no recording to mp3 is not done in real time
creating an mp3 from onscreen text does take a little time but nothing like
it would to record in real time.

unfortunately it doesn't work straight out of the box there are some
additional components that you have to seek out on the web this is because
kurzweille aren't allowed to include them on the CD because of copyright
laws but the relevant dll files are simple to find.

Adrian Higginbotham,
SURFACE
Salford University, Research Focus on AcCessible Environments.
E-mail [log in to unmask]
tel: 0161-2954939
fax: 0161-2955011

web: http://www.scpm.salford.ac.uk/surface/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Senge, Jeff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: Kurzweil 1000 and MP3 files!


> Richard,
>
> When creating the MP3 files, is it necessary to record them in real time
> before compressing to MP3?
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeffrey C. Senge
> California State University, Fullerton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Jones [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:33 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Kurzweil 1000 and MP3 files!
>
>
>
> The latest version of Kurzweil 1000 is out and it finally makes sense to
> purchase it.  Rather than a watered down K-3000, the new  version 6 offers
a
> wide range of features for visually impaired individuals as well as the
> blind.  But the feature that has me excited is it's ability to scan a
> document, have it read by the Kurzweil voices and then save the file in an
> MP3 format.  The MP3 format allows the audio file to be compressed by a
> factor of 10.  Now students can create their own CD based recordings of
> literary textbooks and class handouts.   This is the future.
>
> ASU has been providing CD based  audio MP3 files, rather than 4 track tape
> recordings, this year.  The students love it.  Note: Many textbooks will
> need additional editing to describe  graphs, diagrams, pictures,
scientific
> notation, etc.
>
>
> http://www.kurzweiledu.com/k1000features.html
> <http://www.kurzweiledu.com/k1000features.html>
> 8. MP3 File Creation
> You can now use the Kurzweil 1000 to create MP3 files. The reading voice,
> and the various settings that apply to the reading voice, are used to
> generate one or more MP3 files. You can choose to create an MP3 file for a
> selection, for a group of pages, or for an entire document.
>
> Richard Jones
> Assistant Director
> Disability Resources for Students
> Arizona State University, Main
> 480-965-6045
>
> "Our first belief is that "disability" is a rational concept.  It does not
> reside within the individual.  Our second belief is that electronic
> technology can alter environments in such a manner as to allow people who
> have various functional deficits to operate without any disability what so
> ever."  Richard Reed, CCD Newsletter, Fall 1988, v (2), EDUCOM Software
> Initiative, 1989.
>
>
>