Text to Speech: Reading PDF Files
Kurzweil 3000™ v. 13
To determine which version of Kurzweil is in your building, answer these questions. Click on
the links below. :
What TM Year is your school?
What version of Kurzweil is in yourschool?
Kurzweil v. 13 allows teachers and students to open a PDF file directly. Kurzweil v.13 works
from all computers. Freedom and choice! Previous versions of Kurzweil (v.12) required teachers
to use a designated computer with “Professional” installed. Students will be able to immediately
use the accessibility features in Kurzweil such as text to speech, highlighting, dictionary support
and more to support their learning.
Kurzweil users have two options:
1. Opening a PDF file directly in Kurzweil 3000
a. Launch Kurzweil 13 from the “Application” folder on MCPS
computers.
b. On the “Main Tool Bar”, select “Open” to navigate to a saved
pdf file.
c. After opening the file, The “Recognition Page Range”
will prompt you to select the page range you would like
to use, and then click “OK”.
Be patient, the computer
will take a moment to
recognize the document.
d. Saving your document?
From the “Main Tool Bar”, select “Save”.
The default setting is to save in KES file format.
HIAT AT Quick Guide – Kurzweil v.13 PDF files – Rev. 01/22/2014
Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
2. Open PDF documents in Kurzweil using the KESI Virtual Printer
a. Navigate to and open your .PDF file (use this process to open any supported file
format)
b. From the “Main Tool Bar”, click on “File”, and select
“PRINT”.
c. Select “KESI Virtual Printer” from the “Print Name” list.
d. Click “Print”.
e. Your file will automatically open in Kurzweil.
f.
Use writing and reading supports, study tools, etc.
Text to speech
Highlighting
Definitions
Synonyms
Picture
Column Notes
Word prediciton
Bubble notes
Sticky notes
And More!
The KESI Virtual Printer is a print driver. Instead of printing a file,
it creates a Kurzweil 3000 image file, or a "virtual" print, directly
from other applications.
HIAT AT Quick Guide – Kurzweil v.13 PDF files – Rev. 01/22/2014
Montgomery County Public Schools, MD