Kurzweil 3000 for Mac. January 26, 2018 Richmond, BC

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2 Kurzweil 3000 for Mac January 26, 2018 Richmond, BC

3 About me Kamelia

4 Our Agenda for Today Navigating through Kurzweil Reading Features Study skills Writing Features

5 What is Kurzweil 3000? Ray Kurzweil In 1976 the first Reading Machine for the blind was created (OCR and Text-to Speech) A scan and read software program Converts documents in electronic format

6 GUESS what Kurzweil 3000 can do?

7 Who Can Kurzweil 3000 Help? All Students! Students with dyslexia and dysgraphia English Language Learners Visually impaired Auditory and kinesthetic learners

8 General Features of K3000 Menu Items Toolbar Tools Palette Text Reader Document Area

9 Launch Kurzweil Tip of the Day Welcome to Kurzweil for Macintosh Kurzweil for Mac functions with dropdown menus / floating toolbars You need to figure out how to find them when needed.and close them when not needed. developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

10 Starting Points From Starting Points you can open a new word processing document or a scanned piece of reading material, read the web or scan a sheet developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

11 Task 1. Select Show Starting Points 2. Select New to open a new document window developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

12 A Talking Word Processor (with word prediction) Students can type their compositions using word prediction, change the font size, spacing, and use spell check 3. Write your own mini-composition: What is rewarding about your job? Try out the word prediction.use a unique font..change line spacing etc. developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

13 Reading Functions 1. Window - Show Reader 2. Reader has various reading options: Reading unit Reading Mode Voice Read aloud or silently Reading speed developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

14 Reading Options Select Kurzweil 3000, then Preferences All user settings found here Reading options include: Speak by character, word or sentence

15 Opening Reading Material Select Window Show Starting Points Open a document That student has composed That has been scanned That you retrieved from ARC-BC On the internet developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

16 TASK 1. Go to my Aftershare site: 2. Go to Workshop Follow up 3. Click on Reading Materials for Workshop 4. Download both documents (Hatchet, Ch.1)

17 Opening Reading Materials Window Show Starting Points TASK: 1. Open the documents you downloaded separately 2. Read the document in K Are there any differences between the 2 documents? developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

18 Study Skills Tools Image from: Kurzweiledu.com

19 Highlighting Window - Show Tools The floating tool palette will appear Note: Highlighters can be renamed to reflect their function: Kurzweil Preferences Highlighters developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

20 TASK Using the Hatchet Kesi document, Select the YELLOW highlighter to find difficult vocabulary Select the GREEN highlighter to highlight descriptive words Select the BLUE highlighter and highlight examples of dialogue Note: It is a good idea to always set the parameters for your students

21 Extracting notes Once you have completed highlighting, File Extract Notes and Highlights

22 Extracting notes cont d Choose which notes and/or highlighters to extract, and how you would like them to be structured on the page.

23 Annotating- Task Using the tools on the floating Study Skills toolbar, add at least one STICKY, TEXT, and VOICE note to the Hatchet Kesi document. Explore the difference between a sticky note and a text note.

24 The Writing Process Use Kurzweil 3000 to walk your students through the writing process from brainstorming to editing DROP DOWN MENU: FILE START WRITIING BRAINSTORM FROM TEMPLATE SINGLE PARAGRAPH ESSAY developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

25 Adding Dictation Students can use speech to text to write their paragraph using Dictation

26 Customizing the Toolbars View - Customize Toolbar Click/Drag/Drop Toolbar items to the current toolbar

27 TASK 1. Open the Single Paragraph Essay template 2. Start your brainstorming on a topic of your choice 3. Explore the writing path (Outline view, Draft view, Split view)

28 Test Taking K3000 will read the text out loud Certain features can be locked Test needs to be scanned or uploaded, and saved as a Kesi file.

29 Test Taking cont d Types of tests that are supported: Multiple choice True or False Fill in the Blanks Essay Use highlighters, circling, adding a text note

30 Test Taking - Locking K3000 Features The Lock Features tool is password protected

31 Opening an Existing Document When you open a text-based document with Kurzweil 3000 it opens in its native format (Word-Doc) You can open image based documents such as TIFF or PDF documents (you cannot work on/save to that original, and (Imported) is added to make the distinction that you're working on a copy)

32 TASK 1. Open the two sample quizzes found on my Aftershare site 2. Use the tools palette to answer the quiz (Highlighters, Circling, Text note, etc)