Recording summary · October 2020
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Overview
Daniel tests the Rosetta Stone language learning app on Android for the first time, selecting Dutch due to being in the Netherlands.
Daniel goes through introductory Dutch lessons, encounters an orientation glitch, tests and turns off speech recognition, and completes image-matching exercises that lack explicit translation.
Daniel encounters a paywall after the first lesson, examines the subscription pricing tiers, and ends the session.
Themes
Account creation and language selection on the Rosetta Stone Android app.
Unit structure and course layout across 12 locked units starting with Language Basics.
Landscape display glitch hiding voice profile options until switching to vertical mode.
Pronunciation practice, scoring accuracy, and turning off the microphone to skip speech exercises.
Immersion teaching mechanics relying on image matching and audio without English translations.
Observations on Dutch grammar and vocabulary, including definite articles de and het and verb pluralizations.
Rosetta Stone pricing tiers and lockouts after the free initial lesson.
Developments
Daniel creates a new user account with entered credentials on an Android phone.
Daniel rotates the phone to vertical mode after landscape mode fails to display the adult male voice option.
Daniel records voice audio, checks the resulting pronunciation score, and disables the microphone.
Daniel completes multiple vocabulary and grammar picture-matching exercises in Dutch.
The app presents a paywall showing pricing tiers after lesson 1.
Uncertainties & gaps
Daniel does not know which languages are absent from the selection list.
Daniel initially speculates whether 'het' applies to multiple people and 'de' to one person before seeing plural examples using 'de'.
Daniel expresses confusion regarding the distinction and meaning of words like 'rent' and 'leest' during exercises.