--- Forwarded Message from "Jane R. Evans" <[log in to unmask]> --- >User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/9.0.1.3108 >Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:08:40 -0800 >Subject: Lab problems with Allons-Y >From: "Jane R. Evans" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ The language lab at Westmont College has a number of copies of Allons-Y running on Macintoshes with OS 9.1. The machines are also used by a graphics class. As a result, the multiple user function on each machine has been activated. The modern language students therefore only have access to their programs, and the graphics students do not. However, this setup does not allow either to write to the root level of the disk, which is where Allons-Y insists upon writing the .aif files. This renders the pronunciation part of the program currently partially usless to us. The program also writes a text file called Path.txt on the root level. As the program makes heavy use of Macromedia's Director, I would assume that a command and path could be entered into this text file, and the audio .aif files would be written to the directory indicated. I have tried putting various paths in the file, but there must be some command such as setpath, etc. that would cause this to happen. Has anyone found a way to both use Allons-Y and the multiple user function? We also (because this is a lab) bought some Plantronics USB microphone/headset combinations. The USB Audio input is selected in the Sound Control Panel (with External Mic), but the application does not recognize this as input. It apparently only accepts the built-in External Microphone, which renders the attempts to keep the lab as quiet as possible--impossible. Has anyone been able to work around this problem? I wrote to Thomson Learning about this, but received a reply that they could do nothing about the first problem. The second was not addressed. I would appreciate any hints... -- Jane R. Evans Volunteer, Graphics/Language Lab Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA 93108 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]