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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Regarding the original question:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">\ Subject: [Athen] Kurzweil 3000 vs. Read&Write<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Our program is considering a transition from Kurzweil 3000 to Read&Write.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">While I understand there are many advantages and disadvantages, I was<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">wondering if you can give me a comparison if you have experience with both<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">programs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">[CSUF logo]<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Marc T. Trinh, M.S., Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I’d say that the major advantages of K-3000 are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">1/ independent use by students, as K-3000 can open any article from electronic libraries, HTML, Word, etc, without needing staff support, compared to R&W which is designed to work in Word and also
has some reading functions in PDFs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">2/ K-3000 has extensive study features, esp in the Windows platform, to extract text to study notes, insert dictionary definitions, add your own definitions and examples, etc., to analyze the text
with less typing, and a solid structure to support writing, with brainstorming, drafts, outlines, etc., where again, you can extract text for quotes, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">3/ the Acapella speech in K-3000, while not as good as the previous Voiceware products, allows students to read volumes of text. At Cdn universities, students are reading 50 pages of dense text/course/week,
and need highly intelligible speech. Many of our Universities are going with a Web license of K-3000, whereas the colleges, which grant certificates and diplomas and have a much smaller volume of reading, are going with R&W, because it is cheaper and the speech
quality doesn’t matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">4/ outcome measures indicate that students with ADD, LDs and mental health issues find the reading with highlighting, and reading for meaning, looking for important sections to extract for study
notes, improves student’s abilities to both get through their readings in a timely manner, comprehend the readings, and learn the material.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">So our University has chosen to do a web license of Kurzweil 3000, and it has greatly accelerated the use of the product- no more waiting for funding, just register the student, train them, and
they are using it immediately for articles, and as soon as we provide the textbook in PDF, for textbooks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(We use Kurzweil 1000 for students who use screen readers.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#111A58">Linda Petty, O.T. Reg. (Ont.)<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Assistive Technology Consultant<br>
Access<i>Ability</i> Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">a division of Student Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#111A58">UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Science Wing, Room SW302G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4<br>
Direct Line: 416-208-5144<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Tel/TTY (appointments): 416-287-7560<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fax: 416-287-7334<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/ability"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue">www.utsc.utoronto.ca/ability</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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