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Preparing
Documents for Reading (top)
Digitized textbooks obtained from the Adaptive Technology Center at
Indiana University come burned onto a compact disc in .kes file format.
This is the specific file type for use with Kurzweil 3000. To read these
files in K3000 and use the study skills functions, you must copy each file
to your hard drive. Once the files are saved onto the hard drive in the
folder of your choosing, it is necessary to take write protection off of
each individual file. This is done easily by selecting the file or files
you wish to read, right clicking on the highlighted file, and selecting Properties.
At the bottom of the window that appears is a check box labeled as Read-only.
The check mark should be removed. Select OK. Your files are now
ready to work with in K3000.
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Sign on to Kurzweil 3000
(top)
When opening K3000, you will be prompted to create and enter a username at
a pop-up window. Any name you choose maybe entered at this point. Select Yes
when prompted to add file. This action will create a specific user account
that will save individual user documents and program settings in the
following path:
My Documents/Kurzweil Educational Systems/Kurzweil 3000.
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Toolbars
(top)
Toolbars provide a very user-friendly way of navigating the majority of
functions in K3000. There are four main toolbars, all providing unique and
important functions. A user may easily add/remove or change the size of
toolbars by right-clicking a blank space on any of the toolbars on screen.
This will bring up a short menu in which you can enable or disable each
toolbar by simply clicking the name (main toolbar, reading toolbar,
writing toolbar, study skills toolbar).
Main Toolbar
- scanning, reading, file
management tasks
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Reading
Toolbar
- choose reading mode and
unit
- page view options…
size, thumbnails, etc.
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Writing
Toolbar
- format text… font,
size, style, alignment, spacing, etc.
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Study
Skills Toolbar
- highlighting tools,
annotation tools, bookmarks
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Getting
Around K3000 (top)
The Menu System contains all of the commands and actions available in
Kurzweil. Most users will feel very comfortable with the system, as it is
the same format used in most windows based program. File, Edit, View,
Insert, Format, Tools, Table, Window an d Help are the available
selections. The commands available can be accessed using a mouse,
mnemonics, and shortcuts.
Mnemonics
- access menu system with
the ALT key
- there is a mnemonic for
each menu item… F to select File, C to select close, etc.
- mnemonic is underlined
in text of menu selection
Shortcuts
(top)
The following is a list of shortcut commands
that can be used instead of accessing the Menu System.
- CTRL + N… New text
file
- CTRL + O… Open
- CTRL + F4… Close
- CTRL + S… Save
- CTRL + P… Print
- CTRL + Z… Undo
- CTRL + X… Cut
- CTRL + C… Copy
- CTRL + V… Paste
- CTRL + A… Select All
- CTRL + W… Change
Spoken Word
- CTRL + F… Find
- CTRL + H… Replace
- F9… Start New Scan
- CTRL + F9… Scan
Repeatedly
- F2… Back
- F3… Start Reading
- F4… Forward
- F11… Increase Reading
Speed
- F12… Decrease Reading
Speed
- Shift + F5… Add Note
- Shift + F6… Close
Note
- Shift + F7… Add Voice
Note
- CTRL + D… Definition
of Selected Word
- CTRL + Q… Synonyms of
Selected Word
- CTRL + Y… Syllables
of Selected Word
- F1… Help
Right Mouse
Click
A right mouse click can be used when
working in a document to perform basic actions such as zoom, read, cut,
paste, etc.
As noted earlier, it can
also be used to edit toolbars. You may customize the functions of the
right mouse click by selecting “customize
right mouse click” in the Tools System Menu.
Options Window
(top)
Appearance and behavior settings can be accessed through the Options
tab in K3000. Access the options tab by opening the Tools menu and
selecting Options. The following is a summary of the different
options available under each of t he eight tabs in the Options menu.
General Tab
(top)
- Toolbar Controls (same
as available through right click)
- Ruler Controls
- Audible Typing Controls
- General User Aids
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Reading
Tab (top)
- Reading Voice
- Reading Speed
- Reading Language (ESL
version only)
- Language Tabs (ESL
version only)
- Reading Aids
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Text
Tab (top)
- Text and Highlight
Colors
- Font Settings
- Highlight Mode
- Text Preview
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Image
Tab (top)
- Reading/Selection
Colors
- Image Display Controls
- Caret (cursor) width
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Magnifier
Tab (top)
- Magnifier Colors
- Magnifier Font
- Preview
- Enable Image Display in
Magnifier
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Study
Skills Tab
(top)
- Highlighter Captions
- Indents for Extracted
Text
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Scanning
Tab (top)
- Scanner Brightness
- Page Orientation on
Scanner
- Seconds Between
Repeated Scan
- Advanced Scanning Tools
- Recognition Language
(ESL version only)
- Recognition Engine
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Test
Taking Tab (top)
- Enable/Disable
Reference Aids and Password
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Reading
(top)
Page View The Way You Like It
The page view of any document you are working on within Kurzweil 3000 can
be adjusted for your preference. There are four components to the page
view feature of K3000. Fit determines how a scanned page fits in
the K3000 window. Zoom shrinks or enlarges image size. Rotation
turns the scanned page in the K3000 window. Placement shifts the
image view.
Fit
(top)
- Open View menu
- Use Fit to
submenu to adjust page fit
Text Width - longest test line fits in window
Text Height - height of test lines fit in window
Width - Left/Right margins fit in window
Height - top/Bottom margins fit in window
Page - Entire page fits in window
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Zoom
(top)
- Zoom box on
reading toolbar, select preference… or;
- Zoom submenu on
View menu… or;
- Zoom menu on
right mouse click
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Rotate
(top)
- Open View menu
- Use Rotate submenu to
rotate current page
Right - Turn Page on Right Side
Left - Turn Page on Left Side
Invert - Turn Page 180 degrees
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Placement
(top)
- Use scrollbars… or;
- Use page thumbnail
image. Enable page thumbnail by clicking the Page Thumbnail button on
reading toolbar.
- Use compass arrows
underneath page thumbnail to navigate.
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Hear
the Voice You Wish
(top)
You may choose from a number of different reading voices. The voices are
generated by speech engines, which read the text under a scanned image. Jennifer
is also included with K3000. Jennifer is a much more human and
friendly voice to listen to than the other basic voices included, and also
takes a substantial amount of extra memory to function.
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Change
Reading Voice
- Open Tools menu
and select Options
- Click Reading Tab
- Use Speaker list
to choose a reading voice
- Click Test Speech
to listen to a sample of the voice you have selected. Click Stop Speech
to end the test.
- Use Speed
control to set the speed of reading
- Click Apply or Okay
to save the changes
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Customize
Highlighting Colors (top)
The colors that K3000 uses to highlight words and units as it reads can be
changed according to your preferences.
Scanned Document
- Open Tools menu
and choose Options
- Click Image tab
- Use Reading list
in Colors section to choose the highlighting combination you wish
to use.
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Typed
Document
- Open Tools menu
and choose Options
- Click Text tab
- Select highlighting
colors you wish to use from the Colors section. Use the Word
list to choose the color for word
highlighting, use the Section list to change colors for unit
highlighting.
- Click Apply or OK
to finalize changes
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Easy
Reference Help (top)
K3000 provides an extensive reference suite including a dictionary,
thesaurus, syllable and pronunciation display, spelling tool, and Encarta
encyclopedia look-up (must have Encarta installed on your computer, not
included in K3000). These tools can be applied to words within a scanned
document, or words that you type into the program yourself.
Look up a word in a document
- Click in word you wish
to look up
- Click Definition,
Synonyms, Syllables, or Spell button in the toolbar to see the
corresponding information.
- The dictionary and
synonyms window can be read by clicking the Read button in the
toolbar.
- Reference tools can be
applied to any word in a dictionary window.
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Look
up any word
- Open the Reference
menu and choose Look Up Word 1 Type, the Dictionary Lookup screen
appears.
- Type word you wish to
lookup in the Word: box, then click Definition, Synonyms, or
Syllables button according to the
desired
reference.
Inserting Annotations
(top)
K3000 has the ability to allow the user to keep questions, ideas, and
references with a document. There are four kinds of annotation: typed
notes, sticky notes, text notes, and voice notes. Notes placed in a
document are marked with an icon. Double-clicking annotation icon once
inserted in the document will allow the user to access the note.
- Typed notes are represented in a document by an anchor icon.
Double-clicking the anchor icon allows the user to see
the note text.
- Sticky notes are yellow and remain visible in a document. Sticky notes
are only available on scanned documents.
- Text notes appear as colored text on top of an image. Text notes are
only available on scanned documents.
- Voice notes store and play a dictated annotation.
Add
typed notes to a document (top)
- Click place in document
to add note.
- Click Note
button in study skills toolbar, a note window will appear in bottom half
of K3000 window.
- Type into note window.
- When done typing, click
Close Note button in study skills toolbar.
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Add sticky
notes (top)
- Click Sticky Note
button in study skills toolbar.
- Click and drag note
onto image, in location desired. Clicking and dragging outer edges of note
will change sizing.
- Type into note window
appearing at bottom of K3000 window.
- When done typing, click
Close Note button in study skills toolbar.
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Add
text notes (top)
- Click Text Note
button in study skills toolbar.
- Click in scanned image
at point to attach the note. A note window will appear in the bottom half
of the K3000 window.
- Type into note window.
- When done typing, click
Close Note button in study skills toolbar.
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Add
voice notes (top)
- Click place to add
voice note.
- Click Voice Note
button in study skills toolbar.
- Use Record
(microphone icon), Play (triangle icon), and Stop buttons to
record your own voice note, or use Open button
to
import a pre-recorded sound.
- When done, click the OK
button.
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Using
Annotations (top)
Once annotations are added to a document, a
user can:
- Open them to hear them
read or played back
- Edit contents of typed,
sticky, or text notes
- Remove the annotation
from the document
Opening
an annotation (top)
- Double-click on note or voice note anchor, sticky note, or text note.
The contents of the note will appear in a window at
the bottom of the Kurzweil window. K3000 can also be configured to read
notes automatically. Opening a voice note
causes the play back to begin automatically.
- Click Close Note button in study skills toolbar to close note.
Double-clicking on note anchor, sticky note, or text note
will close the annotation. Pressing Escape key will also close the
note.
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Speak Notes Automatically (top)
- Open Tools menu and choose Options
- Click Reading tab
- Check Read Notes When Opened button in the Extras section
- Click OK
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Edit a typed note, sticky note, or text note
(top)
- Double-click on the note anchor, sticky note, or text note. Contents
will appear in note window.
- Edit text in note window.
- Click the Close Note button in study skills toolbar to close
note.
Moving
text notes (top)
- Click on the text note. The note will change color, and the cursor will
change to a compass arrow.
- Drag note to new location
Moving
or resizing sticky notes
(top)
- Click on sticky note. Note will change color.
- Move or resize the note
- Move note by clicking near center of sticky note and dragging to new
location
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Resize note by clicking on the edge of the sticky note and dragging
until the note is the size you wish.
Delete
an annotation (top)
- Click on note anchor, sticky note, text note, or voice note anchor. They
will change color when selected.
- Click Delete Note button in the study skills toolbar. A screen
will appear asking whether to delete the note.
- Click Yes
Using Highlights
(top)
Highlighting in K3000 gives users the ability to associate text with
different concepts by utilizing four different colors. Highlighted text
can be extracted and analyzed with great organizational powers.
Adding highlights
- Click any of the four different colored Highlighter buttons in
the study skills toolbar.
- Click where you would like to begin highlighting. Drag the cursor over
all the text you would like to highlight.
- Stop highlighting by clicking the Highlighter button again
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Delete highlighting
- Click Erase button in study skills toolbar
- Click and drag over all highlighting you want to remove
- Stop erasing by clicking the Erase button again
Using Bookmarks
(top)
Bookmarks allow a user to mark places in scanned or typed documents in
order to return at a later time.
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Adding bookmarks
- Click the place you’d like to add the bookmark
- Click Bookmarks button in study skills toolbar. Bookmarks screen
will appear.
- Type a description of the bookmark in the Description field, then
click Add. When a bookmark is added to a scanned
document, a marker appears at the selected location. When a bookmark is
added to a text document, the text closest to
the mark changes to cyan, underlined text.
Jump to a bookmark
- Click Bookmarks button in study skills toolbar. Bookmark screen
will appear.
- Click on description of bookmark you would like to go to, click the Go
To button. Cursor will be positioned on the
page and at the position you chose.
- In the Bookmarks screen, the bookmark list can be sorted in either
Alphabetic or Reading order. Reading order is the
order in which the bookmarks appear in the document.
Delete bookmarks
- Click the Bookmarks button in the study skills toolbar.
- Click on bookmark description, the click the Delete button.
Viewing Annotations
(top)
Anchors, highlighting, and markers can all be shown or hidden within a
document. Hiding these annotations does not remove them.
Select annotations to
view
- Open View menu
- Use the Show Annotations submenu to choose which annotations you
would like to see, and those you would like
hidden.
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Extracting
Notes and Highlighting (top)
A new document can be opened that contains the text of any note or
highlighting within a document.
Extract typed notes or
highlighted text
- Open File menu
- Use Extract submenu to choose extract notes or highlighted text.
- Click on Notes to separate all text notes into a new document.
Included in the new document will be the text of all
notes, as well as the page number the note is on and the kind of note
(sticky, text, typed)
- Selecting Highlights will create a new document showing all of
the text that has been highlighted in a document.
o It is possible to set indent values for all highlighted text, and
different values for each of the four colors. In order to do
this, open Tools menu and choose Options. In the Study
Skills tab, the user will find Indent fields which c an be
used to set different values for each color. This allows a user to see
each color (that can be associated with different
and concepts) ideas in a hierarchy, making specific information easily
retrievable.
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Magnifying
Words Read by Kurzweil 3000
(top)
K3000 has the ability to magnify each individual word the program reads.
When magnification is selected, a small window appears on top of the
document displaying the word(s) being read.
Show words being
spoken
- Open View menu and select Magnify Spoken Word. The
magnification window appears. When you use the Read
command, the words K3000 speaks will appear in this window.
- The slider on the right side of the magnification window will adjust the
number of words visible in the window at any one
time. Moving the cursor upward displays fewer words in the window. Moving
the cursor downward displays more
words in the window.
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Set text appearance in Magnifier window
- Open Tools and select Options
- Select Magnifier tab
- Lists are available for Colors and Fonts. Selections can
be made in the drop-down menus. The Preview box displays
the effects of your selections
Show Image When Magnifying Image Files allows the user to see the
actual scanned image in the Magnifier
window.
- Click Apply or OK to apply the changes
Other Features of Kurzweil 3000
(top)
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K3000 provides you with
a valuable way to have the World Wide Web read to you. All that is
required is an Internet connection, and a version of Microsoft Internet
Explorer. When a web page is active, Kurzweil utilizes the same reading
tools available in text or scanned documents to read the web. Adjustable
voices, dual highlighting, and reference tools are all available while on
the web. Accessing this function is as easy as opening the Read
menu and selecting Read the Web. This selection will automatically
open Internet Explorer and position the Read toolbar at the bottom
of the IE window. This toolbar functions much the same way as the Read
toolbar outlined earlier in this text.
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K3000 also includes a very functional word processor.
This function allows page manipulation such as moving, inserting, deleting
pages. It also gives the user the ability to zone edit a document and edit
underlying text. When working with text documents, K3000 becomes a
full-featured word processor capable of text addition, text formatting,
and cut and pasting. In order to take advantage of these functions, you
must open the Edit menu and choose Enable Editing.
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