Kurzweil unveils firefly app for iPad

The Sacramento Bee reports.

The Kurzweil 3000 provides mobile access to digital content and powerful literacy tools to enable individuals with the cognitive ability, but not the literacy skills, to achieve their academic and personal goals.

Kurzweil 3000 is a text-to-speech-based technology solution that enables struggling readers to learn at grade level, PR Newswire notes.

Research has shown the program to be particularly appropriate for students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, those who require reading intervention, students struggling with reading comprehension, and English Language Learners (ELL).

"We are delighted to be releasing our first mobile app," said Alex Saltonstall, GM, Kurzweil Educational Systems and IntelliTools. "Individuals rely on Kurzweil 3000 every day to enable them to succeed at their level of academic interest. Increasingly, our customers have access to iPads, and the firefly iPad app will now give them even more access to the content they are reading and the literacy support tools they rely on. Whether downloaded to a school or personal iPad, we believe our free app will extend learning on this engaging and mobile platform."