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Kurzweil Education

Assistive learning technologies and literacy software for students with learning barriers

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Kurzweil Education provides assistive literacy software for students with learning difficulties, dyslexia, and visual impairments. Its main product, Kurzweil 3000, offers text-to-speech, speech-to-text, study tools, and a browser extension for reading and writing support. The company also offers Kurzweil 1000, a scan-and-read solution for printed or electronic text.

Kurzweil 3000 includes natural text-to-speech voices in 13 languages and 18 additional dialects at customizable reading rates, speech-to-text for writing and note-taking, voice notes, and a dyslexic font. The Read the Web browser extension reads web content aloud and exports highlighted text to a study guide. Study tools include interactive bubble notes, markup tools, column notes, annotations, dictionaries, and translation. Content can be accessed from Google Drive, OneDrive, Bookshare, and a Universal Library of over 1800 classic texts. Integrations include Google Classroom, Google Drive, OneDrive, Bookshare, ClassLink, and Single Sign On through Google, Microsoft, ClassLink, or SAML.

Kurzweil Education is designed for students, educators, and individuals with learning difficulties or visual impairments. The company offers a free trial, and Kurzweil 1000 is positioned as a separate product for users who are blind or visually impaired.

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