Customer Rating: 
Summary: Save your money, and pass on Rosetta Stone.
Comment: It sounds like a good idea, but it's not. I used this product over time, so this is not a snap judgement. Rosetta Stone does not deliver what is promises. I learned more of a foreign language in a semester of college than this poorly designed product delivered in 6 months of use. Massive waste of time and money. Now, several hundred dollars worth of software sits on my shelf collecting dust.
PROS:
- Rosetta Stone will consume hours of your time and lull you into believing that you are learning a language.
CONS:
- WAY, WAY over-priced.
- Designed to work only when the CD is in your computer (TIP: Plan on carrying the language disk around with your laptop if you want to use the software.)
- Voices become extremely grating over time.
- Moves you at a snail's pace; if you are learning a language for business or expect to move past kindergarten level in a few months, then forget this product.
If you want to learn a language then I'd recommend you take a course at your local college or buy one of the many texts available and a dictionary; sadly for me, either of these routes would have cost me a fraction of the price of this product and served me better in the long run. Save your money, and pass on Rosetta Stone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Easy to use
Comment: So far I am still working on Level 1 but the program is very easy to use and I feel that I will be able to learn Spanish eventually when I have completed all three levels. I like the option of going back and re-doing the previous lessons if you need to and it will reset your score if you want. I think the price is a little high, but it will be worth it just having the CD's to review forever. I hope the other 2 levels are structured the same because I think it is a very easy way to learn a language.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Rosetta Stone Version 3
Comment: So far my family is enjoying this program and is helping us all to learn a new language. I like the format in which we are completely immersed in Spanish, no English at all.
Customer Rating:
Summary: BEWARE of this Company's Policies
Comment: BEWARE! If you buy this product you can never resell it. Never return it. Never upgrade it. You better love it. Because you're stuck with it. I purchased version 2 a year ago and wanted to upgrade to 3 so I thought I'd sell my version 2. Rosetta Stone cancelled my eBay auction and threatened LEGAL action for attempting to resell an original legitimate in the box version of their product. They will only let you return it for 6 months and ONLY if you bought it directly from them (sorry Amazon) and there are NO upgrades. Basically, I'm out $500. Though I would never ever consider buying another Rosetta Stone product, where the customer is always wrong. BEWARE of this company.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This program is fantastic!
Comment: This program is awesome. I could not imagine anything better! Seriously, before I THOUGHT I knew Spanish, I was composing full sentences! I'm not exactly sure WHY it did what it did, but I'm LEARNing this language!
Summary: Save your money, and pass on Rosetta Stone.
Comment: It sounds like a good idea, but it's not. I used this product over time, so this is not a snap judgement. Rosetta Stone does not deliver what is promises. I learned more of a foreign language in a semester of college than this poorly designed product delivered in 6 months of use. Massive waste of time and money. Now, several hundred dollars worth of software sits on my shelf collecting dust.
PROS:
- Rosetta Stone will consume hours of your time and lull you into believing that you are learning a language.
CONS:
- WAY, WAY over-priced.
- Designed to work only when the CD is in your computer (TIP: Plan on carrying the language disk around with your laptop if you want to use the software.)
- Voices become extremely grating over time.
- Moves you at a snail's pace; if you are learning a language for business or expect to move past kindergarten level in a few months, then forget this product.
If you want to learn a language then I'd recommend you take a course at your local college or buy one of the many texts available and a dictionary; sadly for me, either of these routes would have cost me a fraction of the price of this product and served me better in the long run. Save your money, and pass on Rosetta Stone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Easy to use
Comment: So far I am still working on Level 1 but the program is very easy to use and I feel that I will be able to learn Spanish eventually when I have completed all three levels. I like the option of going back and re-doing the previous lessons if you need to and it will reset your score if you want. I think the price is a little high, but it will be worth it just having the CD's to review forever. I hope the other 2 levels are structured the same because I think it is a very easy way to learn a language.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Rosetta Stone Version 3
Comment: So far my family is enjoying this program and is helping us all to learn a new language. I like the format in which we are completely immersed in Spanish, no English at all.
Customer Rating:
Summary: BEWARE of this Company's Policies
Comment: BEWARE! If you buy this product you can never resell it. Never return it. Never upgrade it. You better love it. Because you're stuck with it. I purchased version 2 a year ago and wanted to upgrade to 3 so I thought I'd sell my version 2. Rosetta Stone cancelled my eBay auction and threatened LEGAL action for attempting to resell an original legitimate in the box version of their product. They will only let you return it for 6 months and ONLY if you bought it directly from them (sorry Amazon) and there are NO upgrades. Basically, I'm out $500. Though I would never ever consider buying another Rosetta Stone product, where the customer is always wrong. BEWARE of this company.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This program is fantastic!
Comment: This program is awesome. I could not imagine anything better! Seriously, before I THOUGHT I knew Spanish, I was composing full sentences! I'm not exactly sure WHY it did what it did, but I'm LEARNing this language!
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