Wonderopolis® Becomes First Nonprofit To Feature Microsoft Immersive Reader via NCFL

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Wonderopolis® Becomes First Nonprofit To Feature Microsoft Immersive Reader

NCFL: 8.27.2019

Just in time for the beginning of a new school year, Wonderopolis®, an award-winning website that cultivates student curiosity, is adding a powerful new tool—Microsoft’s Immersive Reader.

Microsoft today announced that Wonderopolis, a digital property of the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), is the first nonprofit entity to feature the new technology, which works to expand content accessibility through a variety of reading assistance features.

With the help of Immersive Reader, Wonderopolis’ content will now be translatable into more than 40 languages via text and text-to-speech. Additional features of Immersive Reader include language-specific accents, line focusing, text resizing, syllable breakdown, parts of speech identification, and a picture  dictionary. Moving forward, these technologies will increase accessibility for Wonderopolis users with visual impairments, reading disabilities, and English language learners.

“For two years, I’ve dreamed of making Wonderopolis more accessible for all readers and English language learners,” said Wonderopolis Community Manager John MacLeod.

“But there wasn’t a great solution for a nonprofit--until now. Microsoft’s Immersive Reader puts Wonderopolis into the hands of truly everybody and provides the tools to include all learners in wondering and learning together.  READ MORE >>

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