It also helps emerging readers learn to recognize new words. Additionally, allows the text to become accessible to students of all ages and abilities. It reads texts aloud to students and simultaneously highlights the word being read. Microsoft Immersive Reader is known for its capacity to help students in their readings.
Microsoft Immersive Reader is available at no cost. read the text in images– optical character recognition.Advertisement Why this Ad? As it works with other popular Microsoft programs, it is easy to implement within your classroom.access a Picture Dictionary and audio definitions.choose from a variety of Page Color choices.choose among three fonts–Calibri, Sitka, and Comic Sans.present text using line focus to reduce distraction.identify parts of speech-uses choices of color codes to distinguish among verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs with the option of displaying labels in the text to support instruction and improves writing.show syllabic breaks to enhance word recognition and decoding and support instruction.adjust font spacing to address the needs of readers with visual crowding issues.read text aloud with simultaneous highlighting in a choice of two voices to support decoding, comprehension, focus, and attention.translate over 60 languages for either individual word or by document.I chatted with Microsoft EDU’s Mike Tholfsen, Principal Product Manager, who gave me a tour of Immersive Reader and discussed its value to the work of classroom teachers and librarians.Īs a part of Microsoft’s suite of Learning Tools, Immersive Reader offers readers the ability to : It can be a game-changer for so many of the learners we serve: emerging readers, English language learners or readers of other languages, students with such learning differences as dyslexia, dysgraphia, perceptual processing disorders (like Irlen Syndrome), students with ADHD, and students with visual impairments. Launched in January 2016 as a bold Microsoft Hackathon idea, Immersive Reader, incorporates current reading research and inclusive design principles.
Such a partner is Microsoft EDU’s Immersive Reader, a growingly popular tool that presents scalable, friendly, flexible, stigma-free solutions to improve literacy schoolwide.Īnd librarians can lead in its implementation and integration. a collaborator who amplifies the effectiveness of the other literacy apps and digital content you and your students use every day.a coach who presents the availability of individual reading environment choices and encourages independence.
a friendly support system for your emerging readers and your students with learning differences.a lifeline for students and parents for whom English is not a first language.
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