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Accommodation Comparison to ACT Aspire Accessibility Users Guide-Interim Test Form
ACT Aspire KurzweilACT Aspire
Text-to-Speech
To have ACT Aspire TestNav read out loud, the student clicks the “Play” icon on the right. From there they can click play. The play turns into a stop button.
Kurzweil Text-to-Speech
The Kurzweil read button is always present. To hear, the student clicks the read button. As it is reading, the play becomes pause . They click pause to stop. Alternatively, the student can click on the page to stop reading. If they want to go back or skip forward they click . They can also click on the page where they want to start reading, click read and it will read. To hear single words spoken, double click on the word.
ACT Aspire Audio Options
To change ACT Aspire audio options, the student clicks the “Settings” icon. An audio settings tool window pops up (shown below). From there they can change reading speed and voice. 3 reading speeds and 2 voices available.
KurzweilAudio Options
To change Kurzweil audio options, the student clicks the “Audio Options” menu. An audio options dropdown appears to change the reading speed 60-540 WPM. Additional reading options available in Kurzweil: choice of reading voices, mode, units, and language reading.
ACT AspireAudio Options (continued)
KurzweilAudio Options (continued)
ACT AspireMagnifier
To turn on the ACT Aspire magnifier, the student clicks the User dropdown menu, then clicks Magnifier. A magnifier box appears for the student to drag across words (shown below).
Kurzweil Magnifier
To change the zoom in Kurzweil, click the Zoom in or Zoom out . Students can also choose a certain page size via the dropdown window.
ACT AspireChange Background Color
To change ACT Aspire color options, the student clicks the User Profile Menu and selects “Change the background and foreground color”. A color settings tool window pops up (shown below).
KurzweilChange Background Color
To change Kurzweil background color options, student can click “Change Background Color”
.
ACT AspireHighlighter and Eraser
In ACT Aspire, students click on the word(s) they want to highlight. Window appears and gives a couple of color choices. To erase, student clicks remove highlight button .
KurzweilHighlighter and Eraser
In Kurzweil, students can select the highlighter or eraser in the left toolbar and drag their mouse over the text to highlight or erase highlight. Additional highlight colors and circle tools available when yellow highlighter is clicked on. The answer eliminator tool is visible at
the right of choices.
ACT AspireAnswer Eliminator
To use the answer eliminator, click on the answer eliminator button, then click on answer to cross out
KurzweilAnswer Eliminator
To use the answer eliminator “Cross -Out” tool, click the highlighter button to expand
choices and click the cross out tool . Drag the cursor over the answer to eliminate.
ACT Aspire Hide Line Reader Mask
To use the Hide Line Reader Mask, click user dropdown menu, then click Hide Line Reader Mask. The reader mask will appear for the student to drag over the text.
KurzweilHide Line Reader Mask (No Mask)
Kurzweil does not include a hide line reader mask. Kurzweil highlights the words as it reads for audio visual aid in student focus.
ACT AspireCalculator
To use the calculator, student clicks on the calculator icon in the top center of the screen.
KurzweilCalculator
To use the calculator, student clicks on the calculator icon in the left toolbar. Kurzweil has 4 talking calculators to choose from.
Kurzweil Test Prep and Formatting for Teachers
Teachers can import or scan anything into the program to form a Kurzweil file, as well as edit how it reads. Zoning: Used for changing reading order or not read certain parts of the test (Ex. when testing reading comprehension)
Teachers can click on zones to delete, then click the delete key on key board, double click zone to change reading order or mark it as silent zone.
KurzweilTest Prep and Formatting for Teachers (continued)
Edit Underlying Text: Used when there are recognition errors or to add more information, such as describing a picture of diagram. The image is displayed at the top and the editable words are displayed at the bottom.
Kurzweil Customizing the Toolbar in Documents
Teachers can create customized toolbars to save to documents/tests. Below shows a sample toolbar that gives students some of the tools similar to ACT Aspire (1-Open, 2-Highlighter and eliminator tool, 3-Eraser, 4-Background Color “overlay”, 5-calculator. As well, magnify is always available in the top toolbar and reading options are located under Audio Options in the top left corner.
To edit the left toolbar, right click on a tool to 1) delete tools or 2) add tools in front or behind other tools. To save a custom toolbar you have created to your profile to use later, right click on a blank part of the left toolbar, click “Save Toolbar Set” and name the tool bar. The toolbar will then show up in the list when you right click over the left toolbar, then click “Load a Toolbar Set”. To save a toolbar in a document, see below section on Saving Lock Features and Password Protect document.
KurzweilSave Lock Features, Toolbar and Password Protect document
Teachers can lock features in documents to not be accessible or turned on during tests. This can be done by going to dropdown menu “Tools”, “Lock Features” and disabling the features.
The lock features can then be saved to the document by going to dropdown menu “File”, “Properties”, and selecting “Save Feature Locks in document” and any other properties you want to apply, such as “Save Toolbars in Document”. Teacher can password protect the document as well from here. NOTE: You may want to save an unlocked version of the test as well. Once you have locked features in the document, they cannot be unlocked.
NEW!!!! Schools now have the ability to lock multiple student profiles, vs locking the properties of the documents as an options with our Kurzweil 3000 Web License version. This is done once logged in at www.kurzweil3000.com, under “My Account”, “Users”, then click “Lock Features” to place checks in the boxes of the features you want to lock for students.
OTHER SUPPORTSKurzweil :
Students have access to a variety of supports from the “Reference” link in the top right corner.
Definitions, Synonym, Syllables, Picture supports Online Resources Includes search for Book, Magazine, Online Encyclopedias, and Language Translation
For language translation, students select the text, click the dropdown menu “Online”, and click “Translate” to translate from English to one of 80 languages. Kurzweil will read only 11 languages of the 80 languages it visually translates.
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Created and revised by Stephanie Ingham 6/1/2017
