The well-known language-learning company, Rosetta Stone, went public last month. Alejandro Lazo wrote about the move in his article, "On Wall Street, Rosetta Stone Tries New Lingua Franca," for the Washington Post.
Going public gives Rosetta Stone the extra cash they need to expand, so keep an eye on what they'll be offering in the near future.
Rosetta's founders modeled its system of learning a foreign language after the way a child learns to speak. Sitting at a computer, a student is presented images as the voice of a native speaker pronounces the words and the word's spellings are flashed on the screen. The lessons grow in greater complexity depending on the success of a student, who must rely on intuition, much as one would have to do alone in a foreign land. The software uses voice recognition technology to ensure correct pronunciation.
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