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Does anyone know any narrator/voice-over apps that will read PDFs? (self.Blind)
submitted by bevk_2092
Hi! So I'm looking for dome advice. As a visually impaired college student, I do a lot of work online and one of the main ways it's stored is as PDFs, but normal narrator won't read the text. I was wondering if anyone has heard of any apps that could help with this? Thanks in advance!
Edit: Thanks everyone for your feedback! It's been really helpful!
Edit: Thanks everyone for your feedback! It's been really helpful!
vwlsmssng 4 points 2y ago
Some PDFs only contain images of pages of text rather than the text itself. In this case you would need an OCR application like Abby Finereader to convert the PDF into one that can be read.
80percentaccurate 4 points 2y ago
Your professors should really be saving the documents as accessible PDFs. There is an add on feature they can use in Adobe for $10 a month that will allow them to translate an inaccessible PDF to Word which would make is readable. Have you talked to the disability office about this?
CloudyBeep 2 points 2y ago
It sounds like they're doing research, maybe reading journal articles.
bevk_2092 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
I have an in class assistant who reads stuff out for me during lessons, but for home research and looking at different online resources it becomes a bit challenging
astrolurus 2 points 2y ago
I use voice Dream reader with voice dream scanner for ocr.
You can get an accommodation to have your books/documents in accessible format- it’s generally the disability office’s job to convert inaccessible PDFs so you can read them if the prof is legitimately unable to provide them I accessible format.
You can get an accommodation to have your books/documents in accessible format- it’s generally the disability office’s job to convert inaccessible PDFs so you can read them if the prof is legitimately unable to provide them I accessible format.
ukifrit 2 points 2y ago
you can try balabolka, adobe digital editions and bookworm, which is still on alpha but I think is already pretty good.
Laser_Lens_4 2 points 2y ago
Try Qread
codeofdusk 2 points 2y ago
$1 with Adobe Reader or Chrome can read PDFs.
cyborgspleadthefifth 2 points 2y ago
I believe zoomtext will read PDFs
mi1ky_tea 2 points 2y ago
If it's an internet pdf Microsoft edge has a built in screen reader. Works on all webpages and it has some customizable features.
hollowearthtrip 2 points 2y ago
If you have a Windows computer, ReadAloud should be able to.
bevk_2092 [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Thanks!
hollowearthtrip 1 points 2y ago
I'm on mobile so hopefully the link will work $1
bevk_2092 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Thanks! Your a lifesaver!
hollowearthtrip 2 points 2y ago
Glad I could help!
hollowearthtrip 1 points 2y ago
Welcome 😀
siriuslylupin6 1 points 2y ago
Why hasn’t anyone suggested either open book or kurtzweil? They are the most useful things for pdfs for kurtzweil k1000 is the one you want.
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