Inconsistencies with Read Out Loud on different Windows systems

Hello, I create 508-compliant accessible documents for my employer. These documents are read by several different reviewers internally, and we have noticed that there are differences with how the documents read for some reviewers. Some reviewers have Windows 7 and some have Windows XP. All reviewers are using Reader 9. The diferences are small (certain words will not read for certain reviewers, acronyms read differently) but it is important to us that all end users hear the information correctly. Was wondering if anyone else has experienced similar issues and if there was a setting/preference or any kind of fix for these issues. Thank you.

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