System Requirements

Operating Systems (for TRAIN)

cTRAIN for Windows will run on these Windows operating systems:

  • Windows XP Pro
  • Windows XP Home
  • Windows 2000 *
  • Windows ME *
  • Windows Vista **

* On this operating system the optional 9BUTTON response unit is not supported. Student responses during training sessions must be entered via a standard keyboard.

** cTRAIN will be available for Vista in 2008.

cTRAIN for Macintosh is a Universal Binary application and will run on these versions of OS X:

  • 10.3.9 or later (PowerPC)
  • 10.4 or later (Intel)

Software Requirements

On all computers, cTRAIN requires that QuickTime software (version 7 or later) be installed.

On all computers, if you wish to use cTRAIN’s speech synthesis capabilities, your computer must have text-to-speech support. (This is a standard feature of Windows XP and Macintosh systems.)

Hardware Requirements

On all computers, cTRAIN requires 512MB of memory (RAM) and 50MB of space on your hard disk, plus additional hard disk space for each training package installed (on average 100 MB per package).

9b-usb-front.jpgOn all computers, a USB port is required to use the optional 9BUTTON response unit.