{"id":135,"date":"2025-12-03T10:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/?p=135"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:48:53","slug":"study-support-immersive-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/2025\/12\/03\/study-support-immersive-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Support Immersive Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\ud83c\udf92 Study at Home with Immersive Reader<\/h1>\n<p>Studying at home doesn\u2019t have to feel like a struggle. Whether you\u2019re revising for exams, catching up on homework, or just trying to understand a tricky text, <strong>Immersive Reader<\/strong> can make things easier.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\ude80 What Immersive Reader Can Do for You<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read text aloud<\/strong> so you can listen while you learn.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Break words into syllables<\/strong> to help with pronunciation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highlight grammar<\/strong> like nouns, verbs, and adjectives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Translate into different languages<\/strong> if English isn\u2019t your first language.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Change text size, spacing, and colours<\/strong> to make reading more comfortable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\ud83c\udfaf Why It Helps<\/h2>\n<p>Everyone learns differently. Some people prefer listening, others like visual tools, like mind maps, and some need extra support with reading. <strong>Immersive Reader<\/strong> gives you the freedom to study in the way that works best for you.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83c\udfe0 How to Use It at Home<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Open your homework in Word, OneNote, or Teams.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Immersive Reader<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Play around with the settings until you find what helps you focus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please use the links below to support using immersive reader:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Using Immersive Reader in Word (desktop) and Word Online (Office 365)\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7X0haud0xE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eBaMfQktmXw\">PDF Immersive Reader OneNote<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\udcf1 More Ways to Use Immersive Reader<\/h2>\n<p>Immersive Reader isn\u2019t just for documents and messages \u2014 it\u2019s available in other apps too, giving our young people even more flexibility and support when studying at home.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span role=\"button\" data-url=\"guide:\/\/action?prefill=Tell%20me%20more%20about%3A%20Microsoft%20Lens\">Microsoft Lens<\/span>: Take a photograph of a worksheet, textbook page, or handwritten notes, and open it in Immersive Reader to hear the text read aloud or adjust the formatting for easier understanding.<\/li>\n<li><span role=\"button\" data-url=\"guide:\/\/action?prefill=Tell%20me%20more%20about%3A%20PDF%20files\">PDF files<\/span>: Open PDFs in Microsoft Edge or OneNote and use Immersive Reader to break down complex text, translate sections, or change the layout to suit your learning style.<\/li>\n<li><span role=\"button\" data-url=\"guide:\/\/action?prefill=Tell%20me%20more%20about%3A%20Outlook%20emails\">Outlook emails<\/span>: you can use Immersive Reader to make school emails clearer and more accessible.<\/li>\n<li><span role=\"button\" data-url=\"guide:\/\/action?prefill=Tell%20me%20more%20about%3A%20Web%20pages%20in%20Microsoft%20Edge\">Web pages in Microsoft Edge<\/span>: Perfect for research \u2014 Immersive Reader strips away distractions and presents text in a focused way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mDQFSR1on8E\">Office Lens on iPad Tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/lqg5nZpT-44\">Listen to your PDFs as if they&#8217;re audiobooks (here&#8217;s how)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w7Kjqe0Z3cw\">How to Make Adobe Reader READ Out Loud (Step by Step) 2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf92 Study at Home with Immersive Reader Studying at home doesn\u2019t have to feel like a struggle. Whether you\u2019re revising for exams, catching up on homework, or just trying to understand a tricky text, Immersive Reader can make things easier. \ud83d\ude80 What Immersive Reader Can Do for You Read text aloud so you can listen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24379,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/johnpaulacademydigital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}