The Omni is specifically designed to improve comprehension for students with learning disabilities. After scanning, an exact image, including pictures and illustrations, appears on the computer screen. The student can have the text read aloud with each spoken word highlighted, adjusting speed and reading voice for maximum comprehension. The Omni 1000 is an advanced PC-based reading tool that is able to convert printed word into speech for people who are blind or visually impaired. The AlphaSmart 2000 is a lightweight standard keyboard word processing device.
Students can carry it to class to assist in note-taking.
Information can be stored in the AlphSmart 2000 and then connected to a PC for printing, editing or saving to disk. This is a continuous speech recognition software program. It transcribes spoken words and lets the user control Windows applications with voice commands. This is a speech recognition system with a large vocabulary of 60,000 dictation words. Dragon Dictate allows the user to enter commands and dictate text by speaking into a microphone.