We're now in 2020, so the last time Rosetta Stone was awarded any recognition was 4+ years ago.īut, a well-renowned company, with a lot of income and lots of language experts can surely improve their offer from 28 years ago?

If you take a look at the Rosetta Stone Wiki page, and the company wiki page you'll see a long list of awards:īut, notice one thing: The last one was received in 2014, and the latest awards were received based on app design, user's choice, and general user experience evaluations, none of the awards since 2011 praised the actual educational content.

Since then there has been a lot of developments in software, technology, and education and Rosetta Stone has slowly faded into the shadows of other big language learning companies like Duolingo. Not long after, there wasn't many Americans who hadn't heard of Rosetta Stone, and for many years this was the ONLY language learning method/software/solution that anyone had heard of. Would be a miracle if someone had the original program which I could get a hold of and enter my own activation code.but that is wishing for the moon.Unfortunately, in 1984 when he got the idea to use computers to aid in language learning, the computer was simply not powerful enough to even show images to the user, which is why Rosetta Stone wasn't publicly released and available until 1992 when CD-ROMs had become mainstream and capable of storing larger amounts of data.ĭue to its first-mover advantage, and the initial success of making language learning abundandently available Rosetta Stone became a huge company, which allowed it to pour millions of dollars into advertising. I guess my question is.is there anyone else out there who had the same problem? and if so, were you ever successful in getting the app on device working? So far they have been unable or unwilling to help me get it back up and running. I was so upset after spending all the $$$. well that is great except if I am in area without wifi. I chatted with Rosetta Stone who told me that I can get a FREE lifetime online account. my app would not let me in to even enter my reactivation code. however, was some time before got back to reactivate Rosetta Stone.

some time later, it was suggested by rosetta stone rep that before upgrading operating system.to deactivate program. Some background info: I purchased Rosetta Stone Spanish level 1-5 in 2015 from download online.l installed on my MacBook. Was not sure where to post this OR even if it is permitted. I am new to this site and it looks like a great one with lots of info.

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