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MYJV_111
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Jun 11, 2020

PDF READ ALOUD BUTTON

Heyy,

 

I have a big problem! In the past I could use the button READ ALOUD when I opened a PDF document in my explorer.

Yesterday I had an Update from Mircrosoft EDGE and I lost the READ ALOUD BUTTON. I cant find it anymore. It always was in the same task like the +, -, save and so on.

Thank you for your help!

Best Regards.

J

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    TheShaunSaw
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    MYJV_111 

    Hi there, you are welcome to the Microsoft Edge Insider Community!

    Can you please tell which version and channel of Microsoft Edge you are using?

    I would also recommend you to send feedback through the in-app feedback tool(Alt+Shift+I) in Microsoft Edge with the screenshot and the diagnostics attached as it would help the PDF team to resolve your issue.

  • MYJV_111 We appreciate you reaching out. We recently added this functionality back into the PDF experience, so not all channels have it yet. Here's a screenshot:

     

     

    As TheShaunSaw asked, it would be great to know what version you're using. (You can find that here: edge://settings/help).

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

     

     

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      MYJV_111
      Copper Contributor

      THANK YOU.

       

      I have the version Version 83.0.478.45 (Offizielles Build) (64-Bit)

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        MYJV_111
        Copper Contributor

        It looks like this in my microsoft edge 

         

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      MYJV_111
      Copper Contributor

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      I also has the canary version 85.0.544.0 (Offizielles Buildcanary (64-Bit) and this one has got the READ ALOUD button, but it doesnt work like before the update. (microsoft explorer).

      I cant choose row I want to read.

       

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        MYJV_111 Ok, great, I'm glad to hear that you have it in Canary. And good news: we do have that functionality!

         

        To read aloud from a specific point, please do the following:

        1. Open the Read aloud feature
        2. Pause the audio
        3. Highlight the place in the PDF that you'd like Read aloud to start
        4. Right-click to open the context menu
        5. Select "Continue to read aloud from here"

         

         

        Or if you'd like to choose the place without pausing and highlighting, you can:

        1. Open the Read aloud feature
        2. While it's playing, skip paragraphs with "|<" and ">|" from the address bar or the context menu

         

        Hopefully that helps! If this still doesn't meet your use-case, let me know and I'll loop in our PDF team.

         

        Fawkes (they/them)
        Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge