[Athen] Voices in Adobe Reader for Mac

[Terrill Thompson]

Hmmm, looks like I spoke to soon when replying to Dan. Reader Preferences are indeed available as described in my previous reply,  but they don't seem to work. In Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.2 running on Mac OS X 10.6.3, changing the pitch and speed (aka "Words per minute") has no effect on "Read Out Loud". I thought maybe it was

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 8:32 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Voices in Adobe Reader for Mac

Hi Dan,

Adobe's "Read Out Loud" feature is configured the same way on the Mac as it is in Windows. Getting there is slightly different though. In Windows select Edit > Preferences, then select "Reading" from the list of Categories. On a Mac, select "Adobe Reader" > Preferences, then select "Reading" from the list of Categories.  In both versions, once you're in Reading Preferences, you can change the volume, voice, pitch, and speed.

Regards,

Terrill Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist
DO-IT, UW Accessible Technology
UW Information Technology
University of Washington
tft at uw.edu<mailto:tft at uw.edu> | 206/221-4168



From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Burke, Dan (DSS)
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 7:42 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Voices in Adobe Reader for Mac

Greetings -


Not having a Mac in our department, I am looking for aedvice in answering a student's question - how can he change the voices and speed in Adobe Reader on the Mac?

Any tips would be most welcome!

Dan


Dan Burke
Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator

Disability Services for Studentstss
The University of Montana
Emma B. Lommasson Center 154
Missoula, MT 59812

406.24.4424
406.243.5330 FAX

www.umt.edu/disability

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