PLEASE NOTE: In order to install this product, you will need a special password. Please go to http://www.transparent.com/reg/survival to register your copy of LanguageNow! and to get your password. Once you have registered, the code will automatically be e-mailed to you.
If you do not have web access, you can also get your password by calling 0181 805 1000.
Transparent Language is dedicated to providing you with the easiest, most interesting and most successful language experience possible and we sincerely hope you will find this product useful and fun to use.
As you begin your language adventure, we suggest you review the "Getting Started" section of our on-line help (just click on the button on the main screen when you start the program.) You'll find all kinds of useful information to help you get the most out of LanguageNow!:
- Use one of five fun and challenging, interactive games to build vocabulary, sentence construction, listening comprehension and overall language comprehension skills.
- Record and compare your voice to native speakers using Advanced Pronunciation Analysis in Word and Sentence Pronunciation.
- Participate in real-life dialogs with native speakers through your computer.
Be sure to use LanguageNow!'s interactive sound features to hear exactly how native speakers pronounce your chosen language. You can also refer to the GrammarBasics on-line grammar help file and the Alphabet or Character Reference for more information on transliteration and your language.
The error message "There was an Error in the Sound System..." during recording is caused by a conflict in the memory area of the computer. When you record your own voice Windows 95 or 98 saves the recording as a sound file in a temporary area of memory. When this memory area becomes full Windows 95 or 98 shuts down the recording utility to protect other programs that might be using that area of memory.
To free up more memory, disable any other programs that are running at the same time as Languages of the World and/or delete all temporary data files on the computer.
To delete Temporary Files
Click Start\Find\Files or folders
In the named box type: *.TMP
In the Look In: box make sure it has your Hard Drive (C:) listed
Click Find Now
When the seach is finished go under the Edit Menu and choose Select All
Then go under the file menu and select Delete.
This will delete all of the temporary files on your Hard Drive.
To close programs running in the background:
Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE once
A Close Program window will come up
There are two programs essential to Windows: Explorer and Systray
You can close all of the other programs listed there by highlighting them and clicking the End Task button.
You will have to re-open the Close Program window each time by pressing the CTRL + ALT + DELETE keys.
After doing this, your computer should have enough memory to run Languages of the World! without error.
2. OLEAUT32.DLL OVERWRITE IN DOS MODE
The oleaut32.dll file which you have on your system is an older version of that Dynamic Linking Library. We have provided a newer version of the file with our Version 7 programs.
You may be unable to follow the troubleshooting steps provided with the program because of the following message:
The file oleaut32.dll could not be deleted or replaced because it is in use by Windows.
If this is the case you must do the following:
Click Start\Shutdown
Select Restart the Computer in DOS mode and then click Yes.
When you get the DOS prompt, it should read: C:\WINDOWS
At the prompt type in: CD SYSTEM and then hit the ENTER key.
The prompt should now read: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
At the prompt type in: DEL OLEAUT32.DLL and then hit the ENTER key.
The prompt will still read: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
At the prompt type in: CD .. and then hit the ENTER key.
The prompt should now read: C:\WINDOWS
At the prompt type in: WIN and then hit the ENTER key.
This will restart Windows.
Once in Windows, you will now be able to copy the file into the Windows System folder.
Click Start\Find\Files or Folders
In the Named Box type in OLEAUT32.DLL
Make sure the Look In box indicates the C drive.
Click on the Find Now button.
The file oleaut32.dll will appear in the lower portion of the Find window.
Highlight the file, and select Edit\Copy
Keeping the find window open, Double click on My Computer
Double click on the C: Drive
Find the Windows folder and double click on it.
Find the System folder and double click on it.
In the System folder, under the Edit menu, select Paste.
This will copy the OLEAUT32.DLL file into the Windows System folder.
3. LANGUAGE NOW REQUIRES CAPABILITY
When the error occurs, there is some problem with the registry, specifically the AVIFile entry in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. It seems that some installers (especially the new MediaPlayer) can destroy this entry, leaving you with a problem when you try to play non-interleaved AVI files. One of the registery entries (probably the AU setting) tells the system how to play this particular type of sound and if missing, causes the MMSYSTEM296 error. Interleaved AVI files do not need this AU setting, so they can play when the AVIFile key is destroyed.
At this web site is a step-by-step instruction guide to repairing the problem manually as well as a registration file that one can download to skip all the manual editing of the registery.
http://members.xoom.com/tdp/mmsystem296.htm
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