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Accessibility
Text to Speech
Visually impaired users can access the text content in PDF files through the Microsoft Text to Speech
technology built into Windows Vista and 7.
NOTE: Nitro does not support Text to Speech when installed on Windows versions earlier than Vista.
To start and stop Text to Speech:
1. Open your PDF document in Nitro Pro 9
2. On your computer's keyboard, press Ctrl+Enter to enable Text to Speech
NOTE: The first audible message will announce the current page number, followed by a reading
of the text content on that page.
3. To stop Text to Speech, press Ctrl+Enter once again
To pause and resume Text to Speech:
1. While the page content is being read, press your keyboard's Space bar to pause reading
2. To resume reading from where it was paised, press your keyboard's Space bar once again
To read the previous or next paragraph:
l To skip the current paragraph and read the next one, press right Shift+Space on your keyboard
l To read the paragraph before the one being read, press left Shift+Space on your keyboard
To repeat the current paragraph:
l To read the current paragraph again, press right Ctrl+Space on your keyboard
To configure Text to Speech in Windows:
1. Do one of the following:
l In the Windows Start menu, type "change text to speech settings" into the search box, and
click the top result, or:
1. In the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel
2. In the Control Panel click Speech Recognition
3. In the side-bar, click Text to Speech
2. Configure settings such as voice type and reading speed
3. Click Apply, and then click OK to close the dialog
HINT: You can press F2 on your keyboard for a reminder of Text to Speech keyboard controls.
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