Basic Notes
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Text-to-speech
Some PDF files (including our test file) allow you to have the text read aloud. To
use the text-to-speech (TTS) function:
1.
Make sure the initial screen with the annotation toolbox is visible.
(Press or tap the screen if you need to.)
2.
Select the menu icon in the top-right of the screen, and choose Read
aloud.
3.
If you have more than one TTS program installed, you will be asked to
choose an option.
4.
The text is read out loud. The current sentence is highlighted on the
tablet. Press the back icon on the tablet to stop the voice.
If you want to use the text-to-speech option consider purchasing a less-robotic
“voice” from Google Play. Search for SVOX and look at the options available.
Other tips
•
Pressing the drawing pin tool on the toolbox “pins” the toolbox to
your document page for easier access. Press the “cross” to “unpin”
the toolbox.
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Saving the file will save your annotations.
•
When you open the annotated file in the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your
PC or laptop you should see your annotations.
•
Go through the various settings and experiment with the options—you
can’t break anything.
Others
ezPDF Reader PDF Annotate Form (from NZ$1.20 to NZ$4.99)
This app has many useful features. You can search for text with
options, i.e. case sensitive, whole word or part, exact word, and/or
operator. The search results show thumbnails of the pages where the
search term was found. There are lots of settings (select the … menu
item to access them) for example; night mode, “page-flip” animation, and text-to-
speech (for text-based PDF files). Hyperlinks (both within the PDF and to web sites)
work. Highlighting and annotating is available. To mark-up text, tap on the page,
drag the text using the handles, and then choose an item from the menu that
appears. Alternatively, press on an empty spot to add a sticky note, freehand
drawing, figure, text-box or image. You can also use the tools near the top of the
screen to draw rectangles, ovals and freehand scribbles and add a text note or
image. The annotations you add to the file show when you open the document in
the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. The menu structure and setting
descriptions are a little odd and take some getting used to, but overall, this app is
reasonable value for money. A “lite” version ($1.20) is available—it excludes the
