from [log in to unmask] One solution that I have used to provide more precise control of the playhead when listening to digital audio is the combination of Quicktime and javascript. Embedded quicktime movies can be javascript enabled, which allows you to create buttons that control the play head very precisely. You can provide buttons for skipping forward or back any number of seconds, you can also provide a field where the user could type the exact location (minutes and seconds) to place the playhead. Its quite simple and very versatile. An example can be seen here: http://language.grinnell.edu/dialectaudio/index.htm Of course the content would have to be accessed in a browser and you would have to work at developing an implementation of quicktime with javascript that could be used in the classroom with audio files that haven't already been embedded in a page. Mike Conner Curricular Technology Specialist Grinnell College Grinnell, IA 50112 ph. 641.269.4112 *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************