Microsoft's Learning Tools beta for OneNote hopes to help students with dyslexia

Alongside the Education Edition of Minecraft released today, the company is also releasing a new set of features for OneNote called "Learning Tools." It's an add-on that lives in your menu bar once it's installed, giving students access to "advanced" dictation and an immersive reading mode.

Microsoft says that the tools should be helpful for people with dyslexia, because it includes several different things to assist with reading: speaking text aloud as the current word is highlighted, spacing out the letters to make them easier to follow, using a custom font called "Fluent Calibri" that Microsoft claims is easier to read, and parsing out both syllables or parts of sentences to clarify their sound and purpose.

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