Missing audio on Dictation for "Favorites"

cowenparkseattle
 August 11, 2014 at 01:12 AM posted in General Discussion

There is a problem with the Dictation section of the Exercises for the Elementary "Favorites" lesson: the audio file for the first sentence is missing. 

When you refresh the page, the problem stays with sentence 1.

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james137
 August 11, 2014 at 09:41 AM

thanks cowen park, i noted this error a few weeks back, it is consistent throught all of the advanced lessons too,

 

Its really affecting my final grades in the test, because if theres no way to listen theres no way to get 100%

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cowenparkseattle
 August 17, 2014 at 05:49 PM

It is working correctly today for "Favorites". Thanks, ChinesePod.

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Armel@ChinesePod
 August 11, 2014 at 06:09 AM

Hi cowenparkseattle,

Which OS and browser are you using?

Thank you,

Armel

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cowenparkseattle
 August 13, 2014 at 06:36 PM

I see the problem using Chrome on Windows 7. As james137 found, it occurs on other recent lessons, too.

Using Internet Explorer, the audio file for sentence 1 plays correctly. However, here's something else interesting: under IE, the Play button for sentence 1 looks different from the Play buttons for the other 3 sentences. It has a narrow black bar directly underneath (the black bar is the same width as the Play control but is not clickable). This black bar is not seen in Chrome. If you can't reproduce it I can send a screen snapshot.