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    How to get a mac to read PDF files

    This is for anybody who needs/wants to use screen readers or speech. A friend of mine who is legally blind told me that screen readers do not read PDF files. I figured out a way that might help some people who use screen readers get around that problem. It only works on mac computers. If you open a PDF file with “Preview” (software already installed on mac) then go to “Edit” and scroll down to “Speech” it will say “start speaking” and “stop speaking” click “Start speaking” and it should read the entire PDF file to you. I have no idea if this method is effected by other screen reading software so it may not work for everyone but I hope this helps some people. I like to use the speech function in my mac to edit my writing sometimes because I can actually hear where some mistakes are. It is very useful. But it only works if I make the file into a PDF for some reason.
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