>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:13:58 -0800
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>From: Patricia Macleod <[log in to unmask]>


Attached is a press release that we believe is of interest to members of
the LLTI list.  It announces a grant for a 12-station CAN8 language lab
licence.  As Sounds Virtual Inc. is a commercial entity, we wish to clear
this posting through the list manager first.  We hope to post this on
Monday, Jan.17.

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Thankyou

Patricia Macleod
Director, Marketing
Sounds Virtual Inc.
Toronto, ONT


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Contact: Dr. Graham Scott, President

 Sounds Virtual, Inc.

 416-968-7155


TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 14 - Sounds Virtual, Inc. today announced
the call-for-entries for its first annual year 2000 Sounds Virtual Computer
Assisted Language Learning Lab Software Grant. Sounds Virtual intends to
award to one eligible school or college a 12-station CAN8 VirtuaLab
Software package.


In response to the success of CAN8 VirtuaLab, Sounds Virtual will provide
United States and Canadian public and private schools and colleges with the
opportunity to obtain absolute state-of-the-art multimedia software for
language learning on a grant basis. The CAN8 VirtuaLab offers the most
features and functions of any language learning software available anywhere
in the world. Students at computers can now not only listen, respond and
compare but read and write which is substantially more comprehensive than
the audio only labs. The CAN8 VirtuaLab offers language teachers the
ability to develop interactive multimedia lesson materials for use on
standard PC computers, online student tracking and management allowing
teacher access to completed student lessons' both audio and written for
evaluation and grading. CAN8 operates on any network, including the
Internet, using standard TCP/IP protocols providing for student and
instructor access to interactive language learning lessons from home.


Sounds Virtual wants to share some of the success enjoyed by the company.
"The acceptance of the CAN8 software by language teachers and laboratory
managers has been almost overwhelming," said Graham Scott, President of
Sounds Virtual and co-developer of the CAN8 software. "The Sounds Virtual
Company and its USA and Canadian dealers want to give back something to the
educational community and the grant method seemed the most appropriate.


The grant is open to all United States and Canadian public and private
state or province certified schools and colleges. Purchase of Sounds
Virtual products is not required. Sounds Virtual will announce the grant
recipient in May 2000. The grant consists of 12 stations of CAN-8 software
providing all the standard functions. The software will be loaded on
computer local area network running Microsoft Windows NT v 4.0 or later on
a PII Server. The student station computers will be PC/IBM compatible, not
Apple or Macintosh, having a minimum of Pentium 166 with Microsoft Windows
95/98. Installation of the CAN8 System on the school owned computers and a
file server will be scheduled and paid for by Sounds Virtual using
authorized personnel. The grant will not include any costs or reimbursement
to the school for preparation or changes to the facility, and/or costs
associated with furniture, computer or hardware components and other
peripherals. Sounds Virtual will fully support the installed software
including teacher training through one of its authorized dealers.


The CAN8 Software for language learning provides for traditional lab
activities such as listen, respond and compare, student pairing and
grouping, teacher monitoring of students lab work and teacher and student
two-way communication. The system can also deliver multimedia language
learning lessons, video on demand, real time video to selected students,
teacher self authoring interactive multimedia lessons and importation of
virtual all file formats for audio, video, graphics and text.


For more information on the Sounds Virtual CAN8 VirtuaLab Grant or to
obtain a grant application, please email Graham Scott, [log in to unmask] or
call 800-353-3501 in the USA or 416-968-7155 in Canada.