LinkedIn adds accessibility features with the help of Microsoft’s Immersive Reader

is making its platform more accessible by integrating . The service says that, in honor of Dyslexia Awareness Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month, it’s providing users with more ways to digest articles and newsletters. That seems particularly useful at a time when LinkedIn has been embracing longer-form content.

Every article and newsletter will feature the Immersive Reader icon, which provides access to several accessibility tools. A text-to-speech function can read articles out loud. LinkedIn says that “distinguishing between words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently makes it easier for auditory learners and those with visual impairments to consume and process content.” The tool supports more than 60 languages. On a similar note, Immersive Reader powers real-time translation for more than 100 languages.

GIF showing the features of LinkedIn's Immersive Reader tool, including a text-to-speech function, isolating text from other content and translation options.

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Other features include one called Content Isolation. This separates the main text of an article or newsletter from everything else that’s on the screen to help people focus on reading. Immersive Reader is able to isolate a line or two at a time as well. It also supports a feature called Syllable Splitting. According to LinkedIn, this breaks more complex words down into smaller components to help users understand and pronounce them.

Immersive Reader has been making its way into several Microsoft products and services over the last few years. It’s been available in and for some time. Bringing the tool to LinkedIn should make the platform easier to use for folks with dyslexia and other conditions.

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