14 updates for Immersive Reader: General availability on Azure, a Code.org partnership and lots more
Today, we’re thrilled to announce this powerful literacy tool has reached General Availability as an Azure Cognitive Service, allowing third party apps and partners to add Immersive Reader right into their products. During the public preview period, we’ve had scores of partners integrate the Immersive Reader, and some of them are listed below.
Immersive Reader now available in Outlook Desktop, Teams mobile, OneDrive and SharePoint
We are thrilled to announce that the Immersive Reader has fully rolled out to four additional Microsoft apps and services, including Outlook Desktop, Teams mobile, SharePoint and OneDrive. This set of updates that bring this inclusive reading tool to even more places!Microsoft Learning Tools come to Word and OneNote for Mac, Outlook Desktop, plus improved Edge
Today we are announcing 5 exciting additions and improvements for Microsoft Learning Tools Word for Mac – just like in Word Desktop and Word for iPad, Learning Tools is now available on the latest version Word for the Mac.Learning Tools and Immersive Reader updated for OneNote, Word and Outlook
Today we released a wave of updates for Immersive Reader across multiple platforms, as well as Learning Tools for Word Desktop improvement's. See the full blog here: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/08/learning-tools-word-desktop-immersive-reader-update Immersive Reader improvements - available in Word Online, OneNote Online, Outlook on the Web and OneNote for Windows 10 Refreshed and fluid UI for the immersive reader New "Line Focus" feature (1, 3 or 5 lines), designed for focused reading without distraction (much like a "Reading Ruler"). Helps dyslexia, ADHD, emerging readers, and many others. Watch the video in the blog, it is a really cool feature Ability to change voices (male/female options) as compared to only one voice previously Auto-detect of languages on a page in Outlook on the web (other platforms coming soon) to enabled the proper Read Aloud, syllables and Parts of Speech to be recognized From the Word team: Learning Tools for Word Desktop in Office 365 - Significant improvements New Learning Tools button on the View ribbon tab to surface a contextual "Learning Tools" tab in Word New "Narrow" mode to reduce visual crowding Ability to Edit in Word while having syllables turned on Ability to be typing and immediately highlight words and choosing "Read Aloud" "Read Aloud" button is now additionally surfaced on the Review tab
