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Office Lens, Word Desktop and Word Online (music)
Learning tools help you make printed text easier to read and share (music)
write review documents (music)
and be more productive on any device (music)
I've downloaded Office Lens from the app store (music)
and set it up on my iPhone (music)
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[Jeff Petty, Prin. Prgm Mgr. Lead, Windows, Accessibility] If you have a learning difference like dyslexia
[Jeff Petty, Prin. Prgm Mgr. Lead, Windows, Accessibility] reading from printed documents with small crowded text can slow you down
and make it hard to understand the content
Office lens is a free app
that converts images into text
that's easy to read and share
Let me show you
I'm going to scan a document by taking a picture of it with Office Lens
[Jeff uses iPhone to scan a document with Office Lens]
Next
I'm going to view the content of the document
with the 'Immersive Reader'
It's built right in
[Clicks on 'Immersive Reader' in the Office Lens App. Text from the document is displayed on the screen]
We've added the ability to
increase font size
[increasing font size within the app]
and add spacing
so it's easy to read the text
We've also added a read-aloud feature
so you can have the text read to you
IMMERSIVE READER: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived
Office Lens makes it easy to export the image and text to
Onenote, Word and other apps too
Let me switch to Word on my PC
In this case I've already authored some content for an assignment
Word's Editor feature includes new spelling and grammar checks
to help improve your writing
For example
when you right-click on a misspelled word
you get synonyms for each suggestion
and editor also allows you to read suggestions out loud
so you can be confident in your choice
WORD'S EDITOR: approximately
WORD'S EDITOR: about
WORD'S EDITOR: around
WORD'S EDITOR: roughly
Editor can also address common word choice errors
things like choosing between affect and effect [menu on screen displays definitions for 'affect' and 'effect']
[menu on screen displays definitions for 'affect' and 'effect']
and editor can help you
improve your writing by making it more concise
editors built to learn
It will continue to improve over time as we add new checks
and as more people use it to improve their writing
We also made it easier to review your document in Word
In read mode (white words on black background)
you can add spacing
you can break up complex words into smaller parts
you can even have your document read aloud
READ MODE: Amazon Rainforest
READ MODE: The amazon rainforest
READ MODE: is an expansive forest located in the Amazon basin
Now let's move to a browser with Word Online
in this case
I'm looking at the same document I just edited
Word Online is great for collaborating with others
from a PC, tablet or any device with a browser
In addition to seeing who's working on the document in real time
you can personalize your reading experience
i'm going to choose the immersive reader from the ribbon
and all of the options i've come to expect or there (white words on black background)
I can increase the font size
I can increase or remove spacing
I can even choose themes
From the immersive reader
I can break complex words down into smaller parts
and
I can choose different parts of speech
like nouns
adjectives
and verbs
I can even have the content read aloud
IMMERSIVE READER: The Amazon Rainforest
IMMERSIVE READER: The Amazon Rainforest is an expansive forest located in the Amazon basin
These are some of the many things
we're doing to make it easier for everyone to read and write
using Microsoft applications
Search for 'accessibility' on Office blogs (music)
to see how you can get access to these apps and features (music)
and you can also learn about how we are bringing new features (music)
to other apps and platforms (music)
By the way (music)
Office Lens and OneNote are free (music)
and Office 365 (music)
which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint (music)
is free for students and teachers (music)
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