Microsoft Immersive Reader expands read aloud support to 16 new languages
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The Microsoft Immersive Reader is a free tool to improve reading and writing for people regardless of their age or ability. Microsoft today announced that Immersive Reader is adding read-aloud support for 16 new languages. You can find the list of new languages at the end of this article. These new languages will be using Neural Text-to-speech technology for high quality.
The new read-aloud languages for Immersive Reader will be available in several Microsoft apps as well as Azure Cognitive Services who are using the Immersive Reader in their apps.
| 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 |
Source: Microsoft
