Requirements

• A Windows® PC with 800 MHz or higher
  processor speed
• Windows® 98, Me, NT (SP6+), 2000, XP, Vista
• 512 MB RAM or more
• 300 MB+ of available hard-disk space
• Sound card and speakers or a headset
  (optional for text-to-speech feature)
• USB port OR 9-pin joystick port which is typically found on your sound card. Connect either the PRC USB switch box or the PRC two-switch cable:
  

Network and single station requirements/hardware configuration

WiViK has been designed for individual workstations with single or multiple users. That is, only one user may run a single installation of WiViK at a time. However, that copy of WiViK may open and run more than one user keyboard and vocabulary file. There are no limits on the number of users on one WiViK installation.

WiViK may be installed directly on an individual workstation or it may be installed on a network with an installation in each user’s network workspace (User drive). Thus, many simultaneous users may be served with multiple WiViK installations on a network. On a network, the System Administrator must install WiViK. Users must be given full read and write privileges within the both the WiViK and WordQ subdirectories.

Sound cards

Any sound card may be used, although cards that support multiple output channels are required if other software is used that fully occupies a sound channel (e.g., RealPlayer). Competing sound applications must be turned off while using WordQ with single-channel sound cards. External speakers may be used, but headphones are suggested for classroom use. Text-to-speech voices are included with a telephone frequency range suitable for lower quality headsets.