You can view most Englishtown pages on most personal computers and using most internet connections. In order to take full advantage of our services, though, you must meet the system requirements listed below.

Hardware

Computer type

Windows-based PC. Englishtown does not support the Macintosh and Linux operating system at this time

Internet connection: 56 kbps or faster Internet connection.

33.6 kbps or faster Internet connection For the best sound quality for using voice chat, we recommend a high speed internet connection.

Processor speed: 500+ MHz, 512+ MB memory, 40MB free space (for the Virtual Classroom software).

350+ MHz, 128+ MB memory, 40MB free space (for the EVC software)

Audio components: Headset with microphone, or separate microphone and speakers.

Sound Blaster 16 compatible sound card or better (full-duplex)

Audio components

Headset with microphone, or separate microphone and speakers

Monitor resolution: at least 1024 x 768

Hardware Recommended

Internet connection: Cable or ADSL broadband Internet connection.

Processor speed: 1 GHz, 1 GB+ memory, 40MB free space (for the Virtual Classroom software).

Audio components: Headset with microphone, or separate microphone and speakers.

Monitor resolution: at least 1024 x 768.

Software

Operating system: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2), or Windows Vista

Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2)and Windows Vista

Web browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. IE 7 or higher strongly recommended. Cookies and Javascript must be enabled. Pop-up blockers should also be either disabled or configured to allow pop-up windows from this website.
Note: Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera browsers are not yet officially supported on our website.

Internet Explorer 5.5 (SP1) or higher. Recommended: Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1

Note: Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla, Safari and Opera browser are not supported in Englishtown.

Plugins: Adobe Flash plug-in (version 10.0 or higher). ActiveX control for our Automatic Speech Recognition tool. This plug-in is available for free download to all of our students.

Macromedia Flash plug-in (version 7.0.49 plug-in or higher - you can download this for free in our Technical Check.)

Additional software: Adobe Acrobat Reader, for Business English courses only.

Englishtown Virtual Classroom software: (free download from our site) for participating in the conversation classes.

All of the audio and video in Englishtown uses Flash. The audio files are in MP3 format. If you are not able to hear sound or see the videos, please check your browser settings. Pop-up blockers should also be either disabled or configured to allow pop-up windows from www.englishtown.com. We also recommend that cookies are enabled in your browser.

Additional requirements: Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration. Should you encounter any issue, please contact our Customer Service team at www.englishtown.com/help