Ron Stewart
Access Technology Instructor
High Tech Center Training Unit

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

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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

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

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Kurzweil 3000 Pro
– Scans
– Runs OCR (optical character recognition)
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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

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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

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Available
Not as robust as the Windows version

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

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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.

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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

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Individuals to scan and read
Document reading
Studying
Writing support
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NOT a production scanner

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Scan hard copy book to TIFF
– Use scanner software bundled with scanner
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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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If you want to run a scanner with
Kurzweil, need one that is compatible http://www.kurzweiledu.com/scanner_ compatibility.asp
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Online video tutorials http://www.kurzweiledu.com/vid_galle ry.aspx