Microsoft Reading Coach
A free AI reading tutor that listens to learners read aloud and helps with tricky words.
What is Microsoft Reading Coach?
Microsoft Reading Coach is a free app that helps learners practise reading aloud. It listens, highlights words that need practice and offers personalised exercises. Learners can even create their own AI stories to read.
Think of it as a patient reading buddy for every learner.
What you can do with it
- Read-aloud practice: feedback on fluency
- Tricky words: targeted practice
- AI stories: learners choose characters and settings
- Progress tracking: see improvement over time
Get started in 3 steps
- Go to coach.microsoft.com and sign in with a Microsoft account
- Pick a passage or create a story
- Read aloud and follow the practice suggestions
Try this today
- Read a short passage aloud and check the feedback
- Create a story with a favourite character
- Practise the words it highlights
Good to know
- Free: with a Microsoft account
- Needs a microphone: for reading aloud
- Best for young readers: and English learners
Quick challenge
Read a passage aloud and try to improve your score in a second attempt!
Picked by the Scrollwell team · updated 25 Oct 2026. Microsoft Reading Coach is run by its own company — read its privacy terms before you add learners' names or marks.