Use Immersive Reader on Websites

Select text, right-click, and Microsoft's Immersive Reader will help you read it

What is Use Immersive Reader on Websites?

'Use Immersive Reader on Websites' is a user-friendly Chrome extension that enhances the reading experience online. Select the text, right-click, and use Microsoft's Immersive Reader - all right there on the webpage. This user-developed tool is not affiliated with Microsoft or any other company and is free to use.

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Extension stats

By: cws-extension-publishers

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 1,000,000+

Rating: 3.32 (59)

Version: 1.201 (Last updated: 2022-05-27)

Creation date: 2019-08-29

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus

Size: 29.66K

Email: ex*****@googlegroups.com

Ranking

# 547 ▼ 8

Other rankings

#8 in Accessibility ▲ 2

#6 in reader keyword 90 ▲ 1

#24 in website usage keyword 55 ▼ 5

#24 in website usage. keyword 55 ▼ 5

#53 in microsoft keyword 69 ▼ 7

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Extension summary

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After you install this [UNOFFICIAL!] extension, you'll be able to select text and right-click it to use Microsoft's Immersive Reader with it!

This extension is not published or endorsed by Microsoft in any way, and it's not supported by any company. But I'll keep it going for free as long as its useful!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helpful for reading web content especially for special needs and non-native speakers
Integrated well with other platforms like Canvas
Great tool in a classroom setting, especially for phonics based reading
Syllable splitter and parts of speech highlighter are appreciated

Cons

Stopped working with recent versions of Google Chrome
Limit of 1000 characters read at a time
Struggles to remember individual user settings
Difficulty in making the extension work on PDF files
Some found it non-intuitive and hard to use

Most mentioned

Extension stopped working
Issue with a limit of 1000 characters read at once
Lack of saving individual settings
Helpful extension for reading content

Recent reviews

I don't usually post like this, but since this extension is broken and will be removed soon (because it's not on V3), I wanted to share a heads-up. Helperbird has Immersive Reader built in, and it's free! https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/helperbird-accessibility/ahmapmilbkfamljbpgphfndeemhnajme

Robert James Gabriel, 2024-09-03

looking for an alternative to immersive reader with its abiity to break down words into syllables and read each one slowly. Also the noting of parts of speech. For someone I am teaching who is illiterate.