3. Feature Proven Benefit
Enhanced dictation Improves authoring text
Focus mode Sustains attention and improves reading speed
Immersive reading Improves comprehension and sustains attention
Font spacing and short lines Improve reading speed by addressing "visual crowding"
Parts of speech Supports teaching and improves writing quality
Syllabification Improves word recognition
Comprehension mode Improves comprehension by an average of 10%
4. Immersive Reader
• Breakdown by Syllables
• Line focus - 1, 2 or 3 shown at a time to reduce visual crowding
• Colour coding - Putting different parts of the text in different colours -
e.g. nouns in green, verbs in red etc and they can all be labelled
• Picture Dictionary
• Go to 'View' - 'Immersive Reader'
• In the Book Icon - Turn Picture Dictionary on (if unsure see
https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/define-words-using-immersive-reader-
picture-dictionary-a584d219-2028-4d92-a403-3ec8ea5113af)
• Dictate Tool
• Students could use the dictate tool for words they know how to
pronounce but not to spell. This is also available in all the languages we
teach.
• Text to Speech
5. Here is a test text for you to try out for yourselves. Students
can manipulate it, change background colours and listen to
it pronounced. All the teacher needs to do is provide the
text and then students can personalise it to themselves.
Test out Immersive Reader with any text you’d like at the bottom of this page…
https://www.onenote.com/learningtools
Microsoft Learning Tools - https://www.onenote.com/learningtools
These work in OneNote's online version and Microsoft Word online which is the version
students usually use via their 365 login.
4 minute interactive guide to using this in OneNote. Starts with the basics like
adjusting text size and spacing but goes on to show many more interesting features -
https://classroom.cloudguides.com/en-
us/guides/Make%20learning%20more%20effective%20with%20Learning%20Tools%2
0for%20OneNote
Try for yourself…
