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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.
Count the amount of words read per minute at different speed settings. Count the number of verbs and syllables in a paragraph.
Use Microsoft Immersive Reader to make difficult science texts easier to read. Explore the picture dictionary representation of challenging words.
Use the tool to promote listening comprehension and reading comprehension. Use it to translate phrases and provide picture representations of words that students do not know. Have students analyze the accuracy of the translations. Microsoft Immersive Reader can also be used to highlight the different parts of speech such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives from text in another language.
Use Microsoft Immersive Reader to make difficult texts more accessible. Use the tool to highlight syllables and support word pronunciation. Or, use the tool to highlight different parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives.