How do I get text to speech on a PDF?
Emily Wilson
Updated on June 19, 2026
Use Adobe Reader TEXT TO SPEECH
- Open the PDF file in Adobe Reader DC.
- Go to the page you want read.
- From the View menu select READ OUT LOUD. Click ACTIVATE READ OUT LOUD.
- From the View menu select READ OUT LOUD. Click READ THIS PAGE ONLY (SHIFT + CTRL+ C is used to Pause/Resume).
How do I OCR in Adobe 9?
Choose Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR. The Recognize Text dialog box opens. Specify whether you want to capture the current page, an entire document, or specified pages in a multipage document. Click the Edit button to open the Recognize Text – Settings dialog box.
Does Adobe Acrobat have text to speech?
Read Out Loud is a Text-to-Speech (TTS) tool that is built in Acrobat Reader DC. The Read Out Loud feature reads aloud the text in a PDF, including the text in comments and alternate text descriptions for images and fillable fields. Acrobat Reader must have a voice selected that you have installed.
How do I use Google text to speech to read a PDF?
To activate text to speech, you’ll need to first select the word or section you want read aloud….Read documents aloud using Android text to speech
- Touch the microphone icon on your keyboard.
- Follow the prompts in the dialog box.
- Speak clearly into your device’s microphone.
Does Adobe Reader have OCR?
Acrobat has been maligned for its PDF reader, but it still has a ton of great features, and OCR is one of them. If you have a copy of Acrobat, or a Creative Cloud subscription, give it a try and get your scanned documents OCRed.
Does Adobe Acrobat have text-to-speech?
How do you use text-to-speech?
Text-to-speech output
- Open your device’s Settings app .
- Select Accessibility, then Text-to-speech output.
- Choose your preferred engine, language, speech rate, and pitch.
- Optional: To hear a short demonstration of speech synthesis, press Play.