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The Read Out Loud Feature in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat reads aloud the text in a PDF.

You must activate Read Out Loud before you can use it. You can deactivate Read Out Loud anytime you wish to do so.

 To deactivate do one of the following:

First navigate to the page you want to read:

1. To read this page only: press Shift+Control+V
2. To read to end of document: press Shift+Control+B
3. To pause: press Shift+Control+C
4. To stop: press Shift+Control+E
5. To read specific paragraphs, click on the paragraph to select it. To read the next paragraph, press the downward arrow.

To change the read out loud preferences (rate, pitch, volume etc.) open Adobe Reader and go to Edit > Preferences > Reading > Read Out Loud Options.