Immersive Reader adds 16 new languages for Read Aloud
We are thrilled to announce that the Immersive Reader is adding read aloud support for 16 new languages! These updates bring this powerful literacy tool to even more places around the world.
In the coming days, we’ll be enabling many new and updated languages for read-aloud in Immersive Reader. These languages will be using our Neural Text-to-speech technology, meaning the quality will be extremely high. The new read-aloud languages for Immersive Reader will be available in our numerous Microsoft apps as well as our Azure Cognitive Services who are using the Immersive Reader in their apps. The new languages and locales are included in the table below:
| Language | Language Region | Locale | Region | Gender | Voice Display Name |
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans (South Africa) | af-ZA | South Africa | Female | Adri |
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans (South Africa) | af-ZA | South Africa | Male | Willem |
| Amharic | Amharic (Ethiopia) | am-ET | Ethiopia | Male | Ameha |
| Amharic | Amharic (Ethiopia) | am-ET | Ethiopia | Female | Mekdes |
| Bangla | Bangla (Bangladesh) | bn-BD | Bangladesh | Female | Nabanita |
| Bangla | Bangla (Bangladesh) | bn-BD | Bangladesh | Male | Pradeep |
| Burmese | Burmese (Myanmar) | my-MM | Myanmar | Female | Nilar |
| Burmese | Burmese (Myanmar) | my-MM | Myanmar | Male | Thiha |
| English | English (Kenya) | en-KE | Kenya | Female | Asilia |
| English | English (Kenya) | en-KE | Kenya | Male | Chilemba |
| English | English (Nigeria) | en-NG | Nigeria | Male | Abeo |
| English | English (Nigeria) | en-NG | Nigeria | Female | Ezinne |
| English | English (Tanzania) | en-TZ | Tanzania | Male | Elimu |
| English | English (Tanzania) | en-TZ | Tanzania | Female | Imani |
| Filipino | Filipino (Philippines) | fil-PH | Philippines | Male | Angelo |
| Filipino | Filipino (Philippines) | fil-PH | Philippines | Female | Blessica |
| Galician | Galician (Spain) | gl-ES | Spain | Male | Roi |
| Galician | Galician (Spain) | gl-ES | Spain | Female | Sabela |
| Javanese | Javanese (Indonesia) | jv-ID | Indonesia | Male | Dimas |
| Javanese | Javanese (Indonesia) | jv-ID | Indonesia | Female | Siti |
| Khmer | Khmer (Cambodia) | km-KH | Cambodia | Male | Piseth |
| Khmer | Khmer (Cambodia) | km-KH | Cambodia | Female | Sreymom |
| Persian | Persian (Iran) | fa-IR | Iran | Female | Dilara |
| Persian | Persian (Iran) | fa-IR | Iran | Male | Farid |
| Somali | Somali (Somalia) | so-SO | Somalia | Male | Muuse |
| Somali | Somali (Somalia) | so-SO | Somalia | Female | Ubax |
| Sundanese | Sundanese (Indonesia) | su-ID | Indonesia | Male | Jajang |
| Sundanese | Sundanese (Indonesia) | su-ID | Indonesia | Female | Tuti |
| Urdu | Urdu (India) | ur-IN | India | Female | Gul |
| Urdu | Urdu (India) | ur-IN | India | Male | Salman |
| Uzbek | Uzbek (Uzbekistan) | uz-UZ | Uzbekistan | Female | Madina |
| Uzbek | Uzbek (Uzbekistan) | uz-UZ | Uzbekistan | Male | Sardor |
| Zulu | Zulu (South Africa) | zu-ZA | South Africa | Female | Thando |
| Zulu | Zulu (South Africa) | zu-ZA | South Africa | Male | Themba |
These languages are already available in 3rd party Azure Cognitive Services apps, and should be fully rolled out in our Microsoft apps like Teams, Flipgrid, Word web and OneNote web by Thursday, December 9th, 2021.
Mike Tholfsen
Gorup Product Manager
Microsoft Education
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-blog/immersive-reader-adds-16-new-languages-for-read-aloud/ba-p/3032042 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-blog/immersive-reader-adds-16-new-languages-for-read-aloud/ba-p/3032042 2021-12-08 15:19:27Z