Have a PDF read aloud in AppWriter Windows

Open a message as PDF, select the text, and listen for when the trip starts and what you need to bring.

Reviewed 7 November 2026

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Written steps

  1. 0:00 Open your PDF

    Have a PDF read aloud with AppWriter. We open a message about a library trip and listen to what we need to bring.

    Open the menu with the three lines.

    Choose Åbn PDF.

    Find your PDF on the computer. Here Bibliotekstur is in Overførsler. Click the file.

    Click Open. The document opens in AppWriter's PDF viewer.

    If you want the window to fill the screen, you can press Alt and space.

    Choose Maksimer.

  2. 1:03 Select and listen to the text

    Choose the arrow in the PDF window's toolbar so you can select text.

    Drag across the text you want to hear. Here we mark the three lines about the trip.

    Click the blue play button in AppWriter, and listen to the message.

  3. 1:46 Try it yourself

    Now we have heard the message about the trip. Open your own PDF and try to have a paragraph read aloud.

    You have opened the PDF file, selected the text, and heard the whole message.

Read the transcript

Have a PDF read aloud with AppWriter. We open a message about a library trip and listen to what we need to bring. Open the menu with the three lines. Choose Åbn PDF. Find your PDF on the computer. Here Bibliotekstur is in Overførsler. Click the file. Click Open. The document opens in AppWriter's PDF viewer. If you want the window to fill the screen, you can press Alt and space. Choose Maksimer. Choose the arrow in the PDF window's toolbar so you can select text. Drag across the text you want to hear. Here we select the three lines about the trip. Click the blue play button in AppWriter, and listen to the message. We are meeting at biblioteket on Thursday at ten o’clock. The trip lasts one hour. Bring your computer with you. After the visit, we write a short summary. We have heard the trip message. Open your own PDF and try to get a paragraph read aloud.

What you need

AppWriter Windows is open. The PDF file Bibliotekstur is in Overførsler.

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