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Scan-to-Read Programs
| |Kurzweil |Read & Write Gold |Wynn |Claro Read |
|Approximate Cost (check|3000 Color Pro (full or USB):$1495 |Read&Write 9: $365 |Wizard (Reading, Writing, OCR software): $995 |Standard: 129 Euro |
|for updates) |3000 Learn Station: $395 |Read&Write Gold 9: $645 |Reader (Reading and Writing): $375 |Plus: 159 Euro |
| | | | |Premium: |
|Manufacturer |Cambium Learning Technologies |TextHelp |Freedom Scientific |Claro Software |
|Main Features |Reading, Writing, Note Taking/Studying tools, test |Reading, Writing, Note Taking/Studying tools |Reading and Writing, Study skills |Reading and Writing skills |
| |taking assistance | | | |
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| |Reading: Text-to-speech, talking dictionary and |Reading: Text-to-speech, phonetic and | | |
| |thesaurus, |homophone support, daisy reader, screen |Reading: Text-to-speech, Talking dictionary |Reading: Text-to-speech, Screen Ruler |
| | |reading, PDFAloud |and thesaurus, supports Daisy and NIMAS books |Reading Bar, |
| |Writing: text pad, Brainstorming, word prediction, | | | |
| |spell check, |Writing: speech enabled word prediction, fact |Writing: Full File editing, Word Prediction, |Writing: Basic word processing, Word |
| | |finder, online fact mapper, speech input |Outlines, Spell Check, homophones |Prediction, Homophones, Font and Color |
| |Note Taking/Studying: high lighting, Bookmarks, Text | | |changing, Spell Check, Typing Echo, |
| |and Voice notes, Footnotes, Bubble notes, Sticky |Note Taking/Study tools: Dual Color |Study Skills: Bookmarks, Highlighting, text | |
| |notes, column notes, extract annotations, |highlighting, |and voice notes, highlights on Web, extract |Claro View |
| | | |highlighting from Web, Can include | |
| | |Other features: speech enabled calculator, |notes/highlighting of documents when printing | |
| | |online translator. | | |
| | | |Compatible with WebCT | |
| | |For schools: Test Maker, PDF accessibility | | |
| | |editor, Create Lexiflow ebooks |Screen Reader: Will read webpages (with | |
| | | |highlighting), hyperlinks, Talking Online Form| |
| | | |Completion | |
|Strengths |Very good OCR, Virtual Printer, Comprehensive |Scan into different formats, Scan from paper |Good OCR |Convert scans (in Word) into PDFs |
| | |or saved image, | | |
| |Allows students to access almost all curriculums in |Reads Dragon Recognized text |Similar features as Kurzweil, but cheaper. |Good for basic text-to-speech needs |
| |digital formats. | | | |
| | |Wider range of readability that Kurzweil. |Reads the Internet- Strong web access |Screen reader plus text-to-speech |
| |Is available without scanning feature for cheaper | |features. | |
| |version. |Does not require a lot of RAM to run | |works well on Internet |
| | | |Converts files to MP3 or WAV files. | |
| |Brainstorming features |Automatic updates | |Available in 20 languages |
| | | |Outlining features | |
| |Comes with Classic Literature CD | | |Exporter Function |
| | | |Daisy and NIMAS book support | |
| |Stacked toolbars allow user to see all features at | | | |
| |once. | |Uses less RAM than Kurzweil to run | |
| | | | | |
| |Display can be customized (colors etc) | |Can use with multiple file fotmats – PDF, .doc| |
| | | |etc | |
| |Available in several languages | | | |
|Weaknesses |Doesn’t read well on the Internet without using |Inferior OCR |No Mac version |Basic screen reading and writing support |
| |virtual printer. | | | |
| | |Limited study tools. |Inferior Brainstorming features than Kurzweil.|No Study Skills |
| |Expensive. | | | |
| | |Toolbar does not show all features at once – | | |
| |Often has more features than will be used by client. |user must set up bar with frequently used | | |
| | |features. | | |
| |Study skills features can only be used when the file | | | |
| |is in KESI format. | | | |
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| |Does not read (well?) Read-only files (PDF and Daisy) | | | |
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| |Uses a lot of RAM to run | | | |
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| |Not automatic updates | | | |
|Platform(s) |Mac, Windows |Mac, Windows |Windows, |Windows, Mac |
|USB? |Yes |Yes- R&W Gold Mobile | |Yes |
|Website | | | |
| | | |WYNN.asp | |
|Work with OO and MS |OO: |OO: |OO: |OO: |
|Word? |Word: |Word: |Word: Yes |Word: Yes (2003; 2007) |
|Works on Web? |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |
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