More appropriate and costly supports, like an Orton Gillingham tutor (trained to help students with Dyslexia) and other methods are often bypassed ultimately resulting in schools failing to give these students a free and appropriate education (FAPE). We also remind you that you can visit our Teams hub for more news and information.Microsoft Principal Product Manager for Education, Mike Tholfsen, Right Image Credit: Microsoft (opens in new tab)Įvery year millions of students with dyslexia have needs that are not directly addressed as cash-strapped school systems create accommodation plans that show that they're doing "something" while not doing exactly what is needed for the student. Microsoft has a list of all the education features in Teams here, and we invite you to check it out. It's primarily designed for education customers and those with disabilities, but there are other education features, too. The Immersive Reader is just one cool feature in Teams. The picture dictionary feature will give you the ability to click on any single word to hear it and read about and see a picture to help define the word. You also can use the picture dictionary feature. Now, Teams will switch over to the language you choose, and clicking play will play messages in a new language.īut, that's not all. To translate the text in Teams, and hear it read out loud, click the toggle switch for Document and then choose your language from the Translate list. If you toggle to the Reading Preferences icon, the one on the far right side of the screen, you can see the translate option. The final aspect of Immersive Reader comes with its translation abilities. Translating languages with Immersive Reader and other features It's a great way to learn the English language, and see each key aspect of a sentence. You also can turn on labels for syllables, too. Each will be highlighted in a different color. This will give you toggle options to see the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs in sentences in Teams.
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It looks like a magic wand that appears to be under a series of lines. You can toggle to these controls by clicking the second button on the top right of the screen. The coolest part of the Immersive Reader, though, comes with its grammar controls. Learning English speech with Immersive Reader You can exit Immersive Reader at any time by clicking the back arrow on the top left corner of the screen.
You can control the speed or type of voice by clicking the sound icon next to the play button. Teams will begin reading back whatever you highlighted and continue onwards. In addition, there are other controls for Font, themes, and colors.īut, when you're ready to play a message, simply hover over it, and click the play button on the bottom of the screen. You also can increase the spacing between the text, so you can focus on the individual letters. This gives you access to text size, allowing you to change how big and small the item is. You can choose the Text Preferences button to change the size of the text, and get ready to play the text you like to focus on. Once you launch into the Immersive Reader, there's a lot you can do with it. For educators, you can try Immersive Reader by clicking Student View and then Immersive Reader. Simply click the icon which looks like a book next to the Turn in button. Note that if you're using Teams for Education, you can also use the Immersive Reader on any assignment. Your Teams window will then switch over to a full-screen experience. If you're on a touch screen device, you also can tap your finger on the screen. To get started with Immersive Reader, you'll want to find it by putting your mouse over a message in a chat or channel. Today, we'll be looking at how you can use Immersive Reader in Teams. In Teams for Education and certain Teams clients, Immersive Reader even has some grammar tools, too which can help our students. The feature that allows you to do this is known as Immersive Reader. Thanks to a feature known as the Immersive Reader, you can hear your posts, chat messages, and assignments out loud, or even increase the text size to focus on just a specific chat or message. If you're hard of hearing or have a hard time seeing things on the computer screen, then you should not feel left out of Microsoft Teams. Translating languages with Immersive Reader and other features.
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