Kurzweil 3000 is a software program that offers a comprehensive set of tools for language learning, study skills, and test taking in one software package. It is highly flexible and customizable to accommodate diverse learning abilities and requirements, from low visual impairments to severe learning disabilities to foreign language learning.

Kurzweil 3000 allows you to access a wide range of source material, from scanned documents to Web pages. In addition, you can work with virtually any image or text document in Kurzweil 3000, including Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF.

At Acadia, Kurzweil is available as a network program.
To be set up as a new user for networked Kurzweil, contact the Acadia Student Resource Centre at counselling@acadiau.ca or 585-1246.
After you have been set up as a new user:

1. click on the Start button on your computer, go to Optional Software (on the network),
2. find the MISC folder, and
3. then the program icon of Kurzweil 3000, version 10.
4. Double click to install on your computer.

When you open the program after following the above steps, you will see a dialogue box, which gives you 3 choices:

1. Kurzweil 3000 Learn Station 10.0
2. Kurzweil 3000 B/W Professional 10.0
3. Kurzweil 3000 Color Professional 10.0

Only 2 of these choices are available to you, the 1st and the 3rd. Select the 1st choice unless you are connected to a Kurzweil recognized scanner and will be scanning documents.

Online help is available as follows:
Kurzweil 3000 Glossary.rtf
Kurzweil 3000 Taskbar.pdf
Kurzweil 3000 V10 Quick Reference.pdf
Kurzweil 3000 V10 Tutorial.pdf
Kurzweil 3000 V10 User's Guide.pdf

This program is available to any Acadia student, staff or faculty.

If you are unable to connect with Kurzweil on the network, it may be busy, try again later. If this persists, contact the Student Resource Centre (counselling@acadiau.ca, 585-1246).