Research Studies

"Computer Reading Machines for Poor Readers"

by Jerome Elkind, The Lexia Institute: jelkind@aol.com Perspectives - The International Dyslexia Association Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 1998

"The Lexia Institute conducted a study of the efficacy of the Kurzweil 3000 in improving the reading performance of a group of community college students with diagnosed learning disabilities. They found that the Kurzweil 3000 provided substantial assistance to most of the students in this group by increasing their reading rate and comprehension and increasing the length of time that their attention to reading could be sustained. It made reading less stressful, and less tiring, and almost all participants indicated that they would like to use the Kurzweil 3000 for their reading. The paper provides quantitative models for predicting the change in reading rate and comprehension that would be experienced from standard diagnostic tests of reading skill and oral language capability."

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