Mike,

Actually my goal is to create something kids and their parents can use. Where a child can tell a story (which is recorded). Then the parent can type it in and the child and/or parent can work together to create the "word highlighted when its read" feature for that particular story.

So no SMIL/XML although the article you sent me ( http://apex.infogridpacific.com/dcp/SMIL-production.html#rw-h3_67543-0606141...) did give me some good points on the need for highlighting at the phrase/sentence/paragraph levels instead of just word level, depending on the needs of the learner.

Cheers, Stephen On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Mike Lee curiouslee@gmail.com wrote:

It would be sweet if these time markers could be captured manually from within Etoys, perhaps in one of the sound tools then read by a script that links them to your named text blocks. Audacity can be used for this.