How to use immersive reader on the new Microsoft Edge browser
Yes, the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge comes with an immersive reader, and these are the steps to use it on Windows 10.
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On Microsoft Edge Chromium, “immersive reader” is a feature that provides a clutter-free experience to read content online.
When you come across an interesting article online, sometimes, it’s difficult to concentrate on the content with all the visual elements, advertisements, and links around the page. The immersive reader is a feature available with the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge, which strips out the distractions and converts the page in an ebook-like experience with better fonts and background allowing you to focus on the main content.
Also, the immersive reader includes settings to customize the experience, and features like read aloud and grammar tools to help improve text comprehension.
In this Windows 10 guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to get started with the immersive reader in the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge.
How to enable or disable immersive reader on Microsoft Edge
To enable and disable immersive reader on Edge, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, the immersive reader feature will remove the clutter and re-format the page using more readable text and background using a warmer color to make it easier on the eyes.
If you want to disable the experience on the page, click theimmersive readerbutton again from the address bar.
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How to customize text preference for immersive reader on Microsoft Edge
To customize the text size and background color while viewing a website with the immersive reader, use these steps:
After you complete the steps, pages you open with the experience will use the customization settings that you specified.
How to use grammar tools for immersive reader on Microsoft Edge
Grammar tools is a feature designed to help anyone to improve their reading comprehension with tools to separate words into syllables and options to highlight verbs, nouns, and adjectives. However, the tool is still under development, and you have to enable it manually using the hidden advanced settings.
Enabling grammar tools
To enable the grammar tools for the immersive reader before the feature is officially available, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, you’ll find the grammar tools in the toolbar of the immersive reader experience.
Using grammar tools
To get started with grammar tools on Microsoft Edge Chromium, use these steps:
After you complete the steps, you’ll be able to use the tools to improve reading comprehension.
How to use read aloud for immersive reader on Microsoft Edge
On Microsoft Edge, read aloud is a simple, but powerful, tool that allows you to use a voice engine to read text aloud using different speeds and voices.
To use read aloud to have the browser read the page content aloud, use these steps:
Alternatively, you can also activate read aloud by highlighting the text, right-clicking the selection, and using theRead aloud selectionoption.
While read aloud has been available for a long time, Microsoft has made it significantly better for the Chromium version of Edge by adding new engines to make the voice sound more natural and less robotic.
Customizing read aloud
To customize the read aloud settings on Chromium Edge, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, you’ll be able to hear content aloud. This would come in handy as an accessibility feature, help you better understand a piece of content, or catch you up on different topics while you’re working in another task.
We’re focusing this guide on Windows 10, but the instructions should also work for the version of the browser available on macOS, and older versions of Windows.
Mauro Huculak has been a Windows How-To Expert contributor for WindowsCentral.com for nearly a decade and has over 15 years of experience writing comprehensive guides. He also has an IT background and has achieved different professional certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, and CompTIA. He has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for many years.
