This is the transcript of the "Adobe Reading Aloud PDFs" video.
Speaker 1:
Acrobat DC contains a read-aloud feature that will read out text in a PDF, which is great for students who might not have English as a first language, or who struggle with reading, or who may have visual impairments that render the reading of text difficult. It’s also a useful feature to hear your writing read out and thus gauges level of clarity.
In this example, a student is using the read-aloud feature to help them understand the complex grammar and content of the philosophy text by the Roman stoic philosopher Seneca.
To activate the read aloud feature select the View menu, and then Read Out Loud, and Activate Read Out Aloud. Click on the paragraph you wish to be heard, read.
Computer Read Out Aloud:
“You have sent me a letter by the hand of a ‘friend’ of yours, as you call him. And in the next sentence you warn me to avoid discussing your affairs freely with him, since you are not even in the habit of doing so yourself; in other words you have described him as being a friend and then denied this, in one and the same letter.”
Speaker 1:
There are a number of options in Acrobat that help you customise this feature, which are accessed in the Edit Preferences menu, under the Reading tab. Here you can select the different voice pronunciations set, as well as key properties such as volume setting.
You can tell Acrobat to read the whole page, the whole document, or manually pause or stop the reading using the shortcut keys.
Whether you are using Acrobat DC on its own, or as part of Adobe Creative Cloud you’ve got the tools to enhance your students reading and transform your classroom.
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