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Microsoft Immersive Reader
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Differentiation (KAT)  Diverse Learning Abilities and Challenge  
Screen Readers  Text-to-speech  

 Description

Microsoft Immersive Reader is an interactive reading comprehension and learning tool. This tool makes text more accessible to learners of all ages and abilities. Using Microsoft Immersive Reader, you can have text read aloud at different speeds and by different voices, change text size, font, and spacing, highlight specific parts of speech (e.g., nouns, verbs), break apart words by syllables, translate text to more than 80 languages, hear audio recordings of the words spoken in different languages, and see words represented as pictures.
 
Microsoft Immersive Reader can be accessed through Microsoft Tools (e.g., Word, OneNote, Edge) and you can try it out for free on the Learning Tools page of the Microsoft website. This tool can be beneficial for students who are learning English as well as students with disabilities.


 How it works

These steps are for the free online version.
 
2. Go to the text box at the bottom and input any text.
3. Select the language of the text.
4. Then press “Try it Out.”
5. Clicking on the play button at the bottom of your screen will read the text aloud.
6. You can exit by pressing the arrow in the upper left hand corner.
7. In the upper right hand corner there are three symbols, each opening their own respective menus with various option

 


 Features
  • Read out text aloud, and change the speed of reading.
  • Choose between two fonts optimised to help with reading.
  • Highlight verbs, nouns, adjectives and sub-clauses.
  • Split up words into syllables.
  • Supported file types are .doc, .docx, .pdf & .html

 Affordances
  • Improve reading comprehension
  • Increase fluency for English language learners or readers of other languages
  • Help build confidence for emerging readers learning to read at higher levels
  • Offer text decoding solutions for students with learning differences such as dyslexia

 Limitations
  • Required for using Microsoft

 Educator Usage

Here are some of the many ways to use Immersive Reader:

1. Reading websites
2. Listening to classwork assignments
3. Simplifying the display of a complicated document
4. Scrolling through an online article
5. Focusing on one line at a time in my programming assignments

3 ways to support your students with Immersive Reader

 


 Platforms Supported
Edge, OneNote, Word, and the web version of Outlook

 Other Resources

Guide for Using Immersive Reader

What is Immersive Reader?

Learning Tools in Word

OneNote Universal App - Download now

OneNote Desktop as a free add-in learn more | Download now

Word Online learn more

Word Desktop learn more

Outlook on the Web learn more

How to access Immersive Reader
 
Within Microsoft Word and Microsoft OneNote
Users can access Immersive Reader inside Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook by doing the following:
 
1. Click the "View" tab at the top of the screen
2. Click the "Learning Tools" button
3. Immersive Reader will open
 
 
Within Microsoft Outlook
Users can access Immersive Reader inside Microsoft Outlook by doing the following:
 
1. Open an email in Microsoft Outlook
2. Click on the "..." button to display more options
3. Click "Show Immersive Reader" on the bottom
4. Immersive Reader will open
 
 
Within Microsoft Edge
Users can access Immersive Reader inside Microsoft Edge by doing the following:
 
1. Open a website or document in Microsoft Edge
2. Click the book icon in the website address field
3. Immersive Reader will open

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