Sea22
11-22-2009, 02:56 PM
Hi – (first post) I am unsure if this is the correct forum for this question.
We make audio language CDs for infants (birth to age 2). The portal site is at http://www.akilo.com.
We are designing a "Hug Monster" – it will tell stories in 25 languages – there is a 25 position switch on the back of the head which allows a child (age 14 mo to 4.5 yr) to change languages in the middle of a story.
A typical story, Fish Cat and Bear Bear, (in paragraph form and in line format form) is at: http://www.babysafari.us/main-1_000036.htm.
There are 12 stories completed and 4 (to a batch) will go on a memory stick for insertion into a Hug Monster. Each story, in a given language, can be told by any of four native speakers -- a man, a woman, a girl or a boy (using another switch).
Question – Suppose that a page on the website with a given story is to be designed to give a child the same options as will be available for a Hug Monster. What is the simplest (code/method) to allow a young child to easily switch languages and/or speakers?
Many thanks.
Sea22, Frank
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Let me restate the problem -- what is needed is a 5x5 array of buttons that allows a user to select a button to play one of 25 audio files -- and thus to be able to switch back and forth easily and quickly between audio files with the buttons. One problem which I have encountered is that having multiple sound files on a single page seems to confuse some browsers.
Ah, ha -- found an answer -- it seems that Audio Maker Pro will do the job. Also there are some Flash audio buttons (software) that are rumored to be able to do this. More work ahead. Thanks.
We make audio language CDs for infants (birth to age 2). The portal site is at http://www.akilo.com.
We are designing a "Hug Monster" – it will tell stories in 25 languages – there is a 25 position switch on the back of the head which allows a child (age 14 mo to 4.5 yr) to change languages in the middle of a story.
A typical story, Fish Cat and Bear Bear, (in paragraph form and in line format form) is at: http://www.babysafari.us/main-1_000036.htm.
There are 12 stories completed and 4 (to a batch) will go on a memory stick for insertion into a Hug Monster. Each story, in a given language, can be told by any of four native speakers -- a man, a woman, a girl or a boy (using another switch).
Question – Suppose that a page on the website with a given story is to be designed to give a child the same options as will be available for a Hug Monster. What is the simplest (code/method) to allow a young child to easily switch languages and/or speakers?
Many thanks.
Sea22, Frank
--
Let me restate the problem -- what is needed is a 5x5 array of buttons that allows a user to select a button to play one of 25 audio files -- and thus to be able to switch back and forth easily and quickly between audio files with the buttons. One problem which I have encountered is that having multiple sound files on a single page seems to confuse some browsers.
Ah, ha -- found an answer -- it seems that Audio Maker Pro will do the job. Also there are some Flash audio buttons (software) that are rumored to be able to do this. More work ahead. Thanks.