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- Welcome to Languages of the World!
-
- Thank you for choosing Languages of the World for your
- language learning needs. We here at Transparent
- Language are 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
- Languages of the World!:
-
- - 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.
-
- You can use all of Languages of the World's
- revolutionary language tools to master more then 76
- world languages. Languages of the World also includes
- our new Vocabulary of the Worlds flashcards program
- to teach you key vocabulary in over 25 additional
- languages. That's more than 101 languages in one
- package!
-
- Thank you again for choosing Languages of the World.
- If you have any questions or comments about this or
- any of our products, please contact our Customer
- Support Group at 800-332-8851. They will be happy
- to answer all your questions.
-
- You can also visit our web site at www.transparent.com
- for more information about our products and company.
- And, if you'd like to place an order, you can now use
- the web! Or just call Customer Support.
-
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- A Note on Transliteration:
- Some of the languages contained on these CDs, like
- Chinese and Japanese, Arabic and Hebrew (among others)
- normally use character sets very different from
- English. For some learners, having to master a new
- character set while also trying to understand the
- basics of a new language can be difficult. In order to
- simplify the new learner's task, we have chosen to
- present these languages in a transliterated format
- that is written using the Latin alphabet, as in
- English. Transliterated texts represent the sounds of
- the foreign language in a way that is more easily
- recognizable to the English-speaking learner.
-
- Be sure to use the interactive sound features of
- Languages of the World to hear exactly how native
- speakers pronounce your chosen language. You can also
- refer to the Grammar Basics on-line grammar help file
- for more information on transliteration and your
- language.
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- Troubleshooting Tips for Languages of the World
-
- Below are solutions to some common situations. See the
- on-line Help for additional troubleshooting information.
-
- 1. CANNOT HEAR SOUND OR SEE ILLUSTRATIONS
-
- If you cannot hear sound or see illustrations with
- Languages of the World, verify that you have the correct
- CD-ROM in the drive. You must have the Languages of the
- World CD-ROM marked with the name of the language you
- are using in the drive to hear sound and see
- illustrations.
-
- If you have the correct CD in the drive but still have
- this problem, see the on-line Help for other possible
- solutions.
-
- 2. CANNOT SEE EVERYTHING ON THE SCREEN /
- RESOLUTION TOO LOW
-
- If you cannot see everything on the screen when you use
- Languages of the World, your monitor might be set to a
- resolution which is too low. Languages of the World
- requires at least 800x600 resolution. If you try to run
- it with a lower resolution, such as 640x480, the program
- will not be displayed properly.
-
- To change your resolution on Windows:
-
- A. Choose Start / Settings / Control Panel.
- B. Double-click on the Display control panel icon.
- C. Click on the Settings tab.
- D. Move the Screen Area slider to right, until the
- display resolution under the slider says 800 by
- 600 pixels or higher.
- E. Verify that the Colors setting is still set to
- High Color or True Color. For some monitors, the
- color setting will change when you change
- resolutions.
- F. Click OK to close the control panel.
- G. Click OK if you are asked to confirm the new
- settings.
- H. After the new settings are in place, restart
- Languages of the World.
-
- To change your resolution on Macintosh:
- A. Select <Apple>/Control Panels/Monitors & Sound.
- B. Click Monitor.
- C. In the Resolution box, select 823 x 624, 75Hz or a
- Higher resolution.
- D. Close the control panel.
- E. Restart Languages of the World.
-
- 3. ERROR IN THE SOUND SYSTEM
-
- On Windows, 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
- shutsdown 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
-
- A. Click Start / Find / Files or Folders.
- B. In the named box type: *.TMP
- C. In the Look In: box make sure it has your Hard
- Drive (C:) listed.
- D. Click Find Now.
- E. When the search is finished, go to the Edit Menu
- And choose Select All.
- F. Go to the File menu and select Delete. This action
- will delete all of the temporary files on your
- Hard Drive.
-
- To close programs running in the background:
-
- A. Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE once.
- B. A Close Program window will appear. 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.
- C. You will have to re-open the Close Program window
- each time by pressing the CTRL + ALT + DELETE
- keys.
-
- After following this procedure, your computer should have
- enough memory to run Languages of the World! without
- error.
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- THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US AT
- TRANSPARENT LANGUAGE, INC.!
-