Ease of Use:  

Rosetta Stone Russian is so simple to use and navigate that most children and computer novices can use it without trouble. Finding your way around the program is easy.

We also felt Rosetta Stone Russian has chosen excellent, high-quality images to represent each Russian word or phrase.

Feature Set:  

Rosetta Stone Russian offers speech recognition software that detects how well you pronounce each word, giving you confidence to use what you've learned in an actual Russian conversation.

Rosetta Stone Russian teaches you by presenting four images and a word in Russian; you then must select the picture that represents the word best. You can also use other options, like listening to a word and then selecting the right image or listening to words and writing the correct answer.

We thought this program's writing Russian feature was fantastic; this allows you to pick a writing level and choose how strict or lenient the program should grade you. Writing options let you choose whether you want to type out words letter by letter, or choose the words from a list to form sentences.

Ease of Installation:  

We had no problems during installation of Rosetta Stone Russian.

Help/Support:  

Fairfield Language Technologies supports Rosetta Stone Russian with a basic user manual and a built-in, content-sensitive help section accessible from every screen-making help relevant.

Rosetta Stone Russian also offers guided tutorials and a help button that allows you to access more help files and email support. There is also a toll-free technical support telephone number available.

Fundamentals:  

We felt Rosetta Stone Russian did an exceptional job covering the crucial components of learning Russian: reading, writing, listening and speaking are all covered well.

Although there are several different approaches offered to cover these important areas, we felt a few more grammar activities would be helpful.

Effectiveness:  

Rosetta Stone Russian offers the most extensive set of features and techniques of any Russian software we've seen; this program is an excellent tool to build a substantial Russian vocabulary quickly.

With a well-rounded teaching approach, Rosetta Stone Russian by Fairfield Language Technologies is clearly the best software around for learning to speak, read and write in Russian. Whether you're just starting out or working to master the Russian language, Rosetta Stone Russian will help you succeed.