Hi Jodi,
I think that's a good idea to have a dedicated machine just for
scanning. However, I'd recommend that you update your K1000 to the
current version, then load it on a Windows XP Pro machine. The new
computers are so darn cheap now days, $300-$400, and you then have a
brand new system that's update. Also, you can use the internal sound
card in the new system. There where some significant changes to K1000
with Version 8. They added an additional OCR engine, and some other
things that I don't recall, though I know they were significant. With
the new machine, you could use Narrator, in theory, to do any necessary
navigation, or use JAWS 45 minute demo. Just some thoughts.
Terri Hedgpeth
Disability Research Specialist
Cubic, iCare box 87-8909
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-8909
(480) 727-8133 (voice)
(480) 965-2751 (fax)
http://cubic.asu.edu
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the invisible, feels the intangible,
and achieves the impossible.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jody W Ianuzzi
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 10:31 AM
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Subject: Kurtzweil 1000
Hello Kelley and all,
I was thinking of your idea of building a separate computer as a reading
machine. I have Kurtzweil 1000 Version 5.02 release date July 2000. I
have
never put it in my Windows XP computer because I didn't think it would
work
and the last time I put Kurtzweil into a machine that already had JAWS
installed, it messed it up a lot. This version of Kurtzweil says
Dectalk
version. I also happen to have a Dectalk in storage.
If I were to build a computer for this version of Kurtzweil would I have
to
use the DecTalk or could I use a built in sound card? Also what version
of
Windows will this version of Kurtzweil work with? I figure I can find
an
old Windows 98 machine for next to nothing. I think I have an old
scanner
that will work with it too.
What do you all think?
JODY
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TO SEE IN THE WORLD" ~ Gandhi
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