Kurzweil 3000 version 16 portable#
Kurzweil 3000 version 16 software#

The Read Station program can be used by students who obtain scanned reading materials from their teachers and therefore do not need their own scanning software. OPTIONS: Three versions of Kurzweill 3000 for Windows are available: a scan/read color version ($1,895), a scan/read black-and-white version ($1,095), and a read-only version called Read Station ($349).

Kurzweil 3000 version 16 software#

Another feature of this software is the ability to automatically search for books by title or author on electronic text repositories such as, Project Gutenberg, or the Baen Free Library, and then download and read those books.

The software reads questions and answers aloud, and allows students to type answers directly onto the image of a scanned test. As a test-taking program, this software allows teachers to accommodate students' Individualized Education Plan (IEP) needs for visual and auditory accommodations. The program also enables users to take notes, add them to the document, and read, print, and review them. The user may also select from continuous, self-paced, or word-by-word reading modes. Users can choose from a variety of output voices, and can speed up or slow the pace and replay any word or phrase at will. The program offers a suite of learning tools, including syllabification, pronounciation, text preview, thesaurus, phonetic spelling, and a dictionary. Documents can also be opened, edited, and saved in Microsoft Word format.

It presents the original image, with color graphics, photographs, and columns intact, while reading the text aloud.

Kurzweil 3000 version 16 portable#

This software can read documents in portable document file (.pdf), hypertext markup language (HTML), and DAISY digital talking book formats. This combined auditory and visual presentation of information helps increase reading accuracy, speed, and comprehension for struggling readers. Documents are shown on screen with words highlighted as they are spoken. This OCR software scans documents and reads scanned or electronic text aloud using synthetic speech. Kurzweil 3000 for Windows is an optical character recognition (OCR) and test program with voice output designed for use by individuals with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.