I also had a student today that could not get past the audio set up wizard.
It would only let her read a couple of sentences which resulted in the
quality being at the poor end of the scale. We have used the same computer, in
a room with very little background noise, with two other students and myself
without a problem. I have not had a chance to see what might be wrong. Any
suggestions would be helpful. I recently go approval to purchase better quality
microphones and sound cards for two machines if we need them. I don't believe
either machine has a USB port. The newest machine is a 400mhz PII processorwith
128 mb of ram. Is it possible to put a USB port on this machine? What
would the cost be, and would it be worth it? If it does have a USB port, what
are the options for microphones? The other computer is a 200 MHz Pentium
processor with 64 mb of ram. Will the "Parrot" microphone work on this machine?
I have seen the "Parrot" microphone mentioned before. Where is the best place
to find this product? How can I find out what kind of sound card is in each of
these machines so I will know whether I need to upgrade them or not? What type
of sound card should I buy (if needed), and what kind of price range am I
looking at for the mic and the ram?
Now for my training questions - I recently started training a few students on VR
and have wondered if people have followed a particular sequence of events that
makes the child more successful, or is different for each child
depending on their disability? One student needs the font enlarged in the
correction box, is there a way to do this?
Last, I am interested in starting some type of summer program as mentioned in a
previous email. How do I go about finding funding sources to establish this,
how many people can be effectively trained at one time, what have other people
done, etc.
The more I learn, the more questions I have. Thanks for providing a place to
have those questions answered.
Karen
SKIFUN41@aol.com
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