How-To Manuals
The following manuals are designed to better help Alternative Media students understand and use assistive software.
Dragon Naturally Speaking
This users-guide will show you how to use Dragon Naturally Speaking with ease. Please note: We currently have version 10 installed in our Adaptive Lab; however, this guide for version 9 is still applicable for use. Images may differ, but menus and commands are the same.
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Kurzweil 3000
Recently, Testing Services has implemented the use of Kurzweil 3000. This tutorial shows you the basic functions of Kurzweil 3000 as they relate to Testing Services.
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Video Tutorials (off-site link)
ReadPlease 2003
Reads any text you see on your screen--all purpose test-to-speech software.
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Self-Serve Station
This computer in the Adaptive Lab has the software that is used by the Alternative Media Center to create requested material. The software available is: ABBYY, Text Aloud, Kurzweil 1000 and 3000. This computer is also connected to a scanner so DRC students can scan material to the computer, clean it and create Word documents, audio files, or Kurzweil files.
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ZoomText
This guide gives a basic overview of the ZoomText screen magnification program.
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