Notable Differences
Feature
Kurzweil 3000
Read & Write
Both
Writing
- Better tools for organizing writing
- Includes templates for writing papers
- Ability to do mind mapping
- Write documents in Word and Google Docs
- Allows you to format documents and add footnotes
- Word prediction
- Speech to Text
Reading
- Opens in Kurzweil 3000
- Everything is in the Universal Library
- Remembers where you left off
- Better navigation of documents
- Opens through Read&Write PDF reader
- Files are stored locally or on the cloud
- Read the web
- Built-in dictionary
- Standard read aloud
- Highlighting options
- Extracting highlights for notes
Platform
- Web version includes limited features
- No mobile app
- Need to use their web version on mobile
- Mobile apps available
- Browser plug-ins are available (need to install multiple plug-ins however for full functionality)
- Desktop supported app on Windows and Mac