[Athen] Kurzweil vs Texthelp? Or both?

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NJ & ATHEN-ites,

it's pretty expensive to maintain licenses for both Kurzweil and Read &
Write. While I was working at Southern Oregon University, we decided to
switch from Kurzweil to Read & Write. We decided it was too much of a jolt
for students to have to learn a new learning enhancement software part of
the way through their academic career, so we grandfathered in students who
are currently using Kurzweil and gradually phased out the license over the
course of a couple of years.

Something to consider, in any case.
Wink Harner
Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production
The Foreign Type

Portland OR
foreigntype at gmail.com
480-984-0034

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On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 9:00 AM Normajean.Brand <normajean.brand at hccs.edu>
wrote:


> Hello all, and Happy Friday!

>

> I’m curious to find out how many of you offer both Kurzweil and TextHelp,

> or only one of the apps. We started out being a WYNN college but moved to

> Kurzweil 3000 when WYNN was no longer being updated. I did a pilot of

> TextHelp a long time ago (2001?), and although I liked it, I couldn’t get

> any traction on it from students or anyone else, so we stayed with

> Kurzweil. However, with the many advancements that TextHelp especially

> reading Math, I’m leaning towards TextHelp and we’re already looking at

> EquatIO.

>

> Is there justification for both apps? We’ve never had more than 50

> students using Kurzweil at any time, and usually it’s closer to maybe 7

> actively using it during any semester, since we started offering Kurzweil

> in 2005. I know there are probably many more that could benefit from using

> either app when looking at how many students are registered with our

> Disability Services.

>

> Thoughts?

>

> Thank you for your time,

>

> NJ

>

>

>

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