Kurzweil Educational Systems

Product Overview

Ku rz weil 3000 for Wi n d ows

Version 10

Kurzweil 3000TM is the premier reading,writing and learning software for struggling students, including individuals withdyslexia, learning difficulties, or those whoare English Language Learners. Kurzweil 3000 supports the teaching andlearning of reading skills that are necessaryfor meeting state and federal mandates. Because Kurzweil 3000 is also contentindependent,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. 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.

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.
The software can access virtually any
information, whether it is printed,
electronic, or on the Web. It then reads the
words aloud to the student in clear, humanlike,
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.
Educators can measure students' true
abilities with Kurzweil 3000 and its unique,
customizable testing accommodations
conforming to individual IEP requirements,
learning styles and preferences. With
Kurzweil 3000, students and educators can
also mark main ideas, extract preformatted
outlines, add annotations and create voice
notes. Tools such as audible spell-checking,
word prediction, dictionaries and a
thesaurus facilitate writing.
Available in a variety of configurations,
Kurzweil 3000 is adaptable for use in a
single classroom or throughout a network,
and for individual or group instruction.
Ku rz weil 3000 Features andBe n e f i t s
Patented Dual Highlighting - Ku rz weil 3000 employs a multi-sensory approach
to improving students' reading perfo rm a n ce by highlighting a sente n ce,
paragraph, line or phrase in one color and highlighting each wo rd in another
color as it is read aloud.
Quick Access to Word Meanings - One-click access to recursive dict i o n a ry
definitions, synonyms, syllabification and spell mode assists students with
d e coding and keeps them reading with fewer inte rruptions.
Comprehensive St u dy Skills Tools - St u d e nts can improve their reading
co m p rehension and rete ntion with study skills tools that facilitate active
reading including highlight i n g, text circle too l s, annotations, Boo km a rks,Voice
No tes and Ext ract in order to create outlines, s t u dy guides, or wo rd lists.
Powerful Instru ctional Su p port Tools - Teachers can personalize instru ction to
suit student needs and learning styles using St i c ky No tes,Text No tes,Voice
No tes or Footnotes. Teachers can also insert Bubble No tes to appe a r
automatica l ly in a doc u m e nt. Bubble No tes help teach students specific ski l l s,
guide them through tasks,and gauge reading co m p rehension with multiple
c h o i ce, true/ false, m atching,and open-ended text response questions.
Fl exible Writing Tools - As students ty pe, the softwa re speaks each letter or
wo rd, so they can quickly re cog n i ze and co rre ct spelling mistake s. The Ch e c k
Spelling As You Type fe ature underlines misspelled wo rds in red. The audible
spell checker and customizable wo rd pre d i ction further assist students with
c re ating and modifying reports, e s s ays and papers without teacher
intervention.
Unique Test Ta king Capabilities - Students can independent ly co m p l e te
worksheets, classroom tests and standard i zed tests with greater confidence and
fewer mistake s. Students with accommodations can easily answer fill-in-theblanks,
multiple choice, true/ false,short answe r, essay and other test fo rms while
using a customized selection of writing too l s, comprehension aids and visual
mod i f i cations. Teachers can save documents with specific toolbars and feat u re
locks, while also co nt rolling which Ku rz weil 3000 fe atures are available to
students during testing.
Fl exible Ne twork Options - St u d e nts can log on from any netwo rked computer running Kurz weil 3000 and access their personal settings and files. Ed u cators and netwo rk administrators can ce nt ra l ly track student usage and prog ress and
co nt rol the number of licenses in use. Also, the Li cense- to- GoTM fe ature allows netwo rk users to access Kurzweil 3000 without being co n n e cted to the netwo rk ,enabling usage of Ku rz weil 3000 in or out of the classroom.

Sys temRe q u i rements
Ku rz weil 3000 re q u i res a TWA I N - co m p atible scanner and a co m p u ter that meets or exceeds the sys te m
requirements listed be l ow:
• Proce s s o r: 500 MHz or if using VoiceText,700 MHz Intel® Pentium® III
• Me m o ry: 128MB or if using VoiceText, 256MB
• Ha rd Disk Sp a ce: 500MB-600MB (depending upo n va rious options selected during installation)
• Ope rating System: Wi n d ows® 98 SE,ME ® , 2000, XP ®
• Video RAM: 2MB
• Screen Resolution: 800 x 600 pixels
• Color Palette: High color (16-bit)
• For Audio File Creation: MP3 encoder and/or Wi n d ows Media® Player
• For How To Videos: Wi n d ows Media Player
• Sound Ca rd: Cre at i ve Labs Sound Bl a s ter® 16 or other 16-bit co m p atible sound ca rd with spe a kers
• CD dri ve, key bo a rd and mouse

“I love Kurzweil 3000 be cause it helps me do my work faster so I can keep up with the other ki d s.”
Zach Bryant Student, Shiloh Middle School, Hampstead, MD

“I work in a number of schools and I like the License- to - Go feature be cause I always have access to
Kurzweil 3000 on my laptop whenever and wherever I need it. I can also show parents, teachers and
administrators how Kurzweil 3000 can help their students both at and after school. ”
Debra Reichard Assistive Technology Spe c i a l i s t,No rth Attleboro, MA

“ Hearing text read aloud by the computer is exceptionally important for ESL/EFL students, who ra rely re ceive enough spo ken input. Kurzweil 3000 reads word- processed documents, e- mail, s canned text, even Web pages. And it has excellent study tools: students can look up words in a glossary, highlight text, and cre ate notes __ and save it all into a built-in word
processor for later review.”
Dr.Elizabeth Ha n s o n - Smith Professor Emeritus,
California State Unive r s i ty,Sacramento,CA

Students make the grade with Kurzweil 3000 and its advanced test taking features. They can complete
any test or worksheet __ multiple choice, fill-in-theblanks, true/false, shortanswer or essay __ while
using, as appropriate, all of the audible and visual tools for reading and writing. In addition, the newText
Circle Tool can be used for marking answers.

Online Books and En cyc l o pedias - Students can search through and select from thousands of electronic books and online encyc l o pedias such as Columbia En cyclopedia,Wi ki pedia En cyc l o pedia and En cyclopaedia Britannica, helping to
e n s u reaccess to co nte nt co m p a rable to that of their pe e r s.

Vocabulary List Su p port - Teachers and students can use Voca b u l a ry Lists for n ew or curriculum-based vocabulary learning. Th ey can choose from included Vocabulary Lists such as homophones or confusables or quickly and easily
c re ate new lists and share them through impo rting and ex po rting.
Nat u ra l - Sounding Synthetic Speech Options - Two clear, human- sounding
VoiceTextTM voices from Ne o Spe e c h __ one male, one fe m a l e __ and precise
ETI- EloquenceTM voices deliver supe rior text - to - s peech (TTS ) , making reading
easier to comprehend and adjust to users’ reading pre fe rences.
Advanced Scanning Su p po rt - Ku rz weil 3000 provides advanced scanning and
image management features for the best possible results. With the latest optica l
character re cognition (OCR) te c h n o l ogy and scanner optimization too l s, a c c u rate
documents are more re a d i ly obtainable. In addition, there is suppo rt for duplex
and high speed scanners, enabling efficiency and speed in scanning prod u ct i o n .
Toolbar Toggles and Customization Feat u res - Qu i c kly show and hide toolbars
at any time by clicking Toolbar Tog g l e s,m a king it easier to view the desired
toolbar when you need it. In addition, the Cu s to m i ze Toolbar feature gives you
the flex i b i l i ty to choose the ex a ct set of icon buttons to have on each toolbar.
Multilingual Assistance - With audible dict i o n a ry definitions available in English,
French, Ge rman,Spanish or Italian, and the ability to read text aloud in any of
these languages, users can master material in the language of their choice.
Other Notable Features
Easy Web Ac cess - Support for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fire fox.
Audio File Cre ation - Create MP3 and WAV files for listening while on the go.
Broad Ac cess to El e ct ronic Files - Su p ports fo rm ats such as DOC,PDF and DAISY.
Pi ct u re Di ct i o n a ry and ASL Animation Su p port - Provides an alte rn ative way to
communicate and teach the meanings of wo rds.