Soundbooth Plus equips teachers with a powerful tool to enhance existing teaching methods whilst providing students with support away from the classroom in a way that was not previously possible

Soundbooth | Technical Specifications

The program is written in Java and C++ and will run on any modern pc running Windows XP, SP2, and above. The Java Run-time Environment for Windows (JRE) is required but this is packaged to load automatically with the software and we test for compatibility against new releases.

Screen display: 1024x768 is recommended to allow other windows to be open alongside but it can be run at 800x600 as the screen graphics do not normally exceed 800 pixels wide to enable clear visibility.

RAM memory: 512 Mb dependent on what other programs are running at the same time.

Sound card: Fully duplex. The software identifies the current sound configuration and provides volume sliders for both mic and headset.

Headset: A headset with mic is recommended to enable private communication and recording. We recommend using a USB adapter to connect to a USB extension lead from the pc to avoid connector damage.

Storage: File storage space is needed for original lessons as well as storage space for both student audio recordings and saved ‘web’ pages. A typical lesson of 20 items all with audio and text could occupy 20Mbytes with saved work from a student occupying a similar amount of storage space. Files can be deleted when no longer required.

Audio: All files are saved in mp3 format and can be played or transferred to any mp3 player.

Text input: Items are saved as interactive web pages and can be viewed on any browser.

Extra requirements for Soundbooth Plus and Net

There are two modules, a student client and a teacher client. Both can be run on the same machine for demonstration purposes and more than one instance of the student client can be run concurrently allowing students to share a computer.

Networking: There is no requirement for server installation although it is expected that all computers will be connected to a TCP/IP network. Communication between the teacher and student clients relies on standard IP connectivity, terminals can be on separate subnets and communicate successfully, but requires any student clients not on the same subnet as the teacher client to enter the teacher's client address manually. Otherwise, broadcast communication between a student client and the teacher client is automatic. This means any student clients connected to the school network either wired or wirelessly can communicate.

Network loading: When a student logs on and selects a lesson a copy of that lesson is downloaded to the local machine. Minimal IP communication takes place between students’ clients and the teacher and audio and text input is only saved on completion of an item.: When a student logs on and selects a lesson a copy of that lesson is downloaded to the local machine. Minimal IP communication takes place between students’ clients and the teacher and audio and text input is only saved on completion of an item.

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