Hello
We are looking for a javasript which opens a document in the reading mode within a browser.
Thank you for your solutions, Bob
reading mode
2007-07-21 10:01:16
2008-04-22 11:15:37
#2
If you meant "Read-Out-Loud", then you can activate it from a menu item in Acrobat 7 and earlier. Use the PageOpen event for the first page of the PDF, and a "Execute a Menu Item" action. Or from JavaScript like this:
app.execMenuItem("ADBE:ReadAloudStart");
There are no good options for Acrobat 8, since menu access is restricted in this version. In Acrobat JS there is a TTS object (text to speach). But to use it you need to be at least an intermediate programmer. Look it up if your interested.
app.execMenuItem("ADBE:ReadAloudStart");
There are no good options for Acrobat 8, since menu access is restricted in this version. In Acrobat JS there is a TTS object (text to speach). But to use it you need to be at least an intermediate programmer. Look it up if your interested.
2008-04-25 08:18:54
#3
If you meant "Read-Out-Loud", then you can activate it from a menu item in Acrobat 7 and earlier. Use the PageOpen event for the first page of the PDF, and a "Execute a Menu Item" action. Or from JavaScript like this:app.execMenuItem("ADBE:ReadAloudStart");
There are no good options for Acrobat 8, since menu access is restricted in this version. In Acrobat JS there is a TTS object (text to speach). But to use it you need to be at least an intermediate programmer. Look it up if your interested.
My first post.... I'm one step before even a beginner programmer but are you saying that with Acrobat 8 Professional, there isn't an easy way to have a PDF file automatically open and read out loud? I currently have Acrobat 6 Professional but I've found that my button I've created to read out loud won't work in Acrobat Reader 8 (because the menu was changed around). If I have Acrobat 8 Professional, can I create a button to that will allow a visually impaired person to click so that the document is read out loud to them in Reader 8? (We're trying to make sure our non-profit website is 508 compliant, including our PDF files.)There are no good options for Acrobat 8, since menu access is restricted in this version. In Acrobat JS there is a TTS object (text to speach). But to use it you need to be at least an intermediate programmer. Look it up if your interested.
Thanks!
Kimberly
Or do you mean the "Reading Mode" that's on the view menu? This option removes all the Acrobat controls and zooms the page to fit width. Both of these options can be set from the Advanced tab on the document properties dialog. No JavaScript necessary.
Thom Parker
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