Reading Bear demo & call for volunteers

[TracyR4]

Yes, for some reason it didn't work on Internet Explorer for me. It would load only so far and then stop and just sit and sit and sit.  So I switched to my Chrome browser and it worked just fine.

My computer can be a little testy at times. I'm sure it needs a good cleaning out since I'm not the only person in my house that uses it.

I'm looking forward to the whole program. I think this will definitely be helpful with teaching phonics skills when we switch over to that this fall.

[DadDude]

Some people weren't able to view the Reading Bear demo site (http://watchknowreader.busedge.com/) because there was a recent bug in the program that made it not show up in Internet Explorer.  That's been fixed, so you folks should be able to see it.

Also, the program has been sped up (actually, what's been sped up is the pre-loading), and if you get to a slide that is taking a long time to load, you can either enjoy watching the progress of it loading, or simply arrow past it.  We're now going to work on a low-quality version for people with low bandwidth.

Thanks for everyone's help--you did help!

But...we still need volunteers to finish it.  Read more here: http://larrysanger.org/2011/07/see-a-readingbear-demo-volunteer-to-help-finish/

[kizudo]

Yay!  Thanks for the sample!  I really like that you can read a sentence with each word.  I'm excited for the children who will benefit from this! 

[Korrale4kq]

I still can't load it on chrome. I have road runner and these are the speeds that the speedtest.net gave me. I figure that is what the issue is and I don't have option to fix it. 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1398301755.png

[DadDude]

If that speedtest.net result is credible, that sure would explain it.  But it's practically incredible.  If you were going that slow, I have to wonder if you'd be able to use BrillKids.com, or the live.com tools (thanks for helping!!!)...and Road Runner, well, it isn't that slow.  Try doing the test again...

Is the demo site loading at all on Chrome?  Do you see anything when you get to the website?  If so, how about when you click "Short A", and if you get that far, when you click "Sound It Out Slowly"?

[Korrale4kq]

Roadrunner has times when it runs better than others. The service is ridiculous but that is the best that they can offer us. I run youtube and hulu in 240p or 280p and let them buffer for a while. So it is manageable.  Brill kids is pretty slow and I always have issues with the pop down options in the top taking a while. I just thought that was the site. I knew I didn't have fast internet but I never realised how slow it was.

I will speed test again when my husband isn't on the computer, that slows things down. I will take a screen shot if you like of what I see. When I retry the Reading Bear. And give you the stats at that time.

[Korrale4kq]

Update: My husband can run it just fine using firefox on his computer, it is fast, no slow loading times. My laptop is currently connected via WIFI. Being unable to load this up has now convinced him to go and get me a cord so that I can connect directly to the modem. Once I have that I will let you know if it runs off my computer using chrome. And I will be stoked to find if Live.com runs a lot faster and smoother for me.  Sorry I haven't been able to get anymore of it done the last few days because we have been without electricity due to AEP overloading. 

[anneang]

Great,  everything working fast and clear from my side we have a fast 2mbps connection and I used it with firefox can't wait to show it to my girl

today when she comes back from playschool./

[Mela Bala]

wow Karma to You without a doubt.    Thank you so much for your hard work.  The program worked perfectly.

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