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August 26, 2026February 3, 2023 by Darren Hemming

Get reading and language support in Microsoft's Immersive Reader | SEND Pathways Series

Immersive Reader is built into many Microsoft apps and is brilliant for offering additional reading support to students. The tool offers many different features, including the ability to change font sizes and colours, read aloud passages and translate text into other languages, making it excellent for supporting SEND and EAL students inside and outside the … Read more

August 26, 2026August 11, 2022 by Darren Hemming

Title image for How to make writing eaiser with Microsoft Dictate. Young woman using a laptop and headset with a microphone to convert her speech to text with Microsoft Dictate

Microsoft’s Dictate tool is great for those who struggle to get their ideas down onto paper – it allows you to speak into your microphone and convert your speech to text on the screen. Dictation is available on all Microsoft tools that use text. It’s an excellent feature for both students and teachers, helping … Read more