azure-immersive-reader

Development

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Immersive Reader development including best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when tuning read-aloud/translation, storing user prefs, Entra auth setup, JS SDK integration, or language support, and other Azure AI Immersive Reader related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Language (use azure-language-service), Azure AI Speech (use azure-speech), Azure Translator (use azure-translator), Azure AI services (use microsoft-foundry-tools).

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Azure AI Immersive Reader Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Immersive Reader. Covers best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

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Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Best Practices	L33-L37	Guidance on improving Immersive Reader performance by caching authentication tokens, including token reuse patterns and reducing auth overhead.
Limits & Quotas	L38-L42	Supported languages and feature availability for Immersive Reader (e.g., which languages work with read-aloud, translation, and other capabilities).
Security	L43-L49	Configuring Immersive Reader security: creating the resource with Entra auth, managing Entra role assignments, and setting cookie policy and user consent.
Configuration	L50-L56	Configuring Immersive Reader behavior: read-aloud voice/speed, translation languages and behavior, and storing/managing per-user reading and language preferences.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L57-L66	Implementing Immersive Reader in web/iOS apps: launch flows, JS SDK usage, HTML/MathML prep, custom buttons, multi-resource setups, and Vision Read integration.

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Cache Immersive Reader auth tokens for performance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-cache-token

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Check supported languages for Immersive Reader features	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/language-support

Security

Topic	URL
Create Immersive Reader resource and configure Entra auth	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-create-immersive-reader
Configure Immersive Reader cookie policy and consent	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to/set-cookie-policy
Update Immersive Reader Entra role assignments for security	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/security-how-to-update-role-assignment

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure Immersive Reader Read Aloud options	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-configure-read-aloud
Configure translation settings in Immersive Reader	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-configure-translation
Store and manage Immersive Reader user preferences	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-store-user-preferences

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Customize the Immersive Reader launch button	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-customize-launch-button
Launch Azure Immersive Reader from application code	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-launch-immersive-reader
Use multiple Immersive Reader resources in one app	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-multiple-resources
Prepare HTML content for Immersive Reader integration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-prepare-html
Render MathML expressions in Immersive Reader	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to/display-math
Use the Immersive Reader JavaScript SDK API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/reference
Build iOS app integrating Vision Read and Immersive Reader	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/tutorial-ios-picture-immersive-reader