Reading systems visually display documents

Grader A: hit

Print-to-speech systems with page display and synchronized highlighting existed in 2009: the KNFB Reader Mobile (February 2008) showed captured text on screen with the spoken text highlighted, and Kurzweil 3000 provided reading support from scanned pages for students with learning differences.

Test: Feature test on the product class: shipping print-to-speech readers display the text and highlight words as read (KNFB Reader Mobile 2008, Kurzweil 3000). The claim describes how these systems work, not their spread.

• A Reading Machine In Your Pocket: Introducing the KNFB Reader Mobile Edition (AFB AccessWorld) (2008): Captured text appears on the phone screen in large font with the spoken text highlighted.
• Kurzweil Educational Systems (Wikipedia) (retrieved 2026-09): Kurzweil 1000/3000 read scanned and digital material aloud for blind users and students with learning differences.

Grader B: hit

Reading systems such as Kurzweil 3000 displayed the scanned page image and read text aloud with synchronized highlighting; this was already true before 2009.

Test: Capability test: shipping products by 2009.

• Wikipedia: Kurzweil Educational Systems (accessed 2026-09-28): Kurzweil 3000 (company from 1996) reads scanned and digital text aloud for users with dyslexia and learning differences.