Nicholas, You are right. There are some good programs out there -- a lot of free reading programs that one can download from the internet. But there are two caveats... first, the information you want the system to read must be in a form that the system can decipher, and that isn't always the case. Meantime, learning to USE the systems effectively takes some time and training, too, so it may not be a solution for testing situations unless the students use them to read their books on a regular basis as well. Dr. Jane Jarrow