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

Kurzweil 3000 Designed for individuals with vision Designed for individuals with vision –Learning disabilities –Low vision –TBI/ABI –ADD/ADHD

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

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

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

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

Mac Version Available Available Not as robust as the Windows version Not as robust as the Windows version

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

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

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

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

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

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

DO NOT Do not run TIFF or PDF through an OCR program and save to PDF to take into Kurzweil 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Study Skills Highlighting marker tools Highlighting marker tools Annotation and notes Annotation and notes –Written and auditory Extraction Extraction Dictionary/Thesaurus Dictionary/Thesaurus

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

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

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