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Writing Toolbar and Settings

To use the writing option, you need the writing toolbar, which is the last toolbar by default:

1. Click Tools on menu bar
2. Click Options in menu
3. In General dialog box:
 a. Under “Toolbars” click Show Writing (if Not Checked)
b. Under “Speak As Typing” select what you want spoken as you type: All characters / Whole words / Whole sentences
c. Under “Miscellaneous” select options you want
4. Click OK

Starting a Document

Depending on how they are created, parts of some web pages cannot be read by the Kurzweil 3000.

To Read the Web

 1. Click Read on Menu Bar OR Click Read the Web in Read Menu

Result:

• Launches Internet Explorer, and puts Kurzweil toolbar at bottom of screen

Note:  You may need to click Reload button on Kurzweil toolbar.  Also, click Maximize button to enlarge web page image.

 Offers the following options:

Saving in KESI (Kurzweil's Format)

Notes:

• This is the standard format you'll save in
• Keeps all formatting, notes, highlights etc...
• Can only be opened in Kurzweil

 1. Go to File on the menu bar, Click Save As:
 2. In Save As dialog box:
  a. Click Save in box and select location to save to
  b. Double-click File name box and type your file name (no extension) 
  c. Save as Type text box should say KESI (Kurzweil) if not, select if from list
  d. Click Save

  {jb_lightbulb} When finished scanning a item in Kurzweil, save the item in KESI format, with a meaningful title so you know what it is. Save this file on the BCPSS electronic text folder (see IT) so others can access it and benefit from your work.  When using the document with a student, save a copy of the documet for the student so that any changes (highlights etc... do not affect the main file. {/jb_lightbulb}  

Portable Formats

You may want to decrease reading speed for Definitions and Synonyms.  You can copy and paste a definition of a word into the text by copying and pasting (select text, CTRL C or Right Click on Selection select copy.  Bubble Notes (if avaliable) work well for this. 

Getting Definitions  

 1. Click on the word you want (to position caret in front of the word)
 2. Click Definition icon on toolbar
   
  a. Keyboard:  + D

 3. Click Read to hear definition
 4. Click Close button (X) when finished

Dictionaies Avaliable

TO READ

To start reading:
3 methods:

  1. Click Read (Green Arrow) on toolbar
    
  2. Click Read on Menu Bar

   a. Click Start Reading in menu

  3. Keyboard:  F3

Reading Settings

Printing from Kurzweil 3000 

1.  Click Print on toolbar (or File > Print or CTRL P)

2.  Under Print Options, select:

   • Document

   • Notes

   • Highlighted Text

3. Click OK

PRINTING IN LARGE PRINT

Showing the Study Skills Toolbar

To work with Study Skills Tools, Show the Study Skills toolbar by clicking the Green Toggle along the left edge of the Toolbar.

Note: In Kurzweil 3000, the term “annotations” is used to encompass most of the Study Skill tools. Using the Color Highlighter Pens and Circle Tools

Creating Notes

To create a Bubble Note:

1. Click a location in the text where you want to place the Note.  
2. From the Tools menu, click Notes, then choose Add Bubble Note.  
3. In the Bubble Note dialog, type your note in the text area. Click OK.

To edit a Bubble Note:

Select the Bubble Note marker, right-click to open the Right Mouse Button menu, or from the Tools Note submenu, choose Edit Bubble Note.

To select or type in answers:

Opening, Hearing and Closing Notes