Thursday, March 16, 2006

Acrobat Talks?

Quite by accident, I've just discovered that my Acrobat Reader can SPEAK the contents of a PDF.

To enable Reading preferences:
1. Open a document
2. Choose Edit-->Preferences and select "Reading"
3. Adjust Reading Order Options (as needed)
4. Select the settings for Read Out Loud like volume, voice, rate and pitch.
5. Click OK.

To have your PDF read to you, just choose View->Read Out Loud-->Read This Page Only (reads one page).

From an accessibility standpoint, this is amazing. It's also great to listen to producct brochures, or brochures written in different languages.

Amazing stuff.. yes?

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