Kurzweil 3000 (Mac) v.4
Test Taking and Worksheet Completion
Introduction
Kurzweil 3000 is reading and writing software that has many features designed to support
students who are struggling with reading comprehension and written output. The program can
be used as a word processor or it can be used to scan documents, like textbooks or
worksheets, which can then re read aloud or completed within the program. Students with a
wide variety of abilities and challenges can use Kurzweil 3000 effectively. Kurzweil 3000
enables students to hear tests read aloud, enter answers electronically and have their answers
read back to them.
This tutorial assumes...
 Kurzweil 3000 v.4 for Mac is installed on your computer. If you do not have the program
already installed, please refer to the installation and registration instructions that came
with your software.
 Your computer system supports audio output either through speakers or a headset.
Learning Objectives
Completion of this tutorial will give you experience with the following:
 Filling in Answers using the Text Note Tool
 Using Colour Highlighters and the Circle Text Tools
 Reading back Test Questions and Answers
 Saving your text document
Case Studies
Cindi is a grade 6 student who struggles with reading and writing in the classroom. Cindi is
reading 2-3 grade levels below her peers, and struggles significantly with spelling, and
vocabulary when attempting to show what she knows about a topic. When completing tests and
worksheets, Cindi is supported by an Educational Assistant who reads the questions out-loud,
and scribes Cindi’s responses to the questions. Cindi’s teacher hopes to increase Cindi’s
independence in her completion of these classroom tasks by using Kurzweil 3000. Cindi will use
Kurzweil 3000 to scan test and worksheet documents and then have Kurzweil 3000 read the
questions out loud, and use text notes (with word prediction, and spell check), circle and
highlighting tools to answer the questions onscreen.
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Using Text Notes in Test Preparation
When you launch Kurzweil 3000, you will
be presented with the Starting Points
window. This is a quick way to create a
new or open an existing document, and to
scan documents.
Let’s start by opening a sample Kurzweil
document.

On the Starting Points window,
choose Open. Select the Sample
Documents folder.

Double-Click the Quiz.kes sample
document to open that file into
Kurzweil 3000.
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We are going to be adding blank Text
Notes to the empty lines. If your floating
toolbar is not showing you can open it from
the Window menu.

Go to Window and select Show
Tools.
On your floating toolbar

Click to select the Text Note
button.
Click on the empty line where it says
“Name” to place a blank Text Note here.
Repeat this step for the blank line on
Question 1.
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Text
Note
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Selector
tool
To add text to the Text Note.

Click on the Selector tool on the
floating toolbar.

Click inside the orange Text Note
box beside “Name”.
When you click in the box, you should see
a flashing cursor inside the box. You are
now ready to start typing inside the Text
Note. Type your name here.
In Question 1, click inside the orange Text
Note box and type “F” or “False”.
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You can also drag and drop any word on
the document.


Find the word “False” above
Question 1 and double-click the
word or click and drag across the
word to select it. The word “False”
should be highlighted in blue after
you have selected it.
Double click
to highlight
Click and hold the word “False”
and drag the answer to the blank
line on Question 2.
Once you let go of your mouse key, the
word is on the answer line in a Text Note.
This works very well for fill in the blank
type of questions where there is a word
bank as in Questions 6-8.
Drop here
Note: Dragging and dropping text works
for True or False, Fill in the Blanks, and
Essay responses if part of the answer is on
the test.
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Using Colour Highlighters and Circle Text Tools
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Selector
tool
When working with Multiple Choice
questions, Kurzweil 3000 offers another
set of tools to help answer these types of
questions.
Highlighters
For Question 4, we will use the highlighter
to select an answer.

On the Floating Toolbar, click on
the Yellow highlighter tool.

Drag the highlighter cursor over the
answer, “force field”. The word
should now be highlighted in
yellow, marking your selection.

Click the Selector tool on the
Floating Toolbar to stop
highlighting.
Circle tools
Note: You can change the name of the
highlighter in the Preference tab.
For Question 5, we will use the circle tool
to select an answer.
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
On the Floating Toolbar, click on
the red circle tool.

Drag the circle cursor over the
answer, “c.” The letter should now
be circled in red, marking your
selection.

Click the Selector tool on the
Floating Toolbar to stop circling.
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Reading Back Test Questions and Answers
Read Button
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When you have completed a test, it is a
good idea to check your answers.
Kurzweil 3000 will read back the text on a
document, including any text in a Text
Note.
To have Kurzweil read the text and
answers back to you.
 Click to place your cursor at the
beginning of the test.
 Click the Read button on the
Kurzweil Reader.
Once you have listened to the text and
your answers, correct any mistakes.
Remember to save your test document
after you have completed your test.
To save your document.
 Select File from the menu and
Save from the drop down list.
It is also a good idea to print your test
document when you are finished. You
may need to print the test to hand in to the
teacher.
To print the document.
 Select the Print button from the
toolbar or File from the menu and
select Print from the drop down
list.
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Checklist of Skills Developed in this Tutorial

Adding and Filling in Text Notes

Using colour highlighter and circle text tools for multiple-choice test questions

Dragging and dropping answers

Reading back questions and answers

Saving a test

Printing a test
Now that you’ve completed this tutorial on test preparation in Kurzweil 3000, you may want to
look at the Managing Files tutorial.
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