[nabs-l] Rosetta Stone

[Hannah]

Hi All,
I'm not sure how accessible it is, but I'm definitely interested 
as well.
I've used Pimsleur for learning Mandarine and a little Spanish in 
the past and it is very accessible.  They are audio files that 
can be purchased online or on cd.  Hope this helps and feel free 
to ask questions.
Cheers, Hannah

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com
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>Date sent: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:31:01 -0500
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rosetta Stone

>I have not tried their software, but from what I understand, 
their method of teaching language is highly visual in nature.  It 
involves looking at pictures/videos and saying out loud what is 
happening in the foreign language.  The idea is to get you to 
think in a foreign language by connecting what you see to what 
you are saying without translating to english first.

>I haven't used their products but I checked out the program a 
couple years back because I was interested.  This was the 
understanding I got and it turned me off.

>An accessible alternative is languagepod101.com.  They have 
courses available in a whole bunch of languages.  I have been 
using their russian site to try and learn some russian and it has 
been very accessible.

>Hope this helps.

>Greg


>On Feb 12, 2011, at 11:55 PM, Bre B wrote:

>> On 2/12/2011 4:05 PM, Jorge Paez wrote:
>>> Hi all:
>>> Just wondering,
>>> has anyone ever used Rosetta Stone?
>>> If so,
>>> is it accessible with Voice Over?

>>> Or JAWS?

>>> I'd prefer Voice Over as Mac's my primary system,
>>> but I could alwasy add it to the Windows side of things I guess.

>>> Thanks,


>>> Jorge



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>>        Ah Yes, I have been wondering about the accessibility of 
Roseta Stone.  I have jaws, but I am planning to get a mac at 
some point.
>> Bre

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