Kurzweil is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Kurzweil K250 a.k.a. "Kurzweil 250", "K250" or "K-250", manufactured by Kurzweil Music Systems was the first electronic musical instrument which produced sound derived from sampled sounds burned onto integrated circuits known as read-only memory (ROM), without the requirement for any type of disk drive. Acoustic sounds from brass, percussion, string and woodwind instruments as well as sounds created using waveforms from oscillators were utilized. Primarily designed for the professional musician, it was conceived and invented by Raymond Kurzweil, original founder of Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., Kurzweil Music Systems and Kurzweil Educational Systems with consultation from Stevie Wonder; Lyle Mays, an American jazz pianist; Alan R. Pearlman, founder of ARP Instruments Inc.; and Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
In the mid-1970s, Raymond Kurzweil invented the first multi-font reading machine for the blind, consisted of the earliest CCD flat-bed scanner and text-to-speech synthesizer. In 1976, Stevie Wonder heard about the demonstration of this new machine on the Today Show, and later he became the user of first production unit, Kurzweil Reading Machine. It was the beginning of a long-term relationship between them.
Kurzweil Education is an American-based company that provides educational technology that offers learners new multisensory approaches to read, comprehend, synthesize, apply, and demonstrate their knowledge. With this support, they become independent, confident learners who can achieve rigorous academic and career goals.
As a recognized leader in the K-12, higher education and adult learning markets, Kurzweil Education provides literacy solutions, tools and training that enable those with learning differences and challenges, or people with blindness or partially sighted, to succeed. With a distinguished 18+-year track record of innovation and a powerful commitment to creating opportunities for every learner.
Founded in 1996, the company has pioneered the development of computerized assistive technology. Its headquarters are based in Natick, Massachusetts.
The company supplies two principal software products to its customers—Kurzweil 1000 and Kurzweil 3000. Kurzweil 1000 is a software which enables a visually impaired user to gain access to both web-based, digital or scanned print materials through its OCR and text to speech features; Kurzweil 1000 software provides easy access to most printed forms and presents them with the fields, labels, boxes, and text areas in the appropriate reading order to enable forms completion via the computer.
Sally
Moves from place to place
Sally moves from place to place.
You never really know her or what she says.
Because perfection has it's own ways,
Perfection has it's own ways.
Sally moves from place to place.
You never really know her that's what she says.
Because perfection has it's own ways,
Cause perfection never ever stays.
You've never really told her just what you want.
You let the reasons fly above your head
Well she hides her problems under the bed.
Let's go out, show me directions
Don't you hide your intentions
I look out to the rainbow
Just stop pulling my elbow
I know you're just inventing
that's why, that's why i'm faking
I know, I see it in you
That's why, that's why I continue
We're these lies, we're these lies.
Running together, moving like the flies.
We're these lies, we're these lies.
Running together, moving like the flies.
I know all this is boring,
I know you're just ignoring.