Below are some of the common functions of the Immersive Reader:
Control start and stop of the player
Change voice settings
Change text preferences
Grammar options
Reading options
Picture Dictionary options
Translate options
- Click the green play button to automatically start reading text.
- Pause the Reader at anytime and continue reading by clicking the green play button again.
Change the speed of the voice and select between a female or male voice by clicking the speaker setting icon near the play button.
Click AA Text Preferences icon in the top right corner.
Use the menu to:
- Change the text size
- Increase the spacing between words and lines
- Select a different font
- Select a different background and text color
- You can also show the formatting of the original file or hide it.
To show grammar options, click the magic wand over text lines icon.
Using this menu you can:
- Visualize syllables by turning on the toggle switch. Every word will be separated in its syllables by dots.
- Highlight specific parts of the text in different colors, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs.
To change the reading preferences, click the open book icon.
Choose to focus on one line at a time, 3 lines or 5 lines at a time by selecting the corresponding icon.
The rest of the text is greyed out.
To return to the full text, uncheck the toggle switch near Line Focus.
The Picture Dictionary is turned on by default.
If the toggle switch is turned on:
- Click ONCE on a word to select it, and an image representing the meaning of that word appears.
- You can also get the device to read the word again for you.
The picture Dictionary can be turned on or off by clicking on the toggle switch near the picture dictionary option.
You can translate either a single word or the whole document into many languages and compare them to the original language of the document.
First click on choose a language and select the language you would like the text to be translated to. There are hundreds of languages to choose from.
To translate just one word, make sure the toggle button near "By Word" is on (green).
Click ONCE on the word in the document to see and hear the translation.
To translate the entire document, make sure the toggle button near "Document" is turned on (green).
- You can easily switch between the original language and the translated text by clicking at the top between original and the language chosen (in this example: French)
- You can then have immersive reader read the text in the language specified by clicking on the play icon.
