L&H Kurzweil 3000
Scan and Read (with OCR scanning capability)Read (without OCR scanning capability)
Description: Reads scanned or electronic text aloud using human sounding synthetic speech.
Features:
- Customizable Toolbar - create or choose personalized pathways to most-needed features.
- Network Functionality - Kurzweil 3000 Server makes it possible for students to be centrally logged on or off.
- Student Activity Logs - monitor student achievement from your desktop.
- Read Highlighted text - users can hear what they highlight for review and reinforcement
- Text extract feature - separates the highlighted text into a new document.
- Voice Notes - Students can create voice notes of up to two minutes in length.
- Flexible Syllabification - accommodates multiple pronunciations in breaking down words.
- Word Prediction - Subject-specific words and unique proper names can be entered into the vocabulary.
- Pastel background colors - reduces contrast to enhance recognition of text
- Multilingual - Allows students to read in the language they are learning and see and hear definitions in their native language.
- Test Taking - Automatically finds the blanks in scanned forms and tests and creates fields in which students can enter responses.
- Word Spacing - control of the distance between words increases visual text separation.
- Two Page Scanning Mode - Allows concurrent scanning of two facing pages in smaller books.
- UK Realspeak - Hear Shakespeare the way William intended with authentic British-English accent.
Level: Suitable for all ages
Purpose:
The written word unlocks some of life's most exquisite treasures. But for those with reading difficulties such as dyslexia or attention deficit disorder (ADD), the simple act of reading becomes a challenge for many, an insurmountable obstacle for some. Now, L&H Kurzweil 3000 is helping to meet that challenge and overcome that obstacle.
- Comprehension and self-correction are enhanced with text-to-speech technology.
- Reading difficulties can be greatly reduced through modification of text presentation.
- Scanned text can be read from books and other sources, so students can study independently.
- Vocabulary skills can increase with use of the dictionary.
- Independent verbal testing can be done using the speech-to-text and voice-note features.
- Study skills can be expanded and strengthened.
Platform: Windows or Macintosh CD-ROM
Manufacturer: (order directly from manufacturer)
Kurzweil Educational Systems
14 Crosby Drive
Bedford, MA 01730-1402
Phone: 800-894-5374
Fax: 781-276-0650
www.kurzweiledu.com
NO LIMIT! Grant Licensing Information: (per classroom)
5 Kurzweil Read for LD Student notebook computers
1 Kurzweil Scan & Read for teacher computer