Technical Support
Running My Audio School
My Audio School works best in Firefox or Internet Explorer. Personally, I prefer Firefox with this site.
Also, you’ll need an audio player such as Quicktime for the links to stream properly. Some items may require additional downloads, such as Adobe Shockwave.
The beauty of My Audio School is that you don’t have to download everything to listen if you don’t want to. Children should be able to sit down, click on a chapter, and have it begin streaming within seconds. If your computer prompts you to download the material when you click on a chapter title, that means you are missing a program that you’ll need for direct streaming.
You’ll also need Adobe Flash for some of the material, such as the art podcasts and player widgets.
So if you’re having trouble, take a moment and make sure you are using Firefox or Internet Explorer, and that you’ve got Quicktime and Adobe Flash, or some other compatible audio player. Five minutes spent downloading the appropriate software will optimize your experience on My Audio School.
Downloading books:
Most books have a link for downloading as a zipped file and a link for subscribing in iTunes.
There are also links to each book’s internet archive page. On the archive page, you can either click “stream” to open the book in iTunes (if you have downloaded iTunes) or click Zip to download the book as a zip file and transfer it to an Mp3 player or burn it to CD.
If you still need help, please feel free to contact us at support@myaudioschool.com and we will do our best to help you in a timely fashion!
Molly, as always love the site!!!
Have you considered writing an article on how to choose an mp3 player for listening to audio books and/or making recommendations on specific players? That would help newbies like me a lot!
My main criteria is usually price! The day after Thanksgiving is a great day to get good deals on electronics such as Mp3 players. Our current Mp3 players are both Sansa clips by Sandisk. We also have a set of inexpensive speakers and a radio transmitter for the car, which allows us to listen to Mp3s in the car over non-broadcasting radio channels.
A friend of mine always takes time to compare reviews online before choosing electronics and has found success that way. Our biggest problem with Mp3 players has not been breakage, but loss. They are so tiny that it is easy for the kids to misplace one. That’s why we keep the price point low, and try to keep them plugged in to speakers whenever they aren’t being used with headphones.
If anyone else has a suggestion please post it here!
Both amazon.com and overstock.com have great prices on refurbished models. (I’m sure other places do too.) Thanks for letting me know that the sansa clips work well for your family. I don’t want to end up with a player that doesn’t have good sound quality or doesn’t last very long. But I do want to keep the price low for the same reason as you.
Has anyone downloaded audio books through itunes. I am having trouble figuring out what to do!!!
Thanks
Try this information, on the Librivox site, for downloading books in iTunes:
http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/How_To_Get_LibriVox_Audio_Files#Subscribe_in_iTunes