Notes on Kurzweil

• Hear a sentence

• Speak commands

• Return to Kurzweil user profile

• Reading Strategies

To Hear a sentence:

To hear a sentence after you have edited in  Kurzweil, choose the correct option (tools, options, general tab, select or deselect in the 

To change the font and script, go to options and select writing toolbar.

Use size10 or 12 if you are going to edit and then open in MS word when the margins are an issue.

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Speak commands:

Scan/Read Only:  You can speak commands to Kurzweil 3000 if you have a system microphone. Open the Tools menu and select Options. In the Miscellaneous section of the General tab, check Voice Commands. You need to have DNS loaded.

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Return to Kurzweil user profile:

To return to the Kurzweil user profile after having saved elsewhere, go to:

• My Computer

  • Local Disc C:/

    • Kurzweil Ed. Sys

      • Kurzweil 3000

• Select the folder with user names

• Double click to open the correct user file  

• Save first as a rtf file and then as a KESI file.

Reading Strategy Suggestions:

Create a vocabulary glossary

• open the document and highlight vocabulary word

• open the File menu and go to Extract

• click on  Highlights to create a word list document

• cut and paste from the on-line dictionary to create your glossary.

Scanning note:

Color scan/read only:  to remove the crease area when scanning color pages, check remove crease in the extras section of the Scanning tab.

Rescue the format after using an older version of Word

If you open a Word file from an older version of Word and use Kurzweil to edit and then save it as a Word file in our system, the formatting may be affected.  One way to rescue the formatting is to open and name the file (different name than original file name) and then cut and paste by paragraph to the new file. Change the margins to the appropriate size.  Using the commands Select All and Copy and Paste will not work.

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