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Technical Requirements
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System Requirements

  • Pentium 233Mhz or faster
  • 256 MB Memory
  • Sound card
  • Speakers
  • Microphone (or headphones with built-in microphone )
  • Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98SE
  • MAC OS 10.2+
Voice Tools Supported Browsers for Windows
Browser
Supported
Unsupported
Internet Explorer
5.0+
4.x
Netscape
7.0+
4.x
Mozilla
1.4+
-
Firefox
1.0+
-
Other
-
AOL*, Opera

Voice Tools Supported Browsers for Macintosh
Browser
Supported
Unsupported
Internet Explorer
-
4.x
Netscape
7.0+
4.x
Mozilla
1.4+
-
Firefox
1.0+
-
Safari
1.2+
1.0, 1.1
Other
-
AOL*, Opera

* If your Internet provider is AOL, do not use the AOL built-in browser. Use one of the supported browsers listed above.

Software Requirements

Other Requirements

  • E-mail Address. (Note: this is only a requirement for Wimba's Voice Email feature). If you don't have an email account, you can obtain a free email account from Google mail or gmail. For more information on obtaining a gmail account for your DL course, go to: http://www.austincc.edu/google/ .