> From: Thomas Plagwitz <[log in to unmask]> > Date: April 25, 2011 5:51:28 PM EDT > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: Thomas Plagwitz <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: #9643 Your experiences with Sanako Study 1200 and SANS Sony Virtuoso? > Dear all, > > I have to decide between the purchase of a Sanako Study 1200 (of which I > last used version 2 in teaching in 2008), Teacher with Student comparative > recorder, with SLH 07 USB headset, and SANS Sony Virtuoso (specifically > Apprentice), with Soloist Brevi comparative recorder, with SLH 100 (black) > USB headsets. > > So far, I have set up and tested both solutions in a minimal installation (1 > student – 1 teacher), and both seem functional. I have not run large-scale > tests yet. We want to purchase 20 seats now, but need the software to work > with up to 45 seats which we have overall in the LRC. > > We are still on Windows XP and it does not look like we will upgrading to > Windows 7 before next year or even later. > > Streaming video is not in the budget at the moment. > > From next year on, we need to support an interpreting program with this > setup. Sanako has a dedicated simultaneous/conference interpreting solution > which, however, does not fulfill our other needs. We will have to work > creatively with model –response exercises for consecutive and dual track > recording capabilities for simultaneous interpreting. > > We would like to keep the door open for not only audio, but also video > recording of students during (formative and summative) assessments: Sony > has and Sanako promises an upcoming ASL solution which we may be able to > use for this. > > In the long run, we would like to support connecting distance education > classes, but with more specialized language learning features than the generic > solution providers. I hear SANS has connected distant labs, both audio and > video. > > What I am after is a smarter classroom for face-to-face teaching, including > formative and summative multimedia assessment, using and amending textbook > materials with better data flow. > > So more than a “language lab” of old, rather a precursor of the new default > smarter classroom, even if it will likely be realized using different computing > platforms and newer non-PC form factors, but we are not there yet. > > I’d much appreciate your thoughts which of the above two products is the > better choice for that, also off-list if you prefer. > Thomas > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Thomas Plagwitz |Director, Language Resource Center > UNC Charlotte | Dept. of Languages and Culture Studies > 9201 University City Blvd. | Charlotte, NC 28223 > Phone: 704-687-8762 | Fax: 704-687-3496 > http://plagwitz.org | http://lrc.uncc.edu > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission or a person > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or other use of any of the information in this transmission is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify > me immediately by reply e-mail or by telephone at 704-687-8762. Thank you. ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) **************************************************************************