Overview
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Location
Scanners for the visually impaired are located on the third floor of Arnhold Hall (55 West 13th St.), station i301-Scan01, and at East 16th Lab (6 East 16th St.), room D1131, D1131-Scan11 for unbound pages and D1131-Scan01 for books.
Getting Started
Q: What can these specialty scanners do?
A.The Visually Impaired Scanners can scan text and read it aloud.
Q: What accessories and software are available with the Scanner?
A:
JAWS provides a speech technology that works with the system to provide access to software applications to the visually impaired. Jaws is located in applications and always should be active and showing on the desktop.
KURZWEIL is a scanning and reading software that scans in text, and reads back what has been scanned. The text can also be sent to the attached Braille printer.
Acrobat Pro can also scan text for creating pdf files.
Q: How do I use Kurzweil?
A:
Open Kurzweil 1000 on the desktop
For scanning multiple pages, go to Scan > Scan Repeatedly
For scanning one document go to Scan > Start New Scan
To make modifications to the Settings, click on the Settings menu
To save document go to File > Save and select a name and file format, the default is KES
Q: What can I do if Kurzweil says, "Scan failed"?
A: Make sure the scanner you are using is selected. Go to Settings > Scanning > Scanner Source and select the same model scanner as the one attached to your station.
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