Accessible Technology Tips: Creating New Documents, Opening, Saving and Printing Files in Kurzweil 3000
There is so much information on how to use Kurzweil 3000 that sometimes it's hard to find just bare bones instruction! To help, here are some quick, very simple ways to perform common tasks while using Kurzweil 3000:
To Create a New Document:
On the Main Toolbar, click on the New button, or use the shortcut Ctrl+N.
To Open an Existing Document:
On the Main Toolbar, click the Open button. Browse until you find your file, then click open.
To Save a File:
On the Main Toolbar, choose the Save button, or use the shortcut Ctrl+S. Once saved to your travel drive, your files will have a .kes extension.
To Print a File:
On the Main Toolbar, click the Print button, or use the shortcut Ctrl+P.
More quick tips to come!
3 thoughts on “Accessible Technology Tips: Creating New Documents, Opening, Saving and Printing Files in Kurzweil 3000”
Being a newbie to this, I am wondering if you may post a description of what Kurzweil 3000 is, the benefits in using it, and why files are saved as .kes files
Hi Paul!
Have a look at this blog post; it explains what Kurzweil 3000 is and the benefits of using it:
https://blogs.tpl.ca/accessibility-services/2013/04/adaptive-technology-kurzweil-1000-and-3000-at-the-library.html
.kes identifies the file as a Kurzweil file (Kurzweil is the name of the company as well as the name of the product).
Save as .kes “from image or typed/text documents, uncluding scanned documents…Use this format for documents that have notes, highlighting, and bookmarks that you want to use in Kurzweil 3000”.
(from http://www.kurzweiledu.com/files/v13/Kurzweil3000QuickReference.pdf
In the Toronto PubliC Library library you can save to the public computers only until you are logged off. The P drive will not save documents past that time. So keep the file on your memory stick to use the next time you use Kurzweil 3000. When you save to your travel drive with a .kes extension, everything will be saved along with it and will be available to you the next time you use the file in Kurzweil 3000.
Here’s a great document that explains this, and more about Kurzweil 3000:
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/files/v13/Kurzweil3000QuickReference.pdf
Thank you, for your advice,description and links about Kurzweil 3000. They were most helpful in informing and the understanding of this great service offered at our library. Well Done