Ray and Dan are joined by Troy Waller, who's the Accessibility Lead for the Microsoft Education team in Australia, to talk about how artificial intelligence is being used to support students.

Troy discusses how to help students write more effectively, using dictation in Word and PowerPoint in Office 365; PowerPoint's live captions and translation; Immersive Reader to help younger students, students with dyslexia and other reading difficulties, and even international students; Presentation Coach; and Microsoft's Translator app

Troy mentions the Microsoft Enable team on Twitter, and the Microsoft Accessibility website

You might need some of these links to learn more!

  • Dictation in Word
    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/dictate-your-documents-d4fd296e-8f15-4168-afec-1f95b13a6408
  • Captions in PowerPoint
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2018/12/03/present-more-inclusively-with-live-captions-and-subtitles-in-powerpoint/
  • Presentation Translator in PowerPoint
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/apps/presentation-translator/
  • Immersive Reader
    https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/tag/immersive-reader/
  • Presentation Coach in PowerPoint
    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Rehearse-your-slide-show-with-Presenter-Coach-cd7fc941-5c3b-498c-a225-83ef3f64f07b
  • Microsoft Translator
    https://translator.microsoft.com/