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Selecting File allows you to load an existing document for transfer to iTunes. iSpeak It will attempt to load any file you select. It has built-in support for Word, Pages 2, PDF, text, RTF, HTML, and AppleWorks files. For other files it will default to text processing in an attempt to provide the document in a format ready for conversion.

PDF files require the use of pdftotext; it's free and provides better processing than anything I could accomplish. It is available for download here. The download includes an installer that will ensure that pdftotext is installed for use by iSpeak It (or any other application that needs to convert PDF files into text).

Also note that AppleWorks documents require AppleWorks and Pages documents require Pages 2 be installed on your Mac.