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Kurzweil 3000
version 11
Using Digital Talking Books with Kurzweil 3000
Supported Formats
Kurzweil Format (.kes)
Rich Text Format (.rtf)
All tools in
Kurzweil are
available
Highlighting and
notes, but no
bookmarking
DAISY Format (.opf)
NO tools available
DAISY Format (.xml)
NO tools available,
but may be
converted to .kes
Web format (.html)
All tools available
Saving as a Kurzweil (.kes) file
Once you open a book, it is best to immediately save it
in the Kurzweil format (.kes) and then use the Kurzweil
file rather than the original. Once converted to .kes, all
of the Kurzweil tools (e.g. highlighting, bookmarking,
note-taking) will be available.
1. From the File menu, choose
“Save as..”
2. Choose a location for your
book to be saved in.
3. Give your book a name
you’ll recognize
4. In the “Save as type:” box,
choose KESI (.kes)
5. Click the Save button
Kurzweil toolbars and toggles
Toggles
Click once on a colored toggle
to open or close any toolbar
Main Toolbar (red toggle)
Document
management tools
Reading tools
Reference tools
Reading toolbar (yellow toggle)
Change
reader
voice
Change
mode of
reading
Change
reading
unit
Change
reading
speed
Zoom in
or out –
text size
Page
navigation
Study toolbar (green toggle)
Text
Highlighters
Add voice
note
Add/find
bookmarks
Add column
notes
Writing toolbar (blue toggle)
Change text
Spell check
Word
Prediction
Opening a
book
Click the Open
button in the red
toolbar
Navigate to the
folder containing
the book you want
Highlight the title
Click Open
Be sure to choose “Supported Files”
as the File of type here
NOTE: Large textbooks
could take up to a few
minutes to open.
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Closing a book
In the File menu
Choose Close
Starting and pausing
the reader voice
To start reading the text aloud:
1. Click on any passage of
text, then
2. Click the Read button in the
Main (red) toolbar
3. Click Pause to stop the
reading
Use the Back and Forward buttons to read
previous and next sentences/paragraphs
Changing the reading speaker
voice
Use the drop-down
arrow in the yellow
toolbar to change voices
Changing the Reading Speed
Use the arrows in the yellow
toolbar (shown here) to
increase or decrease
reading speed
Choosing the reading unit
Reading Unit
How much will be
highlighted when
text is being read
Changing the
reading mode
Continuous = reads until
you stop it.
Reading mode (in the
yellow reading toolbar)
Self-paced = reads one
unit (sentence,
paragraph, etc), then you
must click the Read
button to continue.
Word by word = must
click the Read button to
read each word, one at a
time.
Text View options
Use the Zoom tool in the
yellow reading toolbar
for bigger or smaller text.
To change text and
background colors:
1. From the Tools
menu, choose
Options
2. Highlight Text
3. In the “Colors”
section, use dropdown menus
Navigation by…
1. Scrolling using
up/down arrows, or
click-hold on slide
bar.
2. Page by page (use
arrows in the yellow
toolbar)
3. Go To Page
(CONTROL-G). Type
page number and click
OK
Highlighting text
To highlight a section
of text:
1. Click once on a
highlighting pen in
the green study
toolbar.
2. Click-hold-drag
through a section
of text.
Sample
Using bookmarks
1. Click anywhere in
the book at the spot
to be bookmarked.
2. Click the bookmark
tool (green toolbar)
3. In the Bookmarks
dialog box, fill in the
description
(bookmark label)
4. Click the Add button
To find an existing bookmark, click
the Bookmark tool, highlight a
bookmark in the list, then click the
“Go To” button.
Bubble notes
To add a bubble note:
1. Click on a passage
of text
2. In the Tools menu,
choose “Add
bubble note”
3. Fill in the bubble
note dialog box.
True/false, multiple-choice and
text answer questions may be
put in bubble notes by teachers
to check student comprehension
Voice notes
To add voice notes, set
up a microphone on
your computer, then:
1. Click the Voice tool
in the green toolbar
2. Use the record
button to start and
stop recording
3. Use the Play button
to listen
Column notes
1. Click the Column
Notes tool in the
yellow toolbar
2. Choose a
new/blank note, or
existing note
3. Type notes in the columns
Close/Save the column
note
Find a book (online)
1. In the Online
menu, choose
“Search for
Books”
2. Type in the author
or title information
3. Click the online
Sites to search in
4. Click OK
To open a downloaded book, use the Open tool
Useful Shortcuts
• F3: Read/Pause
F7: Zoom in
• F8: Zoom out
F11: Read faster
• F12: Read slower
CTRL+F4: Close book
• CTRL+E: Next page
CTRL+G: Go To Page
• CTRL+F12: Bookmarks
Shift+F7: Voice note
Many more shortcuts are available –
see the Quick Reference Guide
The development of this project by the AIM
Consortium and the Michigan Department of
Education was funded by Grant #
H327S070003 from the U. S. Department of
Education, Office of Special Education
Programs. The contents of this project are
not exhaustive and inclusion does not imply
endorsement by the U.S. Department of
Education, the Michigan Department of
Education or the Center for Applied Special
Technology (CAST)