“ saw that this had a lot of value, particularly in the education segment.” “Petty looked at how to bring all of the best science and research around meeting and inclusive design principles to empower students of all abilities,” Azure AI corporate vice president Eric Boyd told VentureBeat. Petty reached out to Microsoft’s Advanced Reading Technologies team and consulted with the division’s researchers about which features might be most helpful for struggling readers. Learning Tools was borne out of a project spearheaded by Windows accessibility program lead Jeff Petty in 2015. In June 2020, Microsoft reported that more than 23 million people were using Immersive Reader each month. As of June 2018, more than 13 million people were using Learning Tools - up from 100,000 in June 2017 - across apps and platforms in over 40 languages. Immersive Reader is part of Learning Tools, Microsoft’s suite aimed at helping improve reading and writing, especially for people with disabilities.
According to Microsoft, schools are increasingly turning to the tool as they transition to distance learning in response to the pandemic. This reality spurred the launch over three years ago of Microsoft’s Immersive Reader, which saw a 560% uptick in usage between February and May.
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