Microsoft Unveils Free AI Reading Coach to Support Reading Fluency
• Microsoft made its AI-powered Reading Coach tool free to access for anyone with a Microsoft account to help with reading practice.
• Reading Coach builds on Reading Progress, designed to help teachers improve reading fluency, using AI to provide personalized reading tools.
• Reading Coach lets learners practice difficult words, providing tools like text-to-speech, syllable breaking, and picture dictionaries to support them.
• A new "choose your own story" feature powered by AI lets learners create customized adventure stories using their challenging vocabulary words.
• While some experts are skeptical, many teachers think tools like Reading Coach can help motivate students and improve reading comprehension.