OnMSFT
by Kevin Okemwa
Saturday May 14, 2022
Microsoft strives to mitigate the needs of every student by
trying to make classroom tools accessible to everyone. In an attempt to achieve
this, through a recent update, Microsoft Teams has added support for Ukrainian,
Somali, and Zulu languages, bringing the total number of supported languages to
105.
The addition of these languages is an elaborate measure
employed by Microsoft to ensure that all the students from Ukraine get to have
a smooth transition and do not miss out on their studies because of the
language barrier.
With that said, the auto-detect speech detection for the
Ukrainian language in Reading Progress has already reached general
availability. Ukrainian students can now make use of the tool to translate
whatever is being taught in class, which in return makes the learning and
teaching process more effective and efficient.
Immersive Reader and Microsoft Translator are also part of
the initiative that will help students progress with their studies as they
provide support for the Ukrainian language and are also available in tools
across Microsoft 365. Microsoft has also rolled out Read Aloud support for
Somali and Zulu in Immersive Reader. Be sure to check out our expert guide on
how to use Immersive Reader https://www.onmsft.com/how-to/how-to-use-immersive-reader-in-microsoft-edge
.