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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I’m hoping to find something that can<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">be deployed to students in all operating systems, including mobile;
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">read PDFs and epubs, including Bookshare files;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">be used in our testing center with PDF and Word files;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">earn extra points for integrating nicely with Microsoft 365.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thanks for any knowledge you may have to share!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman (he, him, his)<br>
Assistant Director, Disability Resources<br>
SUNY Cortland<br>
Memorial Library, Room B-204<br>
P.O. Box 2000<br>
Cortland, NY 13045-0900<br>
O: 607-753-2358 | F: 607-753-5495<br>
<a href="mailto:jeremy.zhe-heimerman@cortland.edu"><span style="color:blue">jeremy.zhe-heimerman@cortland.edu</span></a><br>
<a href="https://webapp.cortland.edu/TASRequestForm/"><span style="color:blue">Test Administration Scheduling System</span></a> |
<a href="http://www2.cortland.edu/offices/disability-resources/index.dot"><span style="color:blue">Disability Resources Homepage</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://shibboleth-cortland-accommodate.symplicity.com/sso/"><span style="color:blue">AccessCortland Student Portal</span></a> |
<a href="https://shibboleth-cortland-accommodate.symplicity.com/sso/faculty"><span style="color:blue">AccessCortland Faculty Portal</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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