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The latter two options are only for users who already have a version of Kurzweil 3000. Each version is created for a particular audience and is tailored to the needs of that demographic.

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Kurzweil has several versions available for purchase: Kurzweil 3000 Professional (available in colour or black and white), Kurzweil 1000, Kurzweil LearnStation and firefly.

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His latest NYT bestseller is How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed. Kurzweil’s book, The Singularity Is Near, was a New York Times ( NYT) bestseller, and has been the #1 book on Amazon in both science and philosophy. The Age of Spiritual Machines has been translated into 9 languages and was the #1 best-selling book on Amazon in science. presidents and authored seven books, five of which have been national bestsellers. Kurzweil has received nineteen honorary doctorates, and honors from three U.S.

1999 - Received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor in technology awarded in the United States.

2001 - Recipient of the $500,000 MIT-Lemelson Prize.

2002 - Inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame, established by the U.S.

Kurzweil’s work and advancement of research in this field led to his appointment as Google’s Director of Engineering in January 2013. He has continued to explore avenues of artificial intelligence and the related implications and opportunities for the future.

Dyslexia or Dysgraphia-Text-to-Speech reader allows the learner to read along, practice word prediction and spelling with the Talking Spellchecker.īased on his passion for educational technology and desire to explore how the brain works, Ray Kurzweil, developer of Kurzweil 3000, was the primary inventor of the first Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) flatbed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition software.

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)-encourages active learning and participation in the classroom.

Learning Disabled (LD)-can be used over a wide range of subjects, skill levels and ages to help decrease the gap in ability and expression of knowledge, and has multiple tools available to scaffold learning.

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Blind or Visually Impaired-speaks text aloud using natural sounding voices and allows the user to send files to Braille note takers or embossers or to portable devices such as DAISY or MP3 players.English Language Learners (ELL)-are able to work independently with the curriculum with the assistance of the built-in features such as bilingual dictionaries, a picture dictionary, voice-recording capabilities and a translation tool.Kurzweil is an inherently flexible and accessible program that provides support to a wide variety of students in accessing the curriculum. Kurzweil can be used as a remedial tool for some, in addition to a learning tool for all! Kurzweil is designed with the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as it provides multiple means to aquire knowledge, express knowledge and engage with knowledge. Kurzweil is not a program that teaches reading or writing skills however it provides additional support for students who have the cognitive ability to work with the same material as their peers. The program effectively allows the student to learn from grade appropriate content, develop valuable study skills, and become independent learners. Kurzweil is an integrated scan and read program geared towards students in grade three and older that provides multisensory access to virtually any text or curriculum, including print, electronic, and Web-based material.

5.2.3 Student to Teacher Ratio and Training.

5.2.2 Computers, Computer Networks and Internet Access.

4.6 Strengthening Study Habits and Test Taking.

4.5 Practice Writing and Proofreading Skills.

4.4 A Digital Story Explaining how Kurzweil can Support a Struggling Reader in a Classroom.

4.2 Pre-Reading and Vocabulary Strategies.

1.1 Who benefits from Kurzweil and how?.