Transcript 02 Kurzweil 3000 - Accessing Higher Ground

Kurzweil 3000
Ron Stewart
Access Technology Instructor
High Tech Center Training Unit
Kurzweil 3000
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Designed for individuals with vision
– Learning disabilities
– Low vision
– TBI/ABI
– ADD/ADHD
Kurzweil 3000 Versions
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Kurzweil 3000 Professional
– Scans and reads
– Includes KESI Virtual Printer
– Reads all formats
– Required to read PDF documents
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Kurzweil 3000 Learn Station
– Handles KESI, Word, RTF, and TXT files
– Works with DAISY and NIMAS files
Pricing
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Kurzweil 3000 Professional
– Color $1495
– B&W $1095
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Learn Station $395
Base price
Site license prices less
Pro Costs More
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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
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Good to have at least one copy of Pro
where students have access
– Library and/or learning lab
Licensing Options
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Lab Packs
– One pro station to many learn stations
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Network edition
– Log on to any networked computer
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License-to-Go
– Students install at home, times out
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Web license
– Installed on any computer, uses school license
Mac Version
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Available
Not as robust as the Windows version
Kurzweil 1000
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Very different interface
Designed for blind users
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KESI files work in both 1000 & 3000
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– K1000 will open KESI files created in
K3000
K3000 & K1000
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Can run together on same computer
– Hook to flatbed scanner for student use
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Nice to have in library
– Especially in reference section with books
that cannot leave the library
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Also good in learning labs
– Students can scan handouts, articles, etc.
Please note!
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KESI files on CD
– Will not allow student to save notes or
annotations
– Cannot write to the CD
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KESI files that can be saved
– Hard drive or network
– USB drive
K3000 is a tool for…
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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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KESI Files from Scans
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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
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Kurzweil Pro runs OCR
– Zone and edit as needed
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Save as KESI file
KESI Files from PDF
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Obtain PDF from publisher
Load into Kurzweil Pro
– File > Open
– Use KESI Virtual Printer
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Kurzweil Pro runs OCR
– Zone and edit as needed
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Save as KESI file
DO NOT
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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
When to scan with KESI
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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
K3000 Premise
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“See” the picture
“Read” the underlying text
What you see on screen is not the text
being read
– Text hides behind the picture
Kurzweil Process
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Analyzes structure of page
– Determines “zones”
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Analyzes characters on page
– OCR
– Creates “underlying text”
When Editing
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Edit zones first
Remove headers/footers
Set primary text
– Reads automatically
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Set secondary text
– Reads when selected
Workflow
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Fix page numbers
– View > Page > Set Number
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Header/footer
– Ctrl + F8 (under Scan menu)
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Edit all zones for entire book
– Ctrl + F5 (under Scan menu)
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Edit underlying text (under Edit)
– Ctrl + F10
Reading Tool
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Document reader (looks like the page)
– NOT a screen reader
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Verbalizes and highlights text
– Can also just highlight to provide focus or
push reading speed
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Can set primary and secondary text
Can create MP3s
Study Skills
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Highlighting marker tools
Annotation and notes
– Written and auditory
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Extraction
Dictionary/Thesaurus
Writing Tools
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Speaks as you type
Audible spell checker
Word prediction
Homonym support
Drag and drop from reading document
to writing document
Test Taking
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Great test-taking tool
Customizable levels of support
Cannot accidentally change underlying
text
Kurzweil Support
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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
Online video tutorials
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/vid_galle
ry.aspx