KU
URZW
WEILL 100
00 – SIMP
PLE UIDE FOR SCA
ANNING GU
MA
ATERIALSS USING RZW
WEIL
KUR
Kurzw
weil 100
00, 'scan
n and reead' softtware Abstract
Written as a basic guide fo r people wantting to create machine readdable text from printed materials. Ros Hoolmes Jun
ne 2015 Contents What is Kurzweil?................................................................................................................................2
How to use Kurzweil ........................................................................................................................... 2
Scanning .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Saving Files. ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Using read options .............................................................................................................................. 7
Trouble shooting .................................................................................................................................8
Sound .............................................................................................................................................. 8
Scanner not working ..................................................................................................................... 10
1 | P a g e What is Kurzweil? This ‘sc
can and read’ softwa
are makes printed or electroniic text acccessible to
e who are blind or visually imp
paired.
people
The sofftware allo
ows you to scan in prrinted mate
erial, using
g OCR tech
hnology, an
nd to
save th
he scanned
d material in a format (usually Word) thatt can be ussed with otther
assistiv
ve software
e or within Kurzweil i tself. Onc
ce the docu
ument has been scan
nned
he software
e reads all navigation
n panes.
the sofftware will read the content. Th
It is offten used by supportt workers to converrt printed text into a readable,,
electro
onic format.
How to
o use Kurzzweil e that the scanner is
s switched on first.
Ensure
n to the co
omputer in the usuall way.
Log on
e function insert the headphon
nes before
e you
If you are planning to use the voice
launch Kurzweil..
ktop icon for Kurzwe
eil
Click on the desk
ay, if the machine has just be
een re-boo
oted, be presented w ith a licencing
You ma
ss carriage
e return.
screen. Ignore this – pres
2 | P a g e You will be prese
ented with
h the scree
en below which is a tutorial. U nless you
u want
to use this, press cancel. There is a help func
ction on th
he tool barr at the to
op or
an onliine manua
al which may be eassier to use.
Click on Cancel
3 | P a g e You will be prese
ented with
h a blank p age and just the to
ool bar
Scanning canner and
d select ‘Start New Scan’ or press PF9
Insert material into the sc
You will hear the
e scanner working a nd in a few moments the textt will appe
ear on
the scrreen.
4 | P a g e ns for sca
anning.
Option
If you then scan another page Kurzw
weil will automatically append
d it to the open
ophisticate
ed options
s – I have never had
d
file. There are a number of more so
e ask abou
ut them – they are a ll describ
bed in the online guide – see link at
anyone
the end of the document. For exam ple, you can set it to repeat s canning so that
ving x seco
onds betw
ween each full scan ( perhaps helpful
it automatically scans leav
y pages as
s it saves you pressing the scan requesst each tim
me).
if scanning many
k, providin
ng there is
s room on the scann
ner bed, yo
ou can
If you are scanning a book
w
o
pages
at
a
time
and
Kurzw
w
eil
will
kn
n
ow
to
app
p
end
one
p
age
unde
e
r the
scan tw
other.
Savingg Files. e normal Windows manner.
Select File and then Save As, in the
Whilst you can save to the
e desktop,, only do this as a te
emporary measure! You
may be
e best to save the fiile to a me
emory stic
ck for exam
mple, or y our H driv
ve.
Change the file name if yo
ou wish
5 | P a g e File ty
ypes:
It will, by default save it as a KES fo
ormat but you can choose Wo
ord, Text, Daisy,
Braille etc.
ext scan will be put into a new
w file. If you
If you save and close the file the ne
en the nex
xt scan wi ll be appended to th
he currentt one.
leave the file ope
6 | P a g e Using read optio
ons e headphones are in and soun
nd is adjus
sted.
Ensure
Select Read and then Starrt Reading
g (or press
s PF5). Ku
urzweil wil l now read
d out
the file
e content. It will als
so read ou
ut all the navigation tabs etc. a s you mo
ove
d.
around
If you want Kurz
zweil to stop reading
g out the content off the docum
ment pres
ss PF5
7 | P a g e Trouble shooting Sound If you cannot he
ear anythin
ng check t hat the he
eadset is a default d evice thro
ough
ws controll panel
Window
8 | P a g e 9 | P a g e Check that the sound leve
el is correcct by clicking on the Windows speaker icon on
the botttom rightt hand corner of the
e screen.
g these things you sttill have no sound th
hen try clo
osing the
If afterr checking
applica
ation and re-opening
g it. If yo u do not have the headphone
es plugged
d in
ation was opened th
hen you may find the sound d oes not work.
when the applica
Scanneer not worrking
If you cannot ge
et the scan
nner to wo
ork/ if it is not recognised
ged in and switched on before
e launching
g Kurzweill
Check it is plugg
Go to Settings and then se
elect Scan
nning….
10 | P a g e n 900F (se
elect from drop
Make sure your Scanner source is s et to WIA CanoScan
down list). NOT
T the WIA WIA CanoScan 900F
F.
d then OK.. If you co
ome out of Kurzweil and then go back in, you
Press Apply and
eed to res
set the Sca
anner Source.
may ne
000F Mar
NB: fo
or room 309 the sc
canner nee
eds to be set to Can
noScan 90
rk11
(WIA)
)
11 | P a g e There is a very comprehensive manual which is large but helpful. Go to page
113 for scanning section, to page 39 for reading sections.
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/files/k1000%20v12/Kurzweil%201000%20v12%2
0Reference%20Guide.pdf
Always helpful to google problems, or do ‘how do I questions’ Make sure you specify Kurzweil 1000 as Kurzweil 3000 is a different product. Please ask at the Library helpdesk if you need assistance.
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