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How to Use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge (Browser)

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Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge simplifies web page layouts, removes clutter, and helps you customize your reading experience in Windows 10 and Windows 11. There are also many amazing learning and accessibility tools within Microsoft Edge Immersive Reader that can help improve reading comprehension and enhance learning.

Immersive Reader was originally designed to meet the needs of readers with dyslexia and dysgraphia. However, anyone who wants to make reading on their device easier can benefit from this tool!

Enter Reader Mode in Immersive Reader

Entering Reader Mode in Immersive Reader will simplify the page you're on by hiding distracting pop-ups and buttons, leaving you with just the important parts: textual and visual content. Once you enter Reader Mode, start using tools like Read Aloud, Text preferences, Grammar tools and Reading preferences.

To enter Reader Mode, use Microsoft Edge to visit a website you want to read. Select Enter Immersive Reader in the address bar or use the keyboard shortcut F9.

To exit Immersive reader, select Exit Immersive Reader in the address bar or use the keyboard shortcut F9.

For more information, visit Enter Reading view with Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge.

Tip: If you don't see the Immersive Reader icon in the address bar, you can still view the text in Immersive Reader. Just select the text you want to read, right-click, and select Open in Immersive Reader from the context menu.

Read Aloud in Microsoft Edge

Read Aloud is a simple but powerful tool that reads the text of a web page audibly.

To begin, select Read Aloud from the Immersive Reader toolbar. A ribbon toolbar appears at the top of the page after you start Read Aloud. The toolbar includes buttons to play audio,  skip to the next or previous paragraph, and adjust Voice options. Voice options allow you to change the reader's voice and slow down or speed up their reading pace.

To stop listening, select the  Pause button or the  X  to close Read aloud.

Tip: Another way to access Read Aloud is to select   Settings and more >  Read Aloud.

Text preferences in Immersive Reader

Choose from a wide variety of text and color options such as Text size, Text spacing, and Page themes to enhance your experience in Immersive Reader.

Find these settings in Text preferences from the Immersive Reader toolbar.

Text size: Under the label Text size, move the slider right to make the text larger; move it left to make the text smaller.

Text spacing: Turn on Text spacing to increase spacing between lines of text.

Text column style: Adjust how wide your page's text column spreads.

Page themes: Choose from a variety of page themes and color options, including themes inspired by Irlen Spectral Filters for people with Irlen Syndrome. Select More themes to view all available themes.

Grammar tools in Immersive Reader

Grammar tools help improve reading comprehension by splitting words into syllables and highlighting nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

To open Grammar tools, select  Grammar tools   from the Immersive Reader toolbar.

Syl·la·bles: Turn on Syl·la·bles to divide words by showing small dots between syllables.

Parts of speech: Under Parts of speech, turn on Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, or Adverbs to highlight every noun, verb, adjective, or adverb on the page in a color that corresponds to the color of the label. Customize highlight colors and show labels inline by turning on Show labels.

Reading preferences in Immersive Reader

In Reading preferences, you can turn on tools like Line focus to focus on reading one, three or five lines at a time, Picture dictionary to see a visual representation of a word, or Translate to change the language of the text.

Find these tools in Reading preferences on the Immersive Reader toolbar.

Line focus: Line focus narrows the focus of your reading to one, three, or five lines in Immersive Reader. When just a portion of text highlighted, content is easier to read and comprehend.

Use the up and down arrows in Immersive Reader or up and down keys on the keyboard to move the line focus up or down on the page.

Picture dictionary: With Picture dictionary on, you can click on any single word and see an illustration related to the meaning.

Translate: Translate lets you change the language of the text you're reading. Select the language in the list and turn on Translate entire page.

Learn more

Languages supported by Learning Tools

Additional resources for educators

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Learn how to enter reading mode in Microsoft Edge and use Immersive Reader to hear webpages and PDFs read out loud.

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Use Immersive Reader in Word

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Use Immersive Reader in Word desktop

1. Open your Word document.

2. Select the View tab, then select Immersive Reader . Immersive Reader will launch a full screen experience.

3. Choose the Immersive Reader options that work for you from the ribbon.

Read Aloud highlights each word as it reads your document to you.

Tip: Get directly to Read Aloud by right clicking anywhere in your document and selecting Read Aloud.

Close Immersive Reader

Select the View tab, then select Immersive Reader, then select Close Immersive Reader.

Use Immersive Reader in Word for the web

Select the View, then Immersive reader. Your document will open in a full screen format.

Using Immersive Reader

Once your document opens within Immersive Reader, you can do one or more of the following, depending on how you want to focus on the content in your document:

Voice Options

Select the gear icon to open Voice Settings.

The Voice Speed slider controls the playback speed of the reader.

Text options

You can change the appearance of your document by using Text options. The choices you make in text options can help remove visual distraction and improve text readability.

The Text Options menu lets you:

Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech controls grammar highlighting and helps readers understand complex sentences.

Reading preferences

Line Focus enables readers to narrow the focus of their reading experience by highlighting sets of one, three, or five lines within their chosen material in Immersive Reader.

Picture Dictionary gives you the ability to click on any single word and view visual support. You can also hear the word read aloud.

Translate allows you to view a selected word or the entire document in your preferred language.

Use the toggles to adjust your reading preferences.

Shortcut keys for Immersive Reader

Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate.

Close Immersive Reader

Select the back arrow or tap Esc on your keyboard to exit Immersive Reader.

Use Immersive Reader in Word for iPad

Some Immersive Reader tools are available in Word for iPad. To turn on Immersive Reader while reading or editing a Word document:

2. Select Immersive Reader

3. Choose from the following tools to make your document more comfortable to read and edit.

Language support

Languages and products supported by Immersive Reader

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How to Use Immersive Reader in PowerPoint

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Use Immersive Reader in PowerPoint - Microsoft Support

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Immersive Reader is a feature that helps to improve reading skills for people of all ages and abilities. Immersive Reader shows text in a window where you can have it read aloud or formatted in ways that enhance reading, such as words divided into syllables, color coded and tagged for parts of speech, or extra spacing between words and lines.

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How to Use voice recognition in Windows

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How to Present with real-time, automatic captions or subtitles in PowerPoint

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Set up captions and subtitles

You can choose which language you want to speak while presenting, and which language the caption/subtitle text should be shown in (i.e. if you want it to be translated). You can select the specific microphone you want to be used (if there is more than one microphone connected to your device), the position where the subtitles appear on the screen (bottom or top, and overlaid or separate from slide), and other display options.

1. On the Slide Show ribbon tab, select Subtitle Settings. Or, you can adjust the settings without leaving your presentation through the context menu, Slide Show or Presenter View menus > Subtitle Settings > More Settings.

2. Use Spoken Language to see the voice languages that PowerPoint can recognize, and select the one you want. This is the language that you will be speaking while presenting. (By default, this will be set to the language corresponding to your Office editing language.)

3. In the Subtitle Settings menu, set the desired position of the captions or subtitles. They can appear over the top or bottom margin of the slide (overlaid), or they can appear above the top or below the bottom of the slide (docked). The default setting is Below Slide.

4. More appearance settings are available by clicking Subtitle Settings > More Settings (Windows).

You can change the color, size, transparency, and font style of the subtitles. You can change the background to improve contrast and make text easier to read.

Turn the feature on or off while presenting

If you're in the middle of giving a presentation and want to turn the feature on or off, click the Toggle Subtitles button from Slide Show View or Presenter View, on the toolbar below the main slide:

In Slide Show View:

In Presenter View:

You can also toggle subtitles from the right-click menu, or with the shortcut key J.

To have subtitles always start up when a Slide Show presentation starts, from the ribbon you can navigate to Slide Show > Always Use Subtitles to turn this feature on for all presentations. (By default, it's off.) Then, in Slide Show and Presenter View, a live transcription of your words will appear on-screen.

Set up captions and subtitles

You can choose which language you want to speak while presenting, and which language the caption/subtitle text should be shown in (i.e. if you want it to be translated). You can select the specific microphone you want to be used (if there is more than one microphone connected to your device), the position where the subtitles appear on the screen (bottom or top, and overlaid or separate from slide), and other display options.

1. On the Slide Show ribbon tab, select Subtitle Settings.

2. In the Subtitle Settings menu, set the desired position of the captions or subtitles. They can appear over the top or bottom margin of the slide (overlaid), or they can appear above the top or below the bottom of the slide (docked). The default setting is Below Slide.

3. More appearance settings are available by clicking Subtitle Settings > System Caption Preferences.

You can change the color, size, transparency, and font style of the subtitles. You can change the background to improve contrast and make text easier to read.

Turn the feature on or off while presenting

If you're in the middle of giving a presentation and want to turn the feature on or off, click the Toggle Subtitles button from Slide Show View or Presenter View, on the toolbar below the main slide:

In Slide Show View:

In Presenter View:

Set up captions and subtitles

You can choose which language you want to speak while presenting, and which language the caption/subtitle text should be shown in (i.e., if you want it to be translated). You can also select whether subtitles appear at the top or bottom of the screen.

Simplified Ribbon:

Classic Ribbon:

(Simplifed Ribbon) On the Slide Show ribbon tab, select the drop-down arrow next to Always Use Subtitles to open the menu of options.

(Classic Ribbon) On the View ribbon tab, select Use Subtitles. Then click Subtitle Settings to open the menu of options.

Turn the feature on or off while presenting

To have subtitles always start up when a Slide Show is presented, select View > Always Use Subtitles.

If you're in the middle of giving a presentation and want to turn the feature on or off, click the Use Subtitles button in Slide Show, on the toolbar below the main slide:

On/Off keyboard shortcut: J

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Present with real-time, automatic captions or subtitles in PowerPoint

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Let PowerPoint display your spoken words on-screen as you present with live captions, and even translate your words into another language with live subtitles.

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Accessibility Shortcut Keys

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How to Use Immersive Reader Pro Video

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General Guide for Immersive Reader

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Microsoft Learning Accelerators

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How to Use Immersive Reader for Adobe

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Adobe Connect allows trainers, presenters, and meeting hosts to deliver engaging and informative experiences. Adobe endeavors to include presenters and participants with disabilities by improving the accessibility of Adobe Connect. The software is continuously enhanced to meet the needs of all types of users and to adhere to the worldwide standards that include individuals with visual, auditory, mobility, or other impairments.

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Learn how accessible Adobe Connect is, in visual, auditory, and mobility categories and how it complies with Section 508. Know how users with varied needs can use the pods.