Kurzweil 3000
Kurzweil 3000 is a highly developed text to speech software
utility that creates new learning opportunities by allowing a user
to read along with a natural -sounding voice. The program reads
directly from a scanned document so the user is able to read from
the real text rather than reading from a Word document or a simple
text document.
In addition, Kurzweil 3000 offers a dynamic text highlighting
feature that allows users to organize thoughts and highlight main
points in real time and a writing component that provides the user
a number of different options to take the stress out of the writing
process.
Kurzweil 3000 is available to any Butler student
who is registered with Student Disability Services as an
individual with a properly documented disability and whose
documentation substantiates the need for access through the
provision of alternative format text. Written documentation
is required in order to establish eligibility for services.
Please contact Student Disability Services (SDS) at (317) 940-9308
for additional information regarding documentation guidelines
and/or visit our Accommodation Procedures
page. Any student who has been verified as eligible to
receive alternative format text should contact SDS directly in
order to make arrangements to set up a Kurzweil account which will
then allow the student to access the software while on or off
campus.
For training on how to use Kurzweil 3000, please
visit http://www.kurzweiledu.com/how-to-videos.html.
For questions specific to your Butler University installation of
Kurzweil 3000, please contact Rob Hartman at
rhartman@butler.edu.