Microsoft Read Aloud for New Outlook

Doesn't disabling the READ ALOUD feature in the new Outlook fall under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

Please turn the Read Aloud feature back on (while drafting an outgoing email). I can only currently use the Read Aloud feature for emails coming in from others. Multiple people in this thread have commented about their disability. Please help.

I also struggle with learning disabilities, and the read-aloud function was critical to me in processing emails. Very unfortunate.

I am visually impaired and one feature that made me choose Microsoft Outlook over Apple Mail was the Read Aloud function, primarily the "Play Email Conversation" on my iPhone and iPad. If the read-aloud is not reinstated I am abandoning Microsoft and I know many people taking the same route. What a childish upgrade strategy from Microsoft.

Agreeing with previous comments. The immersive reader is not the same as what has historically been available in Outlook to have a draft or received message read aloud. Lots of good edits can occur on an email draft once you've heard it read aloud. This is a huge miss and has been a pain point for me while using the New Outlook over the past months. Legacy Outlook icon, here I come again. Looking forward to the alert for when someone announces the functionality is back in effect.

You have Microsoft Outlook Version 1.2024.605.100 (Production). Client Version is 20240531006.14 .

The read-aloud functionality in Word 365 has been improved and the voice quality is excellent. I hope that MS can break down the silos and port that functionality from Word into Outlook. Until then, I guess I will continue copy and pasting my drafts into word, then back into Outline.