[Athen] Alternatives to Read&Write

[Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman]

Hi folks,

Our IT people had difficulty negotiating a new contract for Read&Write with Texthelp this year, mainly because of increased costs, but possibly because of terms and conditions too. I'm now looking at alternatives in case we need something more cost effective.

We used Kurzweil 3000 before we moved to R&W 7 or 8 years ago. Any improvements there? I'm looking at Capti and Speechify as possible alternatives. Has anyone tried them or another alternative?

I'm hoping to find something that can

  *   be deployed to students in all operating systems, including mobile;
  *   read PDFs and epubs, including Bookshare files;
  *   be used in our testing center with PDF and Word files;
  *   earn extra points for integrating nicely with Microsoft 365.

Thanks for any knowledge you may have to share!

Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman (he, him, his)
Assistant Director, Disability Resources
SUNY Cortland
Memorial Library, Room B-204
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045-0900
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