The Kurzweil 3000 is located in Steely Library on the 4th floor and in the Learning Assistance Center in Founders Hall 209.
It is also available for testing use (only) in the Testing and Disability Services Office in University Center 305.
Instruction on how to use the Kurzweil are located by the 3 computers available for scanning/reading.
BRING YOUR OWN 3 1/2 FLOPPY or CD TO COPY PAGES AND TAKE HOME WITH YOU TO UTILIZE ReadPlease.
LINK TO THE ReadPlease COMPANY WEB SITE TO DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM AND USE 25 TIMES OR *******GET A DISK AT THE DISABILITY SERVICES OFFICE, UNIVERSITY CENTER 320 (UNLIMITED USE). BE ADVISED THIS IS UNSUPPORTED SOFTWARE.
KURZWEIL 3000
HOW TO USE AND COPY TO TAKE HOME TO USE READ
2.
USER NAME “ENTER YOUR LAST NAME”
3.
CLICK “OK”
“ENTER”
4.
IF TIP OF THE DAY APPEARS CLOSE IT “X”
5.
PLACE THE PAGE TO BE COPIED ON THE SCANNER
6. USE “F9” [KEY ON TOP] TO SCAN OR “SCAN” WITH MOUSE.
WAIT
FOR SCAN TO FINISH.
7.
GO TO “FILE”
***STEPS
7-11 ARE
VERY IMPORTANT***
8.
GO TO “SAVE AS”
SAVE IN
BOX -- Drop
down to "DESKTOP"
FILE NAME BOX
-- Type
in a name that relates (example: Chapter 1)
SAVE AS TYPE
-- CLICK TO
“TEXT FILE (*.TXT)
CLICK
“YES” when box appears
CLICK
“YES” when box appears
YOU CAN
REPEAT THE STEPS ABOVE IF NECESSARY. {FOR EXAMPLE: IF YOU WANT TO EACH
CHAPTER OR EACH PLAY, ETC.}
14. WHEN
FINISHED SCANNING CLOSE “X” KURZWEIL 3000
TO
COPY TO TAKE HOME:
15.
PLACE YOUR FLOPPY IN THE “A DRIVE”
16.
ON THE DESKTOP LOOK FOR YOUR FILE NAME & IMAGE
17.
“RIGHT CLICK” ON THE MOUSE
18.
“SEND TO”
19.
“3 ½ FLOPPY (A)”
20.
REPEAT IF NECESSARY (If you made more than one.)
REMEMBER
TO TAKE OUT THE FLOPPY DISK!
WHEN HOME:
PLACE FLOPPY IN “A DRIVE”
DOUBLE CLICK “MY COMPUTER”
DOUBLE CLICK “A”
DOUBLE CLICK “FILE TO OPEN”
{EXAMPLE: CHAPTER 1, There may be more than one on the diskette, open in the
order you wish to read.}
HIGHLIGHT TEXT
EDIT “COPY” go to
READPLEASE PROGRAM
& open the program
EDIT “PASTE” text
PLACE CURSER AT TOP TO BEGIN WHAT YOU
HAVE PASTED
PLAY AND HAVE READ TO YOU
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