OT: Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 now SPEAKS?

Grazie wrote on 4/10/2005, 11:14 PM
Maybe this has been present in earlier incarnations of "Reader" . .but to be able to hear a manual is great for me . . So THAT is what Edward Troxel sounds like?

Grazie



Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 4/10/2005, 11:25 PM
The "read it aloud" was implemented in version 6, I believe. It *might* have been 5, but I think it was 6. Nice feature, eh?
PeterWright wrote on 4/10/2005, 11:31 PM
That's funny - I printed mine out and I can't hear a thing ;)
Grazie wrote on 4/10/2005, 11:36 PM


Spot, thanks for clearing that up! Hell, I should play with submenus more often. Would've been neat if when I started 6 it said " You - can - now - hear - me - when I'm - reading - your PDF. Just - click - on . . ."

Peter . . silly boy! Even I know you can't HEAR stuff from a printed page! Duoah! :)

Grazie


busterkeaton wrote on 4/11/2005, 12:17 AM
I just downloaded my tax forms and found out that you can now type in a PDF, that's the first time I ever did that.

Very useful
craftech wrote on 4/11/2005, 4:32 AM
Does version 7 have the same spyware components as version 6 did? And are they harder to defeat?

John
B_JM wrote on 4/11/2005, 5:46 AM
The adobe acrobat reader download includes a download manager and yahoo toolbar. Kinda crappy but you can chose not to install them.

Acrobat full version will install the yahoo toolbar (you can elect to not install it also) and also installs viewpoint media manager (which you can un-install).

Viewpoint used to collect persoanl info - but now has changed its policy under a lot of pressure .. though it still phones home ..

acrobat also makes a outgoing connection on the net , but can be blocked by a firewall..


there are now lots of free plugin and pdf readers - like http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php and also alternitive free and low cost pdf writers that do 90% of full version acrobat and work great ..



craftech wrote on 4/11/2005, 5:49 AM
Acrobat Reader also sticks a VBA in your temp folder every time you open a pdf file. New as of version 6. Of course those of you in Europe don't have to worry as much because your spam laws are much stricter.

John