Why Kurzweil?
I now have K1000 on my laptop. (The DSS office can get me an edited copy of my accounting book in Kurzweil format. The law school bought a copy of the software last year (I actually didn't ask for it and in fact told them I didn't need it, but...). Apparently, they did install it on one of the lab machines, but they then removed it later. Possibly because I didn't use it...possibly because I didn't know it was on one of the machines. Anyway, it's now on my laptop.) I want to know what's so great about this software. I imagine I'll figure out how to change some of the settings--I've barely had time to open the program. But so far, all I know is that it suppresses JFW and then wants me to interact with it in a weird way. I've heard that its OCR quality is not as good as Abbyy or OmniPage, and it produces documents in a proprietary format (which, after all, is why I had to put it on my computer to begin with).
So, K1000 users, what makes this software great? Is it easy to suppress the speech? (I tried, but then JFW wasn't working either, and it was unfortunate...I'll try again here in a bit.) In short, is there a reason I shouldn't resent its presence on my already crowded hard drive?
To clarify, based on what I've heard, it's not a bad program. I just don't see why I should need it in addition to the tools I have now. I have heard that it can do some nifty things as far as studying goes, but...I just don't see the overall attraction.
So, K1000 users, what makes this software great? Is it easy to suppress the speech? (I tried, but then JFW wasn't working either, and it was unfortunate...I'll try again here in a bit.) In short, is there a reason I shouldn't resent its presence on my already crowded hard drive?
To clarify, based on what I've heard, it's not a bad program. I just don't see why I should need it in addition to the tools I have now. I have heard that it can do some nifty things as far as studying goes, but...I just don't see the overall attraction.