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The Read Out Loud feature reads aloud the
text in a PDF, including the text in comments and alternate text
descriptions for images and fillable fields. In tagged PDFs, content
is read in the order in which it appears in the document’s logical structure
tree. In untagged documents, the reading order is inferred, unless
a reading order has been specified in the Reading preferences.
Read
Out Loud uses the available voices installed on your system. If
you have SAPI 4 or SAPI 5 voices installed from text-to-speech or
language applications, you can choose them to read your PDFs.
Note: Read
Out Loud isn’t a screen reader, and some operating systems may not support
it.
Activate or deactivate Read Out LoudYou must activate Read Out Loud before you
can use it. You can deactivate Read Out Loud to free system resources
and improve performance of other operations.
 Do one of the following:
Read a PDF with Read Out Loud- Navigate to the page that you want to
read.
- Do one of the following:
Read PDF form fields out loud- In the Reading panel of the Preferences
dialog box, select Read Form Fields in the Read Out Loud Options
section.
- In the PDF form, press Tab to select the first form field.
- Make entries and selections as needed, and then press
Tab to move to the next field, repeating this step until the form
is completed. Acrobat reads the state
of selected check boxes and radio buttons.
Note: Read Out Loud does not echo your keystrokes. To hear
what you have typed, use a screen reader.
Interrupt reading out loud Do one of the following:Choose View > Read Out Loud > Pause.
Choose View > Read Out Loud > Resume.
Choose View > Read Out Loud > Stop.
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You can also use the Select Object
tool to locate text. Activate Read Out Loud, and then choose Tools
> Content > Select Object. Use the up/down and left/right arrow
keys to navigate through the document. You can hear where the Select
Object tool has been placed, such as a heading or paragraph.
