Read Aloud Won't Read PDF

I just activated the read aloud option but when I press the button to read the page, it seems like it sees the document like an empty page. It will say "Warning, empty page." When I click on the text it will just say "blank."

thanks to a contributor whose Id I have lost now but had the answer! It was go to preferences under View in the Menu and click General. Then uncheck Protected Mode. close Reader and re open and it worked. The voice is so much nicer than the old Adobe Reader. Many thanks to this Forum contributors.

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