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Kurzweil 3000

Kurzweil 3000. Ron Stewart Access Technology Instructor High Tech Center Training Unit. Kurzweil 3000. Designed for individuals with vision Learning disabilities Low vision TBI/ABI ADD/ADHD. Kurzweil 3000 Versions. Kurzweil 3000 Professional Scans and reads

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Kurzweil 3000

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  1. Kurzweil 3000 Ron Stewart Access Technology Instructor High Tech Center Training Unit

  2. Kurzweil 3000 • Designed for individuals with vision • Learning disabilities • Low vision • TBI/ABI • ADD/ADHD

  3. Kurzweil 3000 Versions • Kurzweil 3000 Professional • Scans and reads • Includes KESI Virtual Printer • Reads all formats • Required to read PDF documents • Kurzweil 3000 Learn Station • Handles KESI, Word, RTF, and TXT files • Works with DAISY and NIMAS files

  4. Pricing • Kurzweil 3000 Professional • Color $1495 • B&W $1095 • Learn Station $395 • Base price • Site license prices less

  5. Pro Costs More • Kurzweil 3000 Pro • Scans • Runs OCR (optical character recognition) • Need Pro for alt media specialist • To produce KESI files • Good to have at least one copy of Pro where students have access • Library and/or learning lab

  6. Licensing Options • Lab Packs • One pro station to many learn stations • Network edition • Log on to any networked computer • License-to-Go • Students install at home, times out • Web license • Installed on any computer, uses school license

  7. Mac Version • Available • Not as robust as the Windows version

  8. Kurzweil 1000 • Very different interface • Designed for blind users • KESI files work in both 1000 & 3000 • K1000 will open KESI files created in K3000

  9. K3000 & K1000 • Can run together on same computer • Hook to flatbed scanner for student use • Nice to have in library • Especially in reference section with books that cannot leave the library • Also good in learning labs • Students can scan handouts, articles, etc.

  10. Please note! • KESI files on CD • Will not allow student to save notes or annotations • Cannot write to the CD • KESI files that can be saved • Hard drive or network • USB drive

  11. K3000 is a tool for… • Individuals to scan and read • Document reading • Studying • Writing support • NOT a production scanner

  12. KESI Files from Scans • Scan hard copy book to TIFF • Use scanner software bundled with scanner • Scanning Utility 5000, CapturePerfect • Load TIFF into Kurzweil Pro • File > Open • Or use KESI Automater • Kurzweil Pro runs OCR • Zone and edit as needed • Save as KESI file

  13. KESI Files from PDF • Obtain PDF from publisher • Load into Kurzweil Pro • File > Open • Use KESI Virtual Printer • Kurzweil Pro runs OCR • Zone and edit as needed • Save as KESI file

  14. DO NOT • Do not run TIFF or PDF through an OCR program and save to PDF to take into Kurzweil • Kurzweil will run OCR a second time! • Wastes time • Adds OCR errors

  15. When to scan with KESI • Individual students can use themselves for small projects • Do not expect students to scan own books! • Sometimes when doing color

  16. K3000 Premise • “See” the picture • “Read” the underlying text • What you see on screen is not the text being read • Text hides behind the picture

  17. Kurzweil Process • Analyzes structure of page • Determines “zones” • Analyzes characters on page • OCR • Creates “underlying text”

  18. When Editing • Edit zones first • Remove headers/footers • Set primary text • Reads automatically • Set secondary text • Reads when selected

  19. Workflow • Fix page numbers • View > Page > Set Number • Header/footer • Ctrl + F8 (under Scan menu) • Edit all zones for entire book • Ctrl + F5 (under Scan menu) • Edit underlying text (under Edit) • Ctrl + F10

  20. Reading Tool • Document reader (looks like the page) • NOT a screen reader • Verbalizes and highlights text • Can also just highlight to provide focus or push reading speed • Can set primary and secondary text • Can create MP3s

  21. Study Skills • Highlighting marker tools • Annotation and notes • Written and auditory • Extraction • Dictionary/Thesaurus

  22. Writing Tools • Speaks as you type • Audible spell checker • Word prediction • Homonym support • Drag and drop from reading document to writing document

  23. Test Taking • Great test-taking tool • Customizable levels of support • Cannot accidentally change underlying text

  24. Kurzweil Support • If you want to run a scanner with Kurzweil, need one that is compatible • http://www.kurzweiledu.com/scanner_compatibility.asp • Online video tutorials • http://www.kurzweiledu.com/vid_gallery.aspx

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