Thanks for that, I'll discuss this oversight with the programmers and find out what's happening.

We hope you're enjoying using the software so far!
Shuki 

Hello again! 

Here at BrillKids we definitely aim to show our appreciation to users for trying our products, and aim to reward such loyalty with unique promotion prices, free upgrades and extra goodies.   As an example, Little Readers 1.1 up to 1.5 have all been offered as free upgrades, with added features and tweaks based on user feedback!

Thanks for your interest in our products.
Shuki

Hi mom2ross,

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, which playback settings are you referring to?  If you specify playback settings for a Category, and then place that Category in a Playlist, those settings should be evoked when called by the Playlist.

For example:

 - Let's say Categories A, B and C are set to play their contents in RANDOM ORDER.
 - We place A, B, C into a Playlist and set it to play in RANDOM ORDER.

Upon playback of the Playlist, it will first RANDOMLY select an item (in this case, either A, B or C).  Having chosen a Category to play at Random, the Category then evokes ITS settings, and randomly plays its contents in RANDOM order.  When its contents have been exhausted, the Playlist then RANDOMLY selects between the two remaining Categories, and so on and so forth.

Only individual words that are placed in a Playlist will be displayed using the Playlist's settings.

Hope that clears things up,
Shuki

Hi again

We'll look into the possibility of a "snapping" for the mouse cursor to aid your difficulties with the pointer tool for future versions, but it may not be implemented any time in the near future.

Thanks for your feedback!
Shuki

Hi mom2ross,

Little Reader will typically maximise images during playback, as babies respond better to large pieces of stimuli.  There currently are no options to disable this behaviour, unfortunately.

Cheers,
Shuki

Hi km276,

When re-importing, remember to UNCHECK "Automatically resolve naming conflicts", then:

- Click 'Show Advanced Options'
- Under 'Course/Playlist/Category name conflict', select 'Rename'

That should do the trick.  Let us know if you have any further troubles!

Shuki

Hi Danny and Amy!

As you may have read on browsing through the forums, we have had several users reporting success running our software on their Macs.  By installing Windows via Boot Camp or Parallels and other similar software, they have been using all of our software on their Macs for quite some time now.  However, as we do not develop natively in Mac environments, we have no way of testing and troubleshooting, so we do not provide customer support for any problems encountered.

I hope that helps clear up some of your worries! For more information on Boot Camp and Parallels, see the links below:

Boot Camp - http://www.apple.com/macosx/compatibility/

Parallels - http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

Cheers,
shuki

Hi Sarah,

To import the curriculum files into your Little Reader, first please ensure that you have activated your software with your license key.  Once you have done so, kindly import your curriculum files (by double-clicking on the file) and the lessons will appear under the COURSES tab of your software.

Hope that helps!
Shuki

+ karma to you, DadDude!

Your son sounds truly amazing, keep up the great work.

shuki

Hi Skylark,

For strictly educational purposes there is generally not a problem.  However, this is a grey area as youtube videos may have been ripped from commercially available DVDs, etc.  At our discretion if we feel that approving your files may be stepping on other publishers' and developers' toes, we may reject the file, and of course any content that is not free of copyright cannot be considered for premium status.

Hope that clears things up!

Shuki

Hi laughingwater,

Here's some recommended reading! 

How to Create a Category: http://forum.brillkids.com/little-reader-how-tos-and-faqs/how-to-create-a-category-in-little-reader/
(Creating Playlists is very very similar).

The Difference between Playlists and Categories: http://forum.brillkids.com/little-reader-how-tos-and-faqs/the-difference-between-categories-and-playlists/

To achieve your desired lesson structure, all you really need are Categories, no need for Playlists.

- Create folders for German, Afrikaans and Spanish, and folders for "German (Retired)", "Afrikaans (Retired)" and "Spanish (Retired)".
- In each of these folders, create your Categories for Family, POTB, Animals, Household Items, Birds, etc etc etc.
- Once you have finished playing each lesson, drag and drop them into their respective Retired folders.

Good luck!
Shuki

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Hi momto3boys,

As written on the product pages, the price for Little Reader + Little Math as a combo is either:

 - $64.00 $38.00 per month for 12 months (40% off regular price)

OR

 - $704.00 $422.00 one-time payment (40% off regular price)

Hopefully that will clear up any further confusion. 

Cheers,
Shuki

Hi laughingwater,

I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're trying to do, but do you mean you wish to create several playlists that will play various languages in various orders?

e.g.
 - Playlist 1 - Afrikaans, Spanish, German
 - Playlist 2 - German, Afrikaans, Spanish
 - Playlist 3 - Spanish, German, Afrikaans

If this is the behaviour you want to create, you should create three CATEGORIES - a German category, an Afrikaans category, and a Spanish category.  Then you should create three PLAYLISTS, as listed above.  When selecting items to go in the playlist, you may select entire categories, not just individual words!

With regards to organisation, many of our users like to have a 'Retired' folder where they will drag and drop files that they have already played.  You may find this to be helpful!

With regards to moving Categories to Playlists, the functionality of the two are quite different, as Playlists and Categories are entirely different things.  However, if you want to have the Category represented in the Playlist section, simply create a Playlist and have the desired Category as the only item in the Playlist, and it will function similarly to the original Category.

Hope that helps,
Shuki

Hi Crystal!

Nice to meet you, feel free to check out the Australia message board to meet the other Aussies here on BrillKids!

Good luck, and happy teaching,
shuki

Hi sKinnykim, once you have downloaded the license key, you must double-click on the license key file to activate your software.

Cheers,
shuki