Introduction to Kurzweil 3000

Kurzweil 3000 Basics

Kurzweil 3000 is text-to-speech software that not only reads digital text aloud, but also provides many other features that are helpful for students. This module takes you through Kurzweil's reading, annotation, and study guide tools. 

One Login to Rule Them All

If you are registered with our Disability Resource Center and have "text to speech" as an accommodation, you can use Kurzweil 3000 for free as long as you’re a student in our district. Our Alternate Media program delivers your books straight to your Kurzweil 3000 account in digital format. Please request your Alternate Media Links to an external site. as soon as you buy your books for the semester.

The DRC staff will create an account for you; we will provide your user name, and your password will be your G number (with the G). You will use that login information to access any version of Kurzweil 3000:

If you need to know about a specific version of Kurzweil, you may skip straight to the first page of the section here; click the Next button on each page to move to the next "how-to" in the series:

• Kurzweil Online (which works with Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge; Apple Safari no longer works with assistive technologies like this).
• Kurzweil 3000 for Windows
• Kurzweil 3000 for the MacOS
  Note: I am working on training materials for this version. In the meantime, you may read Kurzweil's Getting Started Guide Links to an external site. online.
• A browser extension for Chrome and Firefox called "Read the Web."

Note: If you are taking classes on more than one campus in our district, you will use the same Kurzweil login credentials for all of your classes.