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Firstly, can you see the symbols in the word above?

If so, you'll be able to read the phonemic fonts used in these resources.

If you can't then download Lucida Sans Unicode, free of charge from http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.htm

Install them to the fonts folder on your hard disk. The directory for Windows is usually C:\WINDOWS\FONTS.

Can you see the animation above?

If you can, you already have Flash Player and will be able to see the animations used in these resources. If not, when you open a page when you are online you should be prompted to download the player automatically (a message asking you for authorisation will appear - just click 'OK' and it will be installed) Alternatively, go to www.macromedia.com and download Flash Palyer from the website.

You may need to wait a while for some of the multimedia files to load.