Text to speech...?

[UncoderMom]

AGH! Dont tell me to google it either... google IS NOT my friend today! LOL

How can I get a secured pdf to work under text to speech? I cant convert it to .lit (ms reader file).

I dont want to rip the file or destroy its copyright, I just want the damn thing to read. I dont even care if its trusty sam reading to me LOL.

Something that reads secured pdf files. ALOUD. TExt to speech!

I have tried 3 different FF plug ins too... no luck.

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I should also add that I have tried downloading the top 3 free readers on google search for "pdf text to speech". It wont read... Even when I get it open in the readers window. ITs just an unreadable display.

[Wayne Luke]

Here is how I got my Adobe Reader 8.1.2 to read a secure PDF outloud under Windows Vista...

1) Went to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Ease of Access -> Navigator

2) Adobe Reader opened the Accessibility setup wizard which I went through. When done, it downloaded a small update and installed it.

3) With my secure PDF opened, I choose View -> Read Out Loud -> Activate Read Outloud.

4) Clicked on the paragraph where I wanted it to start reading. CTRL-SHIFT-B will tell it to read the entire document.

[UncoderMom]

HAHA! I have XP but it worked like a charm. Right under my nose... must be all these kids running around.. I couldnt have possibly have missed that with out help. hehe I mean I configured narrator but didnt do the read out loud till now.

Cant say it was in vain though... learned a lot trying to figure it out!

THANK YOU!!

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Another quick question... do you know if we can add new voices besides sams?

[Wayne Luke]

Originally Posted by UncoderMom

Another quick question... do you know if we can add new voices besides sams?

Don't know. I have my system setup to use Microsoft Anna as the default but Adobe Reader uses a robotic male voice so its probably built into Reader that way.