Will my Vantage Lite Work with Kurzweil?

What is Kurzweil?

Kurzweil is a reading, writing and learning software for struggling readers, individuals with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and/or those who are English Language Learners. Many schools are using the Kurzweil program with their students.

Kurzweil Provides the Following Features:

Access to Any Curriculum - The software works with most information, whether it is printed, electronic, or on the Web.

Increases Reading Fluency Study Skills - With the aid of visual and auditory feedback, the software helps students keep up with assigned reading, learn critical study skills and successfully complete writing projects and tests. With its study skills tools, Kurzweil facilitates active reading including: highlighting, text circle tools, annotations, Bookmarks, Voice Notes and Extract in order to create outlines, study guides, or word lists – all things that can improve their reading comprehension and retention.

Decoding Support – Kurzweil reads words aloud to the student in clear, humanlike, synthetic speech, while a highlighting feature adds visual reinforcement. For students who have difficulty physically accessing curriculum materials, Kurzweil provides a digital means of engaging with text and can support students who use alternative methods for accessing the computer.

Writing and Self-Editing Tools - As students type, the software speaks each letter or word, so they can quickly recognize and correct spelling mistakes.

Independent Test Taking – With Kurzweil, students can independently complete worksheets, classroom tests and standardized tests with greater confidence and fewer mistakes. Students with accommodations can easily answer fill-in-the blanks, multiple choice, true/false, short answer, essay and other test forms while using a customized selection of writing tools,

Your Vantage Lite comes equipped with a Kurzweil Activity pre-programmed but hidden in your device. You must go into your Modify Activity in the Toolbox. Now select More Items until you see the gray key that says KURZWE. Select it so the red box is around that key. Select SHOW under the tool called Activity. Now this key will appear in your activity row. Kurzweil key in activity row.