"Read Out Loud" Function

I am trying to activate the "Read Out Loud" function in Adobe Reader 8.1.1. The instructions say to do the following. The problem I have is that I do not see a 'read out loud' option under 'view'.
Instructions from Help-------------------------
To activate the read function
Click view on the toolbar along the top of the page
Click read out loud
Click activate read out loud
To read
Click view
Click read out loud
Click read this page only or read to end of document according to your
preference
To stop the reader
Click view
Click read out loud
Click stop

Can you select the text in your files? The ROL function only works if the file contains "real" text, ie not just an image or a scan with text in it.

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