Click here to see the PDF newsletters of the women's center where I volunteer. My Adobe Reader is version 9, the latest edition (and it's free). If you go to "View" on the menu bar, you'll find a "read out loud" option. Try it - you'll find it works very well.

On Control Panel in Windows Vista, there's an "Ease of Access Center" which allows you to activate Microsoft Narrator, which will read what's on your screen out loud.

-Joe-