Accessibility Support
Listening Instead of Reading: Text-to-Speech Instructions
This week's download is text-to-speech enabled, which means you can have it read aloud to you rather than reading it yourself — or follow along with both at once. Here's how to activate that feature across different devices and platforms:
On Desktop — Adobe Acrobat Reader:
Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Click View in the top menu
Select Read Out Loud
Select Activate Read Out Loud
Choose Read This Page Only or Read to End of Document
To customize the reading voice or speed: go to Edit > Preferences > Reading, uncheck Use Default Voice, and select your preferred voice from the dropdown. You can also adjust words per minute to a pace that works for you.
Keyboard shortcut to activate: Shift + Ctrl + Y (Windows)
On the Web — Adobe Acrobat:
Open the PDF in your browser via Adobe Acrobat on the web
Select the Read Aloud tool from the toolbar
The document will begin reading from the start
Use the playback controls to adjust speed, voice, skip paragraphs, or pause
On Mobile — iOS:
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content
Toggle on Speak Screen or Speak Selection
Open the PDF
To hear the full screen: swipe down with two fingers
To hear selected text: highlight the text and tap Speak
On Mobile — Android:
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Text-to-Speech
Toggle on Select to Speak
Open the PDF
Tap the accessibility button to activate and select the text you want read aloud
A Note on PDF Accessibility
Text-to-speech works best with tagged PDFs. This document has been prepared with accessibility in mind. If you experience any issues with the read aloud function, please reach out at ginger@ComprehensiveLiteracySolutions.com.