Friendly User's Guide to Kurzweil 3000
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1. Open Click Open to open a document you wrote or a reading document so Kurzweil 3000 can read it Save Click Save to save your document in Kurzweil Leal Print Click Print to print the text you E wrote or the highlighted parts of the document Print Scan Click Scan to be able to scan your papers into Kurzweil 3000 so you can have the document read back to you 21 The Main or the Red Toolbar Jab sdernovdgen Hew Open Se Pot n bet fead Porm Acie Defindon roy Sie pdo He Read When you click Read it starts the p reading of your text or document p Pause When you click Pause Kurzweil stops reading and it will automatically al Show where you have stopped Pause Definition Highlight the word that you don t understand and click Definition pefnition Synonym Highlight the word you want to N find a similar meaning for and click Synonym ie Syllables Highlight the word that you want to cA break down so it is easier to Syllables pronounce and then click Syllables 22 The Reading or the Yellow Toolbar The yellow toolbar allows the user to choose various features related tothe reading of the printed material The voice characteristics speed of reading and size of words are a fewof the options to select from 23 The Reading or the Yellow Toolbar tae 7 Continuous Bentene 7 Yla yafe v al 1 BEF Voice 1 Find the drop down menu that says WW Kate2. 7 Highlight the parts in the white box 8 Right click Copy 9 Open a Word document and click Paste 10 Choose File gt Print gt OK 29 Footnote m The Writing or Blue Toolbar E f Ah wz eid a ie A This toolbar focuses mainly on the qualities of the writing tool Features such as writing fonts word alignment and paragraph spacing are easily accessible and simple to implement by the user 30 The Writing or ae Touar a poaza fevered a ioes Font Do you want your text to look different Arial is the default font 1 Click on the down arrow that has Arial in the white box to choose a font l Arial Font Size How small or large is your text L8pt is the standard font size 1 Click on the down arrow to change the size of the font ja Appearance of text Is the text normal bold italic or underlined 1 Click on the B to make your text bold 2 Click on the to make your text italic 3 Click on they to make your text underlined 4 Click again on the one you chose to make it unavailable BZU 31 The Writing or Blue Toolbar Alignment Decide whether to left align right center or justify Click on the Left Aligned drop down menu and choose how you want your text aligned 1 Click Left Aligned to make your text Start aligning on the left of the page 2 Click Right Aligned to make your text Start aligning on the right of the page 3 Cl
3. 2 Click on the down arrow to choose the reading voice MW kate Words per Minute 1 The first set of up and down arrows determine how fast or slow you want Kurzweil 3000 to read to you 2 Start at 120 words per minute and that will determine whether to make the program read faster or slower 3 Type in the number of words per minute you want the program to read to you vial Zoom 1 Do you want the words on the page smaller or larger 2 The second set of arrows helps you determine the size of your text 3 Click the up arrow to make the text look bigger 4 Click the down arrow to make the text look smaller w a 100 24 The Reading or the Yellow Toolbar VW Kate Continuous Sentence vial vale v ai 1 E Pages 1 The white bar shows what page you are on 2 The grey bar shows the total number of pages for that document 3 Click the up arrow to go to the next page 4 Click the down arrow to go back a page 1 jeah i 25 The Study Skills or Green Toolbar NIDIPOBDA C UO Ene Wiio Geen Cyan Magenta Faatnete Geby Tet To Vaie Die Basler The green toolbar displays commands used for study skills The focus is on the use of an eraser highlighters as well as the encouragement in learning how to use footnotes within Kurzweil 3000 26 The Study Skills or Green Toolbar V9 G jjo DVA TO Eppa Trima mern Cyan Magri Partner Siei ii heir Broth ri Erase 1 When you click
4. Author and Illustrator Heidi St Onge Contact Information Cell 514 718 6562 E mail Address hstonge videotron ca Address 2361 Lotbini re St Lazare Qu bec J7T 225 Copyright 2009 by Heidi St Onge All Rights reserved Trademarks Friendly User s Guide to Kurzweil 3000 is a registered trademark of Kurzweil Educational Systems Inc ISBN number 1486350279 Acknowledgements As author and illustrator of my book Friendly User s Guide to Kurzweil 3000 I would like to personally thank Ray Kurzweil for inventing Kurzweil 3000 a reading study skill and writing computer program My personal experience with this program motivated me to design a simplar version of the Kurzweil 3000 training manual My editors Catherine Ross and Kathy Toohy were strong promoters of this special project Table of Contents Chapter 1 Summary of the Gray Toolbar File Icon on the Gray Toolbar Edit Icon on the Gray Toolbar Scan Icon on the Gray Toolbar Read Icon on the Gray Toolbar View Icon on the Gray Toolbar Tools Icon on the Gray Toolbar page 1 page 2 to page 3 page 4 to page 5 page 6 to page 7 page 8 to page 9 page 10 to page 12 page 13 to page 15 Reference Icon on the Gray Toolbar page 16 Window Icon on the Gray Toolbar page 17 Online Icon on the Gray Toolbar page 18 Help Icon on the Gray Toolbar page 19 Chapter 2 Summary of the Red or Main Toolbar page 20 New Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 21 Open Ic
5. Help Reference Select Word 1 Definition 2 Synonym 3 4 5 Syllable Encarta Look up Picture Look Up Word I Type Spell Word Select Dictionary 1 Choose the dictionary that you want Picture Dictionary 1 None 2 Setup 16 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scam Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Window Cascade Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Arrange Icons Close 1 All Windows 2 Reference Windows 17 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Online Search For Books Search For Magazines Online Reference Lookup Online Reference History News From KESI Updates 18 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scam Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Help Help Topics Next Tip of the Day Previous Tip of the Day How to Videos Update Registration Info About Kurzweil 3000 19 e Main or the Red Toolbar SHIRA He LEOR Fead Fomai Andie binin Synonym Sibe Yal TN E few The commands within this toolbar relate to the scanning of documents and reading tools Any written material such as books essays etc can be transferred into Kurzweil 3000 and set up to be read to people of any age 20 The Main or the Red Toolbar JUSd soar we daoss ew De e Pot n bet fead Perm Acie Defindion romp Sie pel He New Click New if you want to write an essay or have a reading document read to you
6. Text Alignment 32 Text Appearance 31 Tools 13 15 V Viewing 10 12 Voice 24 W Window 17 Words per Minute 24 Z Zoom 24 EE EL Keeners will succeed Useful tools to help with reading comprehension Really easy to get the concept Zoom levels to view your t Wonderful study tools Learn all of this On a computer program 1486350279
7. emember 2 Forget 11 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scam Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Annotations Show Notes Show Voice Notes 1 2 3 4 5 Show Highlighting Show Circles Show Bookmarks Magnify Spoken Word 12 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scam Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Tools Highlight 1 Erase 2 Yellow Highlight 3 Green Highlight 4 Blue Highlight 5 6 7 8 9 Pink Highlight Orange Highlight Gray Highlight Red circle Blue Circle 10 Homophone 2 11 Confusable 2 13 The Gray Toolbar Note Add Footnote Add Sticky Note Add Bubble Note Add Text Note Close Footnote Add Voice Note Delete Note CON OO WwW A WW N F amp F Default Note Options Bookmarks Spell Check Ranked Spelling Vocabulary Lists Fill in the Blanks Pronunciations Usage Log Options Lock Features 14 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Customize 1 Toolbars Apply Toolbar Set OClassic Basic 2Content Reading 3Documentation Preparation 4Fluency Training 5Language Learning 6Pleasure Reading 7Proof Reading 8Study Skills Training O O N oo wm BR WW N F amp F 10 9Test Preparation 11 10Test Taking 12 11Vocabulary Building and Right Mouse Button Right Mouse Button 15 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scam Read View Tools Reference Window Online
8. ick Center Aligned to make your text start aligning in the middle of the page 4 Click Justified Aligned to make your text appear justified on the page Left Aligned 32 The Writing or r Blue Toolbar fh Dave awe J m Sick spac F EF a Spacing How are your paragraphs spaced Single 1 5 Double At Least Exactly or Multiple The standard spacing is Single Spaced Click on Single Spaced to choose how you want your text to be spaced in your paragraphs 1 Click on Single Spaced so there is no Space in between lines 2 Click on 1 5 Spaced so there will be 1 5 Spacing between lines 3 Click on Double Spaced so there is one blank line between the lines 4 Click onAt Least Spaced so there is at least space between lines 5 Click onExactly Spaced so there is exactly space between lines 6 Click onMultiple Spaced so there are multiple spaces between lines 33 ae The Writing or Blue Toolbar ane f Ah aa eid ie A Spell Check Click on to be able to check and correct your spelling mistakes 34 Index Definition E Editing Erase F Filing Fonts Footnotes H Help Highlighting New Document 0 iine Open Document P Pages Pause Print R Read Reading Reference 22 4 5 27 223 31 29 19 28 21 18 21 25 22 21 22 8 9 16 S Save 21 Scan 6 7 Scan Icon 21 Spacing 33 Spell Check 34 Syllables 22 Synonyms 22 T
9. ls for scanning reading and viewing are but a few that can be found when using the gray toolbar The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help File File New 1 Text File 2 Image File Open Close Save Save AS Save Page Range Configure Library Import Export Extract Annotations Extract Highlights to Column Notes Extract Column Notes to Outline Extract Text Join The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Open with Editor 1 Microsoft WordPad 2 Microsoft Word Send To 1 Recipient As Text 2 Recipient As Attachment Print Properties Audio Files 1 Create Audio Files 2 Audio Spooler Monitor Recent Files varies as to what has been opened in Kurzweil Change User Exit The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Edit Edit Copy Paste Select All Image Selector Insert Page Break Line Spacing 1 Single 2 Double 3 Triple Text Alignment 1 Left 2 Center 3 Right Insert Picture Picture Properties Field Text The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Enable Editing Move Existing Page Correct Recognition 1 Change Underlying Word 2 Edit Underlying Text Find 1 Text 2 Object 3 Replace Text 4 Homophone 2 5 Confusable 2 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Scan Start New Sca
10. n Rescan Insert Page Insert Image Delete Page Corrections Re Recognize Page Use Color Double Sided Two Page Mode Scan Repeatedly Scanner Setup 1 Select Scanner 2 Scanned Page Size 3 Scanner Optimization The Gray Toolbar Image Fill 1 White 2 Black 3 Other Zone Editor Header and Footer Editor The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Read Back Start Reading Forward Reading Speed 1 Increase 2 Decrease Silent Reading Read Mode 1 Continuous 2 Self Paced 3 Word by Word Read Unit 1 Word 2 Phrase Line 3 Sentence 4 Paragraph 5 Heading 8 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help 6 Highlight Languages English Spanish French German Italian Portuguese N OF WO BR WW N e Finnish Read the Web The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scan Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help View Fix to 1 Text Width 2 Text Height 3 Width 4 Height 5 Page Zoom 1 In 10 2 Out 10 3 To 100 4 To my Zoom Rotate 1 Left 2 Right 3 Invert 10 The Gray Toolbar File Edit Scam Read View Tools Reference Window Online Help Page 1 First 2 Last 3 Previous 4 Go To 5 Set Number Thumbnails 1 Page Thumbnail 2 Thumbnail View Thumbnail Size 1 Jumbo 2 Largest 3 Large 4 Medium 5 Small 6 Smallest Page View 1 R
11. on on the Red or Main Toolbar page 21 Save Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 21 Print Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 21 Scan Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 21 Read Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 22 Pause Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 22 Definition Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 22 Synonym Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 22 Syllables Icon on the Red or Main Toolbar page 22 Chapter 3 Summary of the Yellow or Reading Toolbar page 23 Voice Icon on the Yellow or Reading Toolbar page 24 Words Per Minute on the Yellow or Reading Toolbar page 24 Zoom on the Yellow or Reading Toolbar page 24 Pages on the Yellow or Reading Toolbar page 25 Chapter 4 Summary of the Green or Study Skills Toolbar page 26 Erase Icon on the Green or Study Skills Toolbar page 27 Highlight on the Green or Study Skills Toolbar page 28 Footnote on the Green or Study Skills Toolbar page 29 Chapter 5 Summary of the Blue or Writing Toolbar page 30 Font Icon on the Blue or Writing Toolbar page 31 Font Size Icon on the Blue or Writing Toolbar page 31 Appearance of text Icon on the Blue or Writing Toolbar page 31 Alignment Icon on the Blue or Writing Toolbar page 32 Spacing Icon on the Blue or Writing Toolbar page 33 Spell check on the Blue or Writing Toolbar page 34 The Gray Toolbar This toolbar consists of the basic functions of Kurzweil 3000 Its layout has been designed to facilitate learning for users of all ages Essential too
12. the Erase tool you make it available to use 2 So when the Erase tool is available to use drag over the parts you want to erase from your highlighted sections 3 When you are done click the Erase tool to make it not in use A Erase 27 The Study Skills or Green Toolbar V9 PHATOUAX TO brane TPT ren Cyan Magenta Partner Siei iii Veiner Empra Highlighters 1 Click one of the following highlighters yellow green cyan or magenta 2 Drag over the section of the text that you want to highlight 3 When done click on one of the color highlighters 4 Highlighted text may also be printed 1 Just simply highlight the text again 2 Right click copy 3 Go into Word and right click paste 4 Click File gt Print gt OK 9 8 L Q Yellow Green Cyan Magenta 28 The Study Skills or Green Toolbar N9PPIPOUDAX LTO Eric rrim fren mA Magri Fadiadee Sir iy ieir Emira Footnote If you want to write a note about a page or particular section it can be done electronically 1 Click at the end of the section where you want to make a footnote 2 Click on Footnote to make it available to use 3 A white box will appear and you can type in a short summary of that page or paragraph 4 Click the X to close the footnote 5 A number will appear starting with how many footnotes you have 6 Double click on the number to add information or right click and delete if information is no longer needed
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