Request for Professional Arabic PDF Read Aloud and Language Support in Adobe Acrobat
Dear Adobe Acrobat Team,
I would like to submit a feature request on behalf of millions of Arabic-speaking users who rely on Adobe Acrobat every day.
One of the biggest limitations we currently face is the lack of professional Arabic support in the Read Aloud feature. At the moment, Arabic text is often pronounced incorrectly, numbers are read inaccurately, and the overall speech quality is far from natural. This makes the feature difficult to use for work, study, and accessibility purposes.
In addition, Arabic is not even available as a selectable language in some language recognition and reading settings. Considering that Arabic is one of the world's most widely spoken languages, this absence is both surprising and disappointing.
Today, with the rapid advancement of AI-powered speech technologies, delivering high-quality Arabic text-to-speech is no longer a major technical challenge. Many modern AI systems already provide natural, accurate Arabic voices with proper pronunciation and fluent reading.
We respectfully ask Adobe to prioritize:
Native, high-quality Arabic Read Aloud support.
Accurate pronunciation of Modern Standard Arabic.
Correct reading of Arabic numbers, punctuation, and mixed Arabic-English content.
Full Arabic language recognition and selection throughout Acrobat's accessibility features.
Adobe Acrobat is the global standard for PDF documents. We hope it will also become the standard for Arabic accessibility and reading experience.
Thank you for listening to your Arabic-speaking community. We sincerely hope to see this improvement in a future release.
Best regards,
An Arabic Adobe Acrobat User