Alex Saltonstall, General Manager, Kurzweil
Tricia Crane, Southern California Education Account Executive
Nora Trentacoste, Northern California Education Account Executive
Roger Steinberg, Director Product Management and Implementation Services
Libby Preble, National Director, Education Sales
Chancellor’s Office CSU - Long Beach

AGENDA for ATI Webinar on Kurzweil and firefly
• Welcome
• Kurzweil’s Commitment to Higher Education, the CSU Center for
Accessible Media and the Accessible Technology Initiative
• Update on Accessible Technology and the Shift to Cloud Computing
• Questions and Answers
• Overview and Demonstration of Kurzweil 3000/firefly/ iPad app
• Questions and Answers
• Update on Kurzweil 1000
• Professional Development and Technical Support Resources
• Questions and Answers
• Wrap-Up and Next Steps

Our Commitment to Higher Education, the CSU Center for Accessible Media and the Accessible Technology Initiative
• Kurzweil’s Vision and Mission
• Our Development Philosophy
• Commitment to innovation
• Universal Design for Learning
• Shift to Cloud Computing
• Our Commitment to being a strong partner for the CSU
System

What We Do
• Provide Assistive Technology and Services
• To Students in Secondary and Post-Secondary
Schools and beyond
• Focused on serving the needs of all students and especially those who need accessible media
• Through
• Kurzweil 3000/ firefly
• Kurzweil 1000

Why We Do What We Do
We’re committed to providing assistive technology to help Post-
Secondary Students reach their full potential through greater independence and academic success.
Our development is grounded on the principles of Universal Design since we believe that all students deserve an equal opportunity to participate in the benefits of Higher Education.

Indicators of Post-Secondary Need
• 73 % of students with disabilities enroll in higher education, compared to 84% of their peers without disabilities.
– But, only 28% achieve diplomas in 4-year, public institutions as compared to 54% (almost twice) their peers without disabilities. (Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2004)
• 70% of at-risk students who take 1 or more remedial classes in college do not obtain a degree or certificate
within 8 years of enrollment (Kuhn et al., 2005)
– Data from the College Board state that students with disabilities are more likely to need remediation while in college

Primary Needs of the College Learner*
• A variety of study strategies
• Multiple means of summarizing large chunks of text
• Additional background knowledge
• An effective method of planning
*Needs synthesized from Gabriel (2008) and Principals of UD in Higher Education (Center for Universal Design
(1997)

Kurzweil 3000/firefly
…enables students with the cognitive ability, but not the literacy skills, to learn and perform at or even above the level of their peers.

Multiple Study Strategies
Benefit: Kurzweil 3000-firefly supports a variety of research proven strategies, including:
• Column (Cornell) Notes
• Highlighting
• Outlining

Text Summarization Strategies
Benefit: Kurzweil 3000-firefly provides a variety of ways to summarize course content, including:
• Concept Mapping
• Writing Templates
• Voice Notes

Background Knowledge
Benefit: Kurzweil 3000 provides access to many sources of content and the tools necessary to efficiently process new information
• Read the Web
• Translator
• Classic Literature

Planning
Benefit: Kurzweil 3000-firefly assists users in planning and organization in a number of different ways:
• File Management & Universal Library
• Bookmarks
• Sticky Notes/Footnotes

Kurzweil 3000 – firefly
Product Demonstration

Overview of firefly – iPad app
The firefly iPad app is included free as part of any Kurzweil 3000 Web License subscription.
www.fireflybykurzweil.com

Kurzweil 1000: Version 13 July, 2012
• Four major updates
– HoverCam support
– EPUB
– Updated OCRs
– Microsoft Speech Platform
• Questions and Answers

Learning Opportunities via WebEx
• http://www.cambiumtech.com/special/webinars/
• Sept. 12 th – Get Your Students Connected with
AccessText and Kurzweil 3000-firefly
• Sept. 19 th – Using Kurzweil 3000-firefly in Higher
Education
• Sept. 25 th – Helping Learners Who Struggle in
Postsecondary Education
• Oct. 10 th – A Report from Indiana University: Students with Learning and Attention Challenges in Higher
Education Benefit from Kurzweil 3000.

Implementation Support
• Public, in person trainings
• On-site trainings
• On-line training
• Implementation partnerships
Roger Steinberg
Director
Product Development & Implementation Services
• U.S. based phone and e-mail technical support
• Advanced support technologies
• 97.2% of respondents rated their level of service*
“ Satisfactory ” or “ Excellent ”
Lori Castle
Manager,
Technical Support
*Based on 569 survey responses between January and June, 2010

Questions and Next Steps
Thank you for your leadership!
Tricia Crane, So. California Account Executive
Tricia.Crane@cambiumtech.com
Nora Trentacoste, No. California Account
Executive
Nora.Trentacoste@cambiumtech.com
Roger.Steinberg@cambiumtech.com
Libby.Preble@cambiumtech.com
Alex.Saltonstall@cambiumtech.com