Immersive Reader and Read Aloud by Marion Odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1 Assistive Technology for the Inclusive Classroom en-us 2021-01-19 14:57:32 UTC 2026-01-04 18:08:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://wiki.myviewboard.com/images/b/b9/Immersive-reader.svg Read Aloud on a web page. odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101568873 Task 1 - Read a web page
...Click on the top right of the navigation bar (where you see the three mystery dots ...).  Select read aloud. 

You can also press Ctrl + shift + U.

Try to read only this note.

Where can you find the read aloud control bar?
Leave a message in the comments.
 Task 2 - Activate dictation tools in Edge.
Dictate a message into the comment box as follows.
Click on the comment section.
Press Windows + H.  Activate voice dictation if prompted and then press Windows + H again.
Leave a polite message with punctuation (dictate your punctuation).]]> 2021-01-19 15:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101568873 Read a Pdf document Aloud. odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101630820 Task 1:
Click on the pdf document in this message. 
Find the icon, "open in a new tab/window".  
On the pdf reader, there is a button called "read aloud".  Click it and find out what happens.
Find out how to start and stop the reader. 
Find out how to shift the reader to a new paragraph.
Find out how to read only a certain part of the text.]]> 2021-01-19 15:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101630820 Read a Pdf document on your computer. odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101690374 Task:
Download and open the pdf in this post.
Once you have opened the file in Adobe Reader, go to:
View - Activate Read Aloud
  1. Find out how to start and stop the reader.
  2. Find out how to read a different part of the text.
Which of the two readers (online or on reader) is more effective?
Which is easier?
Do you have any learners who might benefit from using this tool?

]]> 2021-01-19 15:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101690374 Using immersive reader in Word Online. odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101744966 Task 1 - Immersive Reader Online
Open this document from the link below.  If you can't, then ask me to share it with you directly.
You can use immersive reader in the review mode but when you need to write into the document, you should click on the "edit" button.

Once you have the document open in Word Online, find the view tab.
From there, select immersive reader.
Find out where you can change:
  • text preferences 
  • reading preferences
  • grammar options 
Task 2 - Answer these questions
In which of the above tool boxes :
can you find a coloured text overlay/background?
can you make the text bigger and smaller?
can you divide the text into syllables?
can you activate the picture dictionary in the reader?

Task 3 - Question - From the voice settings cog on the immersive reader page, what can you change about your immersive reader experience?

]]> 2021-01-19 15:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101744966 Using Speech to Text in Word Online odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101841325 Task:
In the same unicorn document, go to the HOME tab.
Find the microphone icon/dictate button.  Activate voice dictation and dictate your answer into the box.  Use punctuation commands:
comma, fullstop, new line]]> 2021-01-19 15:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101841325 Using Speech to Text in the Word app on your computer. odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101873916 Task:
1.   Download and open the Unicorn document or any other document in Word on your PC.
2.   On the home tab, when you are signed in, there is a dictate microphone symbol.
Dictate something onto a word document, taking care to include punctuation.
3.   Now, dictate a list of foreseeable problems (with corresponding solutions) when teaching your learners to use this tool.
Post your forseeable problems document on this page.
4. What advantages would your children have from using this tool.  Think of the whole class.
5. What do you need to do to make this work for your own class?]]> 2021-01-19 15:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101873916 Using Immersive Reader in the Word app on your computer. odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101910038 Task - Download and open this or any other word document on your own PC.
Go to the view tab and activate immersive reader.
What options are there on the PC app in immersive reader?
What options are NOT available on the PC app?]]> 2021-01-19 16:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101910038 Reading a Web Page odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101932272 Many web pages have incorporated immersive readers.  
Go to : Discovery Education UK | Discovery Education UK 
Log in and look for the symbol below.

What happens when you click on this symbol?
What happens when you click F9?]]> 2021-01-19 16:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101932272 Create a simple document from this week's planning which could be used by someone in class or during remote learning and which could be used with Read Aloud or Immersive Reader. Give a specific example of how and why you would use it. odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101968171 2021-01-19 16:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1101968171 My answers to this question. odell https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1104416981 2021-01-20 07:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/odell/SEN1/wish/1104416981