User manual

Using the Read Out Loud feature
You can use the Read Out Loud feature to read aloud as many pages of an Adobe PDF
document as you want. Read Out Loud reads the text in comment pop-ups and alternate
text descriptions for images and fillable fields. In tagged PDF documents, content is read
in the order it appears within the logical structure. In untagged documents, the reading
order is inferred, unless a reading order has been specified. (See Selecting a reading order.)
Read Out Loud uses the available voices installed in your system; contact your operating
system vendor for additional voices on Windows. If you have SAPI 4 or SAPI 5 voices
installed from text-to-speech or language applications, you can choose them to read your
PDF documents.
Note: The Read Out Loud feature can read the text of a PDF file out loud, but is not a
screen reader. Some systems may not support this feature.
To read a document out loud:
1. Open an Adobe PDF document.
2. Navigate to the page you want to read.
3. Do one of the following:
● Choose View > Read Out Loud > Read This Page Only.
● Choose View > Read Out Loud > Read To End Of Document.
To interrupt the Read Out Loud feature:
Do one of the following:
Choose View > Read Out Loud > Pause.
Choose View > Read Out Loud > Stop.
To read form fields out loud:
1. Make sure that the Read Form Fields option is selected in the Reading preferences. (See
Setting Reading preferences.)
2. In the form, press Tab to select the first form field. A description is read out loud.
Note: When you type text into a text field, Read Out Loud doesn't read the new text until
you press Tab to exit the text field, and Shift+Tab to reenter the text field.
3. Make entries and selections as needed. Acrobat reads the state of selected check boxes and
radio buttons.
4. Press Tab to select each field until you complete the form.