Kurzweil Cheat Sheet

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1 Kurzweil Cheat Sheet Kurzweil tools include Screen read text by letter, word, syllable or sentence. Reading, Writing and Study Skills Toolbars Adjustable voice and rate of speech Spellcheck, definitions and synonyms Highlighter Footnotes, sticky notes, inserted text, bookmarks Voice-recorded notes Kurzweil requires Read only version to manipulate text that is already electronic Scan and Read version to convert paper text to electronic text. Scanner connected the Scan and Read version. Red Toolbar: MAIN TOOLBAR Open, save and print documents just as you do in MS Word. This icon only appears on the Scan and Read version of the software. When the scanner is connected and the scanner settings are established in the Scan drop down menu (above the red toolbar), click on this button to begin scanning. Click on the green Read button to begin reading. Click Back and Forward to repeat a sentence or skip to the next sentence. You will notice the Read button become when you click on it. This button indicates that the sound is on. Click on it to toggle to. To use these tools, highlight a word. Then click on the tool to get a definition, find synonym, hear and see the word broken down by syllable, or hear and see the word spelled out letter by letter. Yellow Toolbar: READING TOOLBAR Try out different voices: Determine how much you want to control the text as it is read: Determine how much text to read at a time Use the up and down arrows to adjust the number of words read per minute AKA rate of speech Use the up and down arrows to zoom in and zoom out of the Use the red arrows to move from one page to the next in the The number in the white box indicates the page you are on. The number in the second gray box indicates the total number of pages in the Click on this button to view thumbnails of the pages in the

2 Green Toolbar: STUDY SKILLS TOOLBAR Click on the color of your choice. Then drag the cursor across text to highlight it. Click on the eraser icon. Then drag it across highlighted text to get rid of the highlighting. When you click on this icon to add a footnote, a split screen will appear, AND a number will appear in the document to mark where the note will appear. Make notes in the bottom window. Click on to continue in the document and to make the split screen disappear. Click on the number in the document to view the note. When the split screen is open, click on to remove the note. The Close and Delete icons are only functional tools when the split screen is open. Sticky notes can be placed and moved anywhere in the Click on the Sticky icon. Click anywhere in the A yellow text bar will appear. Type in the text box. Hover over the box until a 4-way arrow appears. Left click and holddrag the note to anywhere in the When using the Sticky tool, the icon becomes a functional tool. Click on it to remove the note. Text can be inserted between the lines. Click on the Text icon. Then click in the document where you want to insert text. Type in the text box. When using the Text tool, the icon becomes a functional tool. Click on it to remove the text. Insert a recorded note using a microphone. Click on the Voice icon. Then click in the document where you want the recording to be used. A pop-up window entitled Voice Notes will appear. Click on the to start recording. Click on to stop the recording. Click on to play back the recording. Click OK to place the recording in the A will appear in the document to mark the recording. Click on it to play. Bookmark a word, sentence or idea in a text. Place the cursor in the text where you want to create a bookmark. Click on the Bookmark icon in the toolbar. Use the Bookmark popup window to create the bookmark. The icon will appear in the text. To find a bookmarked item, click on the icon in the toolbar. Choose the item from the Bookmark pop-up window. The chosen item will be read by the program. Used for taking notes while reading and doing research across documents, taking in-class notes, and reviewing or studying notes while in the Writing Screen. Go to the Outline feature by using Extract Column Notes to Outline from the File menu. A floating window that displays the contents of a Column Note file in read-only mode. Only available when a text file is open and not available in Brainstorm or Outline. To access: open a text document, click the note snippets button, on the dialog window, select the name of the Column Notes file you want to display, then click Open. Used as a self-correction support while writing or editing. Words may be highlighted in the word list as they are used in the document; words may be dragged and dropped into the document; double clicking on a word will provide a definition. To use: Open a text document, click the Floating Word List Button, and select the word list you want by clicking on its tab. Custom word lists can be created using the Edit Word Lists command.

3 Blue Toolbar: WRITING TOOLBAR Change the font Change the font size, Bold, Italicize or Underline Text Align text to left, center or right Single, Double or Triple space the text. Brainstorm is a graphic organizer that allows for quick collection and organization of thoughts. You can create a diagram from scratch or create one from an existing Brainstorm template. Switching from Brainstorm to outline, draft or draft with a split screen view. Outline is an alternative way to begin the writing process allowing for quick jotting down and organizing ideas. It shares information with the Brainstorm diagram, draft and split screen windows allowing for switching back and forth between the views. New blank outlines or outline templates are available. Draft used after brainstorming and/or outlining to actually write. Drafts can be created from a New blank draft, from a brainstorm/outline document or from a template. Split Screen view allows for outlines and brainstorm notes to be visible in the lefthand pane while using the draft area in the right-hand pane. Get options for correcting spelling errors. Enable a word prediction window Review Checklist: To proof a draft document: Select Review from the Write menu. Perform each task in the checklist, for instance, listen to your draft, run the spell checker, or check your work for punctuation and capitalization. When finished with each task, click the appropriate checkbox in the list. Review lists can be modified. Kurzweil Troubleshooting The KESI Virtual Printer is not bringing in pictures o To solve this problem you will need the Tech Coordinator for your school to do this on both the Scan and Read and the Read Only versions. o Tell the Tech Coordinator to do the following instructions: click on start>settings>printers and faxes>right click on KESI Virtual Printer>properties>ports>add port>new port>title it KESI>ok>apply>ok. o When you use Kurzweil after this has been done: Open Kurzweil, and then open the webpage that you want Kurzweil to read. Click file>print>choose the KESI Virtual Printer> apply>print> and then wait a minute or two and it will open in Kurzweil and the pictures will appear in black and white and Kurzweil will be able to read it. Scanning multiple pages and saving it as one document is a simple fix o All you need to do is place the page you want to be scanned on the scanner and click scan.

4 o After this page has been scanned, open the scanner turn to the next page that you want to scan, and then click scan. o Continue to do this until you have scanned all the pages for that activity. o Once you are finished scanning, then go ahead and click file save and save it where ever you need to. PROBLEM Scanner will not scan multiple pages: The fill in the blank text boxes don t work on documents generated in other programs (such as Microsoft WORD) that are opened in Kurzweil SOLUTION Close Kurzweilopen My Computer Program FilesKurzweil Educational SystemsDiagsScanConf.exefind Hold Scanner change setting from Default to Never This is true. In order for the fill in the blank function to work the document MUST be SCANNED into Kurzweil. So print itscan itsave it and the fill in the blank function will work.

5 More Nifty Tid-bits and Things to Know Customize Your Toolbars: ToolsCustomizeToolbars Use the tabs across the top to toggle between the toolbars you wish to modify. Highlight to Inactive button you wish to add. Click on the green Up Arrow to add it to the toolbar. The Sticky Note and Text Note functions are not operational when Kurzweil is used in writing mode. TO MAGNIFY SPOKEN WORD: View Magnify Spoken word Place cursor and Click Read icon. Copy and paste from other documents or even the web, into Kurzweil. Use the Reading and Study skills toolbars to manipulate the Kurzweil comes in a color version and a black and white version. If scanned into a black and white version, it will appear black and white, even if opened in a color version. Likewise, if scanned into a color version, it will open in color, even if opened in a black and white version. Change Pronunciations: ToolsPronunciations Put correct spelling in first line, and phonetic pronunciation in second line. Test it. OK. To show spelling errors: Tools Options Click Spellcheck icon Check box next to Check Spelling as you type. Kurzweil can scan captions and information in text boxes in scanned documents. INSERT A BUBBLE NOTE: Click in the text where you want the Bubble Note to appear. Then in the toolbar choose: ToolsNoteBubble Note Type what you want to appear in the bubble. Choose the options on the side to format. A Highlighted question mark will appear in the text to mark the bubble note Double-click on the question mark to open the bubble note. Click and drag on the question-mark to move it in the