Kurzweil Adaptive Technology Lab - FAQs.

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1 Kurzweil 1000 Adaptive Technology Lab - FAQs. Q. What is Kurzweil 1000? A. Kurzweil 1000 is a software program that scans paper text documents, converts scanned documents to digital text, and reads digital text. Kurzweil creates and speaks typed documents. Q. May I use Kurzweil 1000? A. Kurzweil 1000 is available to qualified Harvard Extension School students, who have been approved for access to the Adaptive Technology Lab. If you are interested in using the Church Street Computer Facility Adaptive Technology Lab, please see a User Assistant at the front desk. Q. How do I begin using Kurzweil 1000? A. To begin using Kurzweil, launch the program by double clicking the desktop Kurzweil icon. Kurzweil speaks an introductory pop-up box text about registration and help. Either press the Enter Key in the lower right hand of the keyboard to be prompted through information about Kurzweil, or click the pop-up box OK button, and continue to use Kurzweil Double click on the desktop icon Click OK button on the introductory pop-up box The Kurzweil 1000 window The Kurzweil 1000 main menu 1

2 Q. How do I create a document using Kurzweil 1000? A. To create a document using Kurzweil 1000, after launching Kurzweil 1000, choose File -> New. Kurzweil speaks the choice. Then, begin typing. Kurzweil speaks the typed letters. Choose File File -> New Q. How do I scan a document using Kurzweil 1000? A. After launching Kurzwei 1000, confirm that the scanner is turned on. Place your text document on the scanner. From the top menu, choose Scan -> Start New Scan. If you would like to hear the scanned text once the scan is complete, from the top menu choose Read -> Start Reading. From the top menu, choose Scan, then -> Start New Scan Q. How do I read a previously-saved document using Kurzweil 1000? A. After launching Kurzwei 1000, Choose File -> Open. Browse to folder with Kurzweil documents. This should either be on the the E: drive, where you have inserted your personal USB storage device; the D: drive, where you have inserted your personal DVD or CD storage device; or, on the T: drive temporary storage space, not recommended. Choose File -> Open 2

3 Scroll down in the open pop-up box to the D: drive (CD or DVD), to the E: drive (USB drive), or the T: drive (Temporary files - not recommended), choose your file Q. How do I save a document using Kurzweil 1000? A. Choose File -> Save, or File -> Save As. Name your document. Choose the type of document format you wish, such as MS Word for Windows. Choose where you would like to save your document. Save your documents to your own personal external storage device (CD, floppy disk, or USB drive). 3

4 Choose File -> Save, File -> Save As, D: drive (CD or DVD), E: drive (USB drive), T: drive (Temporary files - not recommended), Name your document, Choose the type of document format you wish, such as MS Word for Windows. IMPORTANT: In an emergency, you may save your documents temporarily to the T drive: double click on My Computer -> Temporary Storage (T:). The T drive gets wiped from time to time, unannounced. It is recommended that you save all your documents to a personal portable storage device. All your documents May be lost on reboot unless you have saved them on a personal storage device. 4

5 Q. How may I get more information about Kurzweil 1000? A. You may access Kurzweil help from the program Help menu. Please ask at the User Assistant office located at the computer lab facility Church Street entrance if you would like further help. Information at the program Help menu. Last Modified: September 13, 2006 Contents: Leigh Clark Edits: Seema Borthakur 5