Second Language Software: Reviews

LearningVillage.com: Reviewer Dan Lang praises an earlier version of Tell Me More, stating that the speech recognition function and graphic intonation are among the best he has seen.

TopTenReviews.com: Reviewers at Top Ten Reviews award Tell Me More Premium their "Gold Award" in several languages.

Bright Hub.com: This reviewer compares Tell Me More Premium against two other popular programs: Instant Immersion Deluxe and Complete Spanish Learning Suite.

FrenchCourseware.com: Editors of this site call Tell Me More Premium "a complete package in every sense of the word." The reviewers do caution, however, that the program requires a high level of dedication to language learning.

Amazon.com: Amazon.com sells Tell Me More in several languages; the Spanish, French and Chinese versions between 10 and 20 reviews apiece.

Discovery Education: Both the KidSpeak 6-in-1 software bundle and KidSpeak French receive an "outstanding" rating from the Discovery Education editors.

LearningVillage.com: KidSpeak is rated "very good" in both design and ease of use by the editors at Learning Village.

LearningWareReviews.com: Juline Lambert, a magazine columnist and former teacher, reviews an earlier version of the KidSpeak software bundle.

Amazon.com: User reviews at Amazon.com discuss the controversy over the Spanish version of KidSpeak, which presents Castilian Spanish as opposed to the more commonly-taught Mexican Spanish.

SuperKids.com: This site looks at both the Spanish and French versions of Learn to Speak Deluxe and finds them to be enjoyable, engaging, and complete.

LearningVillage.com: Reviewer Scott McGregor praises the uniqueness of real-time conversing and the extensive use of speech recognition.

PCMag.com: Reviewer Shane Mooney acknowledges that Learn to Speak does not lead to fluency.

LearningWareReviews.com: Former teacher Juline Lambert begins her review by informing users that the Learn to Speak program is designed for conversational learning, not as a comprehensive language system.

Amazon.com: There are only two reviews here. Both are short and focus on system compatibility, not software features or effectiveness.

TopTenReviews.com: Although Top Ten Reviews does not give Talk Now!

Bright Hub.com: Reviewer Larry Gordon praises the game-type format of Talk Now!

101language.com: This site praises the "intelligent" software and voice recording technologies available in the Talk Now!

Amazon.com: There are very few reviews here for Talk Now!. The Polish and Cantonese versions have the most reviews, but there aren't enough comments yet to draw any sweeping conclusions.