learned can't be less than 150 words a minute) and I also changed the voice to a Microsoft voice (SanSoft voices were the other choices). When I tried again, it worked. I don't know if it was the speed or the voice or both, but I never would have considered those if I hadn't been aware of the bar. It must have shown before but it was so quick and I wasn't looking for it that I must have missed it.
Thanks!

Be able to Read Out Loud text, not just form fields

I am trying to develop an accessible form that has at its end the following statement:
"I hereby certify that all statements on this application are true and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that false statements on pre-employment materials constitute fraud in securing employment and is basis for dismissal."
This statement needs to be able to be Read Out Loud by a Screen Reader.
I started outlining the form in Microsoft Word and then brought it into LiveCycle. The PDF Structure shows the text but the Hierarchy does not. From my experiments, only the Hierarchy is Read by a Screen Reader.
So,
1) How to make the certification be read out loud?
2) How to alert users of Screen Readers that there also is a Signature line to fill out? They need to sign and date the form.
Thanks for any help you may give. BTW, I am using LiveCycle 8.

In Designer you can indicate what needs to be read for specific fields. Under the Window menu there is an Accessability palette that needs to be enabled. Once this is done you can enter Custom screen Reader text to be read. I woudl attach this to the last field on the form.

Read Out Loud won't read tags, reads content instead

Hi,
I have a PDF generated through a third party library, and it is a tagged PDF (running it in PAC 1.3 and 2.0 says it passes accessibility test) and when I use the Read Out Loud feature on it in Adobe Acrobat Pro XI and Adobe Reader, it ignores all the tags (including any Alternate and Actual text fields) and reads the content of the PDF instead of the tags. It even reads the header and the footer which are marked as Artifacts, which is strange as Artifacts should never be read out loud. When I run NVDA and have it read the PDF, it reads it normally as expected (reads only the tags, and follows the Alternate/Actual text fields).
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ouw92
Here's an example of the file. I would expect the Read Out Loud feature to start with "I don't know", but instead it says DEVELOPMENT (an artifact) and then I D N, then I expect it to get to the last line of text before the footer and then simply continue to the second page, but it will instead read the header and the footer before it moves on to the next page. Any reason why it behaves like this? Why it ignores the tags and why it doesn't ignore the artifacts?
Thanks,
Dejan

Hi "a C student",
Thank you for your reply.
In order to make a sample of the pdf I changed actual code to produce the PDF I have linked to in my original post, and I didn't actually check that it passes PAC 1.3 and 2.0, as I simply believed that my code change did exactly the same thing that the production code does. It of course did not, and I gave you a "possessed" PDF Sorry about that. Here is a new sample, this time done a bit better
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ndajik
In PAC 1.3 it only warns about bookmarks, in 2.0 it fails the font embedding which should not be an issue and says PDF/UA identifier is not set - this might be the issue, but I do not know how to set it, I understood that all I need is to have the Title, Language and some other metadata fields set for the PDF to be PDF/UA compliant.
Anyway, I hope this sample works out better for you
Thanks,
Dejan

Cannot use Read Out Loud function in MS Vista

I have not be able to use the Read Out Loud function of Adobe Reader since I got Vista. I have recently written a book and I want others to be able listen to the book in PDF format but they cannot. A good friend of my sister is legally blind and wanted to know if I had an audio version for her so I asked her if she had Adobe Reader and she said she did. So I then asked if she had MS Vista OS but she is not sure. If she does she and other who have Vista and any version of Adobe Readerwill not be able to use the Read Out Loud function as far as I know. Any ideas as what the issue can be? I have had Vista tell me it was some kind of security violation and I tried to exempt it but Vista would not let me. Here is the error output from today "Faulting application AcroRd32.exe, version 9.3.3.177, time stamp 0x4c1d77af, faulting module lhcom02W.dll, version 2.13.0.0, time stamp 0x3cfc8155, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00018818, process id 0xeac, application start time 0x01cb4798dc61d030." I have 9.3.3.4 but previous version still did not work either. I was hoping the latest update would have worked. signed: Frustrated and Disappointed in Indiana

By changing my preferences in Adobe Reader (Edit/Preferences/ Reading) from the default, it seemed to kick the function into action! The volume is still very low, though, even though all the volume slide controls are on max.
But progress anyway!

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