ZoomText - Recommended Adobe Reader settings

ZoomText - Recommended Adobe Reader settings

Problem

You wish to read documents in Adobe Reader with ZoomText but are unable to make the speech work with these documents.


Resolution

Step 1 - Download Adobe Reader app

If Adobe Acrobat reader is not already installed you may click the link:  Adobe Reader download


Step 2 - Set Adobe to be default PDF app

  1. If you have a PDF document already store on the system jump to step 3 otherwise visit this page to download one:
    ttps://support.freedomscientific.com/support/zoomtextdocumentation/zoomtextguides
  2. Then download a copy of the ZoomText user guide and save it into the downloads folder or another easily accessible location.
  3. In Windows Explorer navigate to the location where the PDF document is stored and right click it, then choose Properties in the context menu.
  4. In the Properties dialogue click the Change button next to Open With line.
  5. In the pop up choose Adobe Acrobat DC or Acrobat Reader if it is listed then click OK.

Step 3 - Optimize Adobe Reader for use with ZoomText

  1. Open Adobe Acrobat Reader DC by searching in the start menu and opening it from there.
  2. Then select Edit > Preferences or press CONTROL+K for “Preferences” window.

Info
The Preferences dialogue is a large group of settings split up into categories on the left side, click the matching category and then update the settings listed, then move on to the next category without clicking OK at the bottom of the dialogue.

Security (Enhanced)

  1. Then uncheck the option marked “Protected mode at startup”.
  2. Then “Protected view” radio button to “Off.

Reading

  1. Set the “Reading Order” drop down to “Left to right, top to bottom” setting.
  2. Uncheck the option “override reading order in tagged documents”.
  3. Then set “page verses document” drop down to “Read entire document”.

Multimedia & 3D

  1. Set “Preferred renderer” drop down to “Software”.
  2. Click to disable “Enable hardware rendering for legacy video cards”.

Accessibility

  1. Enable “Always use page layout” checkbox and set the drop down to the right to “Single page”.
  2. Enable “Always use page zoom setting” and set the drop down to “100%”.
  3. Ensure “Enable Assistive technology support” checkbox is checked.

Document

  1. [Optional] click to disable “Restore last view settings when reopening a document”.
  2. [Optional] click to disable “Allow documents to hide the menu bar, toolbar and other controls.
  3. When finished with changing settings click “OK” button or press ENTER on the dialogue to update settings then close and restart Adobe reader.

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