Disable Content Preparation Progress Dialog in Adobe Acrobat
If you have been annoyed by this following dialog when you open PDF files in Adobe Acrobat v8, here are the two different ways is the way you can disable it.
- Rename the Accessibility.api and ReadOutLoud.api to Accessibility.old and ReadOutLoud.old (or you can move them to a different folder). These files are found in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\plug_ins. This solution however, has the possibilty that a future upgrade of Acrobat would cause these plugins to renable.
Remove “Speech Recognition” from the Language Tool bar, settings, Installed Services. The other way to get this, if you don’t have the Language Toolbar visible, is via the Regional and Language Options Control Panel, under the Languages Tab, and click on the Details button and then you can remove any references to “Speech Recognition” that you find under the Installed Services.
Tagged as Accessibility, Acrobat, Content, Dialog, Preparation, Progress, ReadOutLoud+ Categorized as SysAdmin, Windows Tips
The second way seems not working. Do I need to restart my computer after removing speech/handwriting recognition? Thanks.
Thanks for the helpful post. I’ve been wanting to disable this feature since it takes too much time on large documents.
I tried your second method and used Control Panel > Regional and Language Options. Oddly enough my installed services only include a US English Keyboard. “Speech Recognition” is not in my list of installed services.
Well, based on further testing it appears that the first option works, but the second may only be a temporary fix for some. I will keep looking for a better way to solve the problem, but at least removing the Accessibility.api and ReadOutLoud.api does solve the problem.
This has been suggested by another poster:
1. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Reading
2. Under “Screen Reader Options”, select “Only read the currently
visible pages”
Aandi Inston
Number 4 above works great (Edit / Preferences / Reading / Screen Reader Options / Only read the currently visible pages) Thanks so mucy, Aandi Inston
Good fix, the first one. It just works! Thanks!
I ploughed through the menus and found nothing sensible enough. Till I did a google search and landed up on this page – your solution rox!!
Blinkin Brilliant!!!
This used to lock my machine up for ages, was getting to the point of chucking it out the window.
Works like a charm! Simple yet efficient.
Post Nr 4 works fine! Thanx…
Works like a dream, cheers for the tip!
Thank you for solutions. Post # 4 also worked for me.
1. Edit -> Preferences -> Reading
2. find”Screen Reader Options”, choose “Only read the currently visible pages”
Thanks! Finally I can open the PDF without this annoying feature.
Thanks for the info. I often create large PDF maps from my GIS. These become almost unusable due to the large number of placenames or streetnames that normally fit on a 3′ x 4′ map. Now I can read them using Reader 9.0, but my clients cannot (without doing what you suggest). This ‘feature’ in Reader is a real problem for me as PDF is the standard for this kind of work. Hmmm, as a mitigation, I will try to figure out how to create a PDF from CutePDF or Nitro that turns fonts into shapes…
Post Number 4 works fine, Thank U…
Great. solve my headache, I just wonder how the adobe guy to develop such a monstor to kill the user?
No.4 is very very helpful
Thank you, guys.
No. 4 is cool.
Number 4, ROCKS!! I finally got this removed. I can’t even begin to tabulate the amount of time wasted awaiting the feature to complete its “preparation”. Thanks!
1. Edit -> Preferences -> Reading
2. find”Screen Reader Options”, choose “Only read the currently visible pages”
Great, it works for me (Acrobat 9 Pro)
Number 4, YOU ARE GREATTTTT!!!!!
Great! The solution # 1 worked and that annoying message box is no more…
ThanX!
Your way and Comment #4 work great. Thanks for this!
I think the files mentioned can be located at the following locations :
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\plug_ins
thanks alot number 4 .
1. In the Adobe Reader press CTRL+K (Alternatively open EDIT > Preferences)
adobe-acrobat-content-preparation-screen-options 2. Go to Categories, select Reading
3. Choose Screen Reader Options and select Only read the currently visible pages.
4. OK
5. Next time you will not see the pop up.
Perfect!
Thanks author and number 4.
What idiot at Adobe thought this was a good software update exactly??
you`re the best!