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1 Overview
Immersive Reader is a reading assistant from Microsoft designed to help people with reading and learning difficulties understand text. It is also useful for anyone learning a new language.
In itslearning, Immersive Reader helps students better understand content and work more independently by making text more accessible and allowing students to personalise their reading experience.
2 Where Immersive Reader is available
Immersive Reader is available in the following areas of itslearning:
- Announcements (both on the Home page and in Course overview)
- Assignment (reading the assignment description)
- Note
To open Immersive Reader, click the Listen button. The text from that area opens in a new window.
3 Features
In the Immersive Reader window, the following features are available:
- Read aloud — reads the text aloud with a choice of voice (male or female) and adjustable speed.
- Translation — translates individual words or the entire document. Currently supports 68 languages.
- Background colour — change the background colour for improved readability.
- Font size and text spacing — adjust font size and spacing between words and lines.
- Syllable splitting — splits words into syllables to aid reading.
- Parts of speech — highlights nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech in the text.
- Line focus — highlights specific lines to reduce distractions while reading.
- Picture dictionary — displays images for words in the text to support vocabulary learning.
- Maths and equations — supports reading of mathematical content and equations.
4 Troubleshooting
Immersive Reader opens in the wrong language
Symptoms: Immersive Reader displays in a different language than expected when opened.
Solution:
- Delete OneNote webpage cookies in the browser.
- Reopen Immersive Reader.
More Help ResourcesHave more questions? Please start with asking your school administrator.
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