SDS Knowledge Base: Kurzweil 3000

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Make sure your document is saved on your computer or cloud service (OneDrive/Google Drive). If you are trying to get a reading from Canvas to be read in Kurzweil, you will need to download it first.

On the right side of your screen, there are four buttons: Google Drive, OneDrive, Computer, and Upload.

Uploading with Google Drive or OneDrive

1. Click the button for the platform where you saved the desired document (Google Drive or One Drive)
2. A pop-up screen will appear. Log in using the screen
3. Locate your document in your Drive.
4. Select the document, then press select. The document will upload and you are ready to read!

Uploading using Computer

1. Click the Computer button
2. Select the file you wish upload
3. Press ok. The document will upload and you are ready to read!

Uploading using Upload

1. On the left side of your screen, you should see your name. Click on it
2. Files should appear below
3. Click “private”
4. If you wish to place the file in a specific folder you have created, select that folder. (To create a folder, right click on private (Mac users: ctrl+click).
5. Click upload
6. Select the document from your computer that you wish to upload
7. Press ok. The document will upload and you are ready to read!

Open your document

You can find the document in either your recently opened local files folder or in the folder you uploaded the document to. 

Pick your starting place

Decide where in the document you want to begin you reading. Click there with your mouse. You can navigate to other pages using the arrows on either side of the screen or the “go to” feature at the bottom of the screen.

Play

Press the play button in the upper ribbon to play.

Open the Highlighters dialog by selecting the pen icon on the left side of your screen. Click the toggle button for interactive mode. 

In the document, drag-select the text you want to highlight, circle, or cross out. Then select the color you wish to use. 

Now your text has been highlighted!

If you decide you no longer wish to have something highlighted, deleting it is easy!

Hover your mouse over the highlighted text. A small "X" in a box will appear at the end of the highlighted section. 

Click this "X" and that highlighted section will no longer be highlighted. 

You can also add notes in a document in Kurzweil. You have several different choices of notes types:

• Voice Note: Create a recording of a note
• Bubble Note: Create a note that will be read aloud to you. You can also use this feature to create question and answer style notes. 
• Sticky Note: A sticky note that you can type in.
• Text Note: A textbox that you type in. 

On the left hand tool bar, select the notes button.

Select the type of note you wish to create.

In your document, click where you wish to place the note. Then type or dictate your note!

To delete a note, go back to the notes bar and select the red square with an "X" on it. Then, click the note you would like to delete. 

After you are don’t highlighting, open the highlighters dialog box and go to the area that says “Export Notes.” Then select “study guide.”

When a pop-up box appears, press ok. We do not recommend going to advanced settings, as that part of the program can be buggy.

Your notes will open in a new page.

Be sure to save any notes in Kurzweil, or copy and paste them to a new Word document.

Watch a video of using the writing and outlining tools in Kurzweil.

Step 1: Select a folder

You will need to either create or select a folder in which to have your new writing document saved.

Step 2: Open a document

Go to Write, then open either your outline or a new draft.

Step 3: Begin writing

You can choose to use dictation or predictive text to support you. You may also choose to use a split screen to have your outline and draft side-by-side.

Tools to support writing:

Spell check and Predictive text

Change to split screen or outline

 Use dictation

Reference Tools to support your writing