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Kurzweil 3000 is a scanning, reading and writing solution for people with learning disabilities or reading difficulties

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Kurzweil 3000 is the premier reading, writing and learning software for struggling students. Because it is also content-independent, teachers in primary and secondary schools alike use it to help students succeed in the classroom regardless of their curriculum.

The software can access virtually any document or publication-printed or electronic. It reads text aloud for auditory support while a patented dual-highlighting feature provides visual reinforcement of onscreen text.

Kurzweil 3000 is widely recognised as an important tool that helps students improve their fluency, reading speed and comprehension. It offers a powerful way to access curriculum material for students who struggle with printed text so they can keep up with assigned reading, learn critical study skills, and successfully complete writing projects and tests independently.

Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh is designed specifically for Macintosh computers with a simple, graphic user interface that appeals to a wide range of students from primary school to higher education.

• Download a Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh Datasheet (pdf version 1.6 MB)
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Features and Benefits

• Patented Dual Highlighting
  Kurzweil 3000’s patented dual highlighting of onscreen text improves students’ reading performance by highlighting a sentence, line or phrase in one colour and highlighting each word in another colour as it is read aloud.
  
• Read the Web Using Mozilla Firefox
  Kurzweil 3000 enhances audible and visual access to web pages with Mozilla Firefox, opening up the resources of the Internet to all students, while providing the same reading and reference features that users enjoy within Kurzweil 3000.
  
• Create Audio File with iTunes® Integration
  Taking your reading where you want has never been easier with the Create Audio File feature. You’ll have a number of options for your file conversions, including AAC, Apple Lossless, or MP3; a choice of reading voice and reading speed; and the option to save audio files to a folder or to an iTunes playlist for effortless transfer to your iPod®.
  
• Unique Test-Taking Capabilities
  With Kurzweil 3000, students can independently complete worksheets, classroom tests or standardised exams containing circle-the-answer, fill-in-the blanks, true/false, and essay questions within the program.
  
• Powerful Study Skills Tools
  Students can improve their reading comprehension and retention with tools such as text highlighting, annotations, Bubble Notes, voice notes, bookmarks and extraction of outlines or word lists.
  
• Use Bubble Notes for Powerful Instructional Support
  Teachers can embed Bubble Notes containing questions and instructions to assigned reading to help students stay on task and support reading comprehension.
  
• Quick Access to Look-it-up Tools
  One-click access to word support features such as dictionary definitions, synonyms, syllabification, and word spelling helps students read and write independently.
  
• Flexible Writing Tools
  As students type, they can use the check-spelling-while-typing and speak-while-typing features to quickly recognise and correct spelling mistakes. The audible spell checker and comprehensive Word Prediction feature further assist students with writing and editing reports, essays and papers independently.
  
• Word Prediction
  Students can type the beginning letters of a word, even with phonetic spelling, see a list of word choices, and click on individual words in the list to hear possible choices before selecting the word they want.
  
• Access to Electronic Files
  In addition to Kurzweil Educational Systems’ format, Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh opens and works with many types of electronic files, including: Microsoft Word, AppleWorks, ClarisWorks, RTF, and PDF files (PDF file support only with Kurzweil 3000 Professional Colour and Black-and-White editions), as well as the Windows version of Kurzweil 3000 for easy file sharing across school networks.
  
• Classic Literature CD-ROM included
  Over 1000 electronic texts, including literary classics for adults and children, reference materials, and historical manuscripts come with Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh.
  
• Accurate Display of Graphics and Illustrations with Text
  Kurzweil 3000 files retain the original text and graphics of scanned materials in colour or black-and-white.
  
• One Licence Allows Installation on Two Computers
  For convenience, the Stand-Alone or Single User Kurzweil 3000 software licence allows you, the primary user, to install the software on a second computer for your own exclusive use. For example, if you have installed your Kurzweil 3000 on a desktop computer at work, you can also install the same software on a laptop computer for home use.

  Note: You may only use one (1) installation at a time. Concurrent use on two (2) or more computers is not authorised without purchasing additional licences.
  

• Network-Wide Access with the Macintosh Network Edition
  With licenses that “float” instead of being tied to specific computers, Kurzweil 3000 is easy for students to access from any computer on your school’s network. For IT administrators, installation and administration of Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh is simple since the network edition tracks the number of licenses in use at any given time and limits concurrent use to the number of licenses purchased. For more details check out Multi-user network edition of Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh.

What’s new in Kurzweil 3000 for Macs Version 4.5? (Released December 2010) – Click here.

Click here for a comparison between Kurzweil 3000 Professional Colour, Black-and-White and Kurzweil 3000 LearnStation.

Demos
Demo CDs and information kits are available on request. Contact Spectronics to request a Kurzweil 3000 Information and Demo CD kit. Alternatively, you can download a trial copy.

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Prices

	Code	Media	Platform	$AUD Price	$AUD GST
	Kurzweil 3000 Professional Colour Version 4 for Macintosh - Single User Licence	Allows you to scan printed documents and have them appear in full colour or black and white on screen. Includes all of the LearnStation program features as well.
	KZ285333T1	CD-ROM	Mac OS X	$1,569.00	$0.00
	Kurzweil 3000 Professional Black and White Version 4 for Macintosh - Single User Licence	Allows you to scan printed documents but they will only appear in black and white on screen. Includes all of the LearnStation program's tools including colour highlighting.
	KZ285341T1	CD-ROM	Mac OS X	$1,009.00	$0.00
	Kurzweil 3000 LearnStation for Macintosh Version 4 - Single User Licence	No ability to scan printed documents is included in this version.
	KZ285350T1	CD-ROM	Mac OS X	$379.00	$0.00