Kurzweil 3000TM
Kurzweil 3000TM
This product was created by Kurzweil 3000systems Incs. which was later acquired by Cambium LearningTM
The Kurzweil 3000 product line consists of three different products, all available either as standalone or network editions. Schools can mix and match these products within their environment based on their needs.
* Kurzweil 3000 Professional Color
* Kurzweil 3000 Professional Black and White
* Kurzweil 3000 LearnStation
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Some of the features unique to the Kurzweil 3000 Professional version include:
· One-button scanning
· Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
· Edit Underlying Text
· Zone Editing
· Kurzweil Virtual Printer
· Open As PDF (OS X only)
View our Product the Overview Videos.
Kurzweil Educational Pricing
Kurzweil 3000 for Windows
List Price
Color Learning Lab Pack - 5
(includes 1 Professional Color and 4 LearnStations)
$2,695
Black/White Learning Lab Pack - 5
(includes 1 Professional Black/White and 4 LearnStations)
$1,995
Single LearnStation
$395
Single Professional Black/White
$1,095
Single Professional Color
$1,495
Student -Who needs
Any struggling reader, including individuals with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, attention deficit disorder or those who are English Language Learners.
Research
Educators and independent research have demonstrated that Kurzweil 3000 provides not only the tools students need to improve their reading speed and comprehension, but also the features that make it possible for them to learn and study independently.
Benefits
Kurzweil 3000TM provides Reading, Writing and Learning Software for Struggling Students that offers:
Access to Any Curriculum - The software can access virtually any information, whether it is printed, electronic, or on the Web. Because Kurzweil 3000 is also content independent, teachers in elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and colleges alike use it to help students succeed in the classroom regardless of curriculum or lesson plan.
Increased Reading Fluency - Students reading speed and fluency and comprehension are imadressed and improved
Study Skills - With the aid of visual and auditory feedback, the software helps students keep up with assigned reading, learn critical study skills and successfully complete writing projects and tests. With its robust study skills tools, Kurzweil 3000 facilitates active reading including: highlighting, text circle tools, annotations, Bookmarks, Voice Notes and Extract in order to create outlines, study guides, or word lists – all things that can improve their reading comprehension and retention.
Decoding Support - It then reads the words aloud to the student in clear, human like, synthetic speech, while a patented dual highlighting feature adds visual reinforcement. For students who have difficulty physically accessing curriculum materials, Kurzweil 3000 provides a digital means of engaging with text and can support students who use alternative methods for accessing the computer.
Writing and Self-Editing Tools - As students type, the software speaks each letter or word, so they can quickly re cognize and correct spelling mistake s. The Check Spelling As You Type feature underlines misspelled words in red. The audible spell checker and customizable word prediction further assist students with creating and modifying reports, essays and papers without teacher intervention.
Independent Test Taking – With Kurzweil 3000, students can independently complete worksheets, classroom tests and standardized tests with greater confidence and fewer mistakes. Students with accommodations can easily answer fill-in-the blanks, multiple choice, true/false, short answer, essay and other test forms while using a customized selection of writing tools, comprehension aids and visual modifications. Teachers can save documents with specific tool bars and feature locks, while also controlling which Kurzweil 3000 features are available to students during testing. Kurzweil 3000 supports the teaching and learning of reading skills that are necessary for meeting state and federal mandates. Kurzweil 3000 not only reads questions and answers aloud, it allows students to type answers directly onto the image of a scanned test, thereby offering more independence for both the student and teacher. In addition, the product is proving instrumental for both classroom and standardized assessments
Recommendations
I will recommend this product for use with struggling readers who have skill deficits in the areas of fluency, reading comprehension, decoding and vocabulary, as well as for those students who are struggling with writing and independent study skills. In addition I will recommend its use with ESL and ELL students, and for students who have sensory or physical disabilities. I will even recommend it for general education students who display a lack interest or engagement in classroom learning. Kurzweil 3000TM's multiple means of presenting information fosters student engagement in instruction and learning. The hands on approach
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