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Microsoft Edge’s built-in Read Aloud feature turns webpages and PDFs into spoken audio without requiring an extension, separate app, or complicated accessibility setup. It is one of the browser’s most useful but underappreciated tools, serving everyone from users who want to rest their eyes to...

I didn’t expect a built‑in screen reader to become one of my most productive shortcuts, but Windows 11’s Narrator quietly did — and it’s worth revisiting if you want to read less with your eyes and more with your ears while staying productive. Background / Overview Narrator ships with Windows...

Windows 11 can read almost anything on your screen aloud — from long web articles to email threads, from text inside images and paused videos to full-length documents — and it does so with several built‑in and free Microsoft tools designed for accessibility and productivity. These tools —...

Microsoft is retiring the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile app and consolidating its scanning and capture capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, in a phased shutdown that begins in mid‑September and culminates with the blocking of new scans in mid‑December 2025. Background / Overview...

Microsoft is winding down Microsoft Lens — the compact, no-frills mobile document scanner that began life as Office Lens — and consolidating its scanning capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app as part of a broader product rationalization around AI-first experiences. The change is...

Microsoft’s decision to retire the popular Microsoft Lens (formerly Office Lens) mobile scanning app marks a significant change for millions of casual and enterprise users who rely on its fast, reliable capture and OCR workflows — the retirement begins on September 15, 2025, the app will be...

Microsoft is preparing to make a seismic shift in the Office productivity ecosystem by phasing out several popular voice-enabled features from older Office 365 versions by January 2026. The abruptness of this change is reverberating far beyond individual users—entire organizations now face a...

Microsoft is set to make a major change to Office 365 apps that could affect millions of users and IT administrators worldwide. Starting in January 2026, anyone running outdated versions of Microsoft 365 Office apps will lose access to essential features like Read Aloud, Transcription, and...

Microsoft’s latest announcement has sent waves across enterprise IT departments and accessibility advocates alike: by late January 2026, older versions of Office 365 applications will lose access to popular voice features like Transcription, Dictation, and Read Aloud. This pivotal change affects...

Microsoft has announced a significant update affecting users of its Office suite: starting January 2026, key features such as Read Aloud, Dictate, and Transcribe will cease to function on versions older than 16.0.18827.20202. This change necessitates that users and IT administrators update their...

Microsoft has announced a critical update for Office users, emphasizing that certain features will cease to function unless the application is updated to version 16.0.18827.20202 or higher by January 2026. This directive primarily affects the Office Intelligent Services, which encompass features...

Magnifier, a built-in accessibility tool in Windows, is designed to improve on-screen visibility and offers a unique feature that allows screen text to be read aloud. While it has long served people with visual impairments, recent updates have expanded its utility to a broader range of users...

Microsoft Edge's Immersive Reader is a powerful tool designed to enhance the online reading experience by simplifying webpage layouts, removing distractions, and offering customizable features to suit individual preferences. Originally developed to assist readers with dyslexia and dysgraphia...

Immersive Reader has emerged as a transformative feature within Microsoft Edge, offering users a powerful set of tools to enhance reading comprehension, accessibility, and focus when consuming digital content. Originally pioneered in Microsoft’s Education products, Immersive Reader has become an...

Reading online content can be a daunting task in today’s digital landscape. Webpages are often cluttered with advertisements, popups, and design elements that distract readers from the main text. In response, browser developers continually strive to incorporate tools that facilitate focus...

While using found a funny thing that can be done on Chrome with 9 accents. I found this while using Chatgpt when translating paragraphs. It works with the below Chrome extension. It seems to work with 9 languages. It reads each one with original accent. So if it has the 1st line in a one of...

Ever dreamed of a world where your AI assistant not only writes brilliant responses but also narrates them like a tech-savvy audiobook? Wait no more—the future is here, and Microsoft Copilot is leading the charge with its latest enhancement: read-aloud support for chat responses. Set to launch...

I want to use Read Aloud to listen to a document while I work, but all my work is in Word and this causes a problem. I can change the focus to some other app, and Read Aloud doesn't care. It just keeps playing. But the minute I put the focus in a different Word document, Read Aloud stops...

The past few months have forever changed the way we work, learn and play each day. Our routines have been entirely disrupted, and we’ve had to adapt to new ways to stay productive, entertained and healthy. This change in our global landscape has increased our dependency on technology and...

With the latest feature updates, you can now do a lot more with your PDF in Microsoft Edge like, customize different views, take notes, and even have your PDF read aloud to you! Check out all that the PDF viewer in Microsoft Edge has to offer: Text highlighting and handwritten notes...