Microsoft's Immersive Reader is a tool built into Canvas and Office 365 that implements proven techniques to improve reading and writing for people regardless of their age or ability.
Immersive Reader displays a variety of tools and options to enhance the reading experience, it allows users to:
- Change font size, text spacing, and background colour
- Split up words into syllables
- Highlight verbs, nouns, adjectives, and sub-clauses
- Choose between two fonts optimized to help with reading
- Read text aloud
- Change the speed of reading
- Highlight sets of one, three, or five lines for greater focus
- Select a word to see a related picture and hear the word read aloud as many times as necessary
Immersive Reader in Canvas
The Immersive Reader is available to the top right of Canvas pages.
Immersive Reader in Office 365
Immersive Reader is built into Word, OneNote, Outlook, Office Lens, Microsoft Teams, Reading Progress, Forms, Flip
How to use Immersive Reader in Office 365
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Author: Neal Hughes | Jun 06, 2023 | 45