Kurzweil Education System offers literacy support for students with disabilities (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Blindness and Vision Impairment or other disabilities and impairments) and students who are English language Learners. Reading is a very important part of life and difficulty with reading, writing, and comprehension affects all areas of academics. Kurzweil education systems provide assistive technology tools which help learners unlock their own unique potential. The goal is to provide every student with the opportunity for academic achievement and success. Kurzweil products are Kurzweil 1000, Kurzweil 3000, and Kurzweil 3000+ Firefly. These tools help students with text to speech, writing, scanning or highlighting text features. Kurzweil 1000 makes printed or electronic text accessible to people with blindness and visual impairments. It also has the feature of speaking text aloud in a variety of natural-sounding voices that can be modified to individual …show more content…
The three major functions of Kurzweil 3000 are read, Write, and Scan. You can read a story from the existing file or from google drive. Struggling readers and students with disabilities can organize their ideas and thinking using graphic organizer and outline and brainstorm templates from the writing tool. Other features include accessible file types: TXT; HTML; PDF; TIFF; DOC; RTF; DAISY, and more. It visually track words and phrases on screen while reading aloud. Highlight or create Text, Bubble or Voice notes. Hear what you write as you work, and as you review, proof, and edit your work. Create audio files for listening to text anywhere. Text-to speech feature helps struggling readers and writers by regulating the speed, spell words, and choose language and