Learn Chinese and Speak Mandarin for Windows

User Reviews

• SCAM!!!!!!

  jcboston69March 14, 2011

  Pros

  None, none, and NONE!

  Cons

  No service at all.

  Summary

  Signed up for this program online a week ago. I liked the demo and it looked pretty slick and comprehensive. They charged the ~$45 to my credit card but DID NOT get access to the site (which the downloadable client needs to verify your account). I sent several support requests through the online form and got no response. I replied to the email confirmation of the charge to my credit card. Nothing. I called my credit card company to try to reverse the charge, and they refused. They found a telephone number in New Hampshire for the company, Covantis, which was listed NOWHERE on the site, and told me I need to call them. I have called several times and got no answer, just an answering machine that sounded like the personal answering machine of some backwoods bumpkin in a double-wide, "Hello. We're not in right now. Please leave a name and number and we'll get back to you." DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.

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• Lesser value than other options

  going2chinaAugust 19, 2008

  Pros

  The phrases taught are useful, and this might be of interest to someone new to Chinese.

  Cons

  The way the phrases are introduced and taught is not very conducive to efficient learning. I would recommend using more structure. Check the progressive approach used by LearnChineseEZ.com to see what I mean.

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• confusing and of limited value

  goraeSeptember 2, 2007

  Pros

  the dictionary and phrases log are useful as in character library

  Cons

  pronunciation is highly questionable on many words. I do not believe this is standard Beijing Mandarin as there is no other Manadrin resources that pronounce some words the way this program does. Many sentences are spoken so quickly the words are slurred and the slowed down version is a pathetic joke!

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  amatoryboyAugust 7, 2007

  Pros

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  Cons

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• Ok for an average person who doesn't know any Chinese

  abcinchinaDecember 7, 2006

  Pros

  Has a good dictionary using simplified Chinese while listing them in frequency. So you can study the characters that are used most. There are also many common phrases that you can find the appropriate translation for. I guess its good for conversational Chinese

  Cons

  Not good for Chinese speakers who just need to learn how to read Chinese characters. The Flash Card system (as well as the whole system) is online-based which is just too slow. For this purpose I downloaded CueCard and had to manually input them in the free program. <p> <p>*Most importantly, they will not give you back the refund within their given time-line. Also, there is no number to call them to cancel and when you follow the online instructions to cancel and send them a postal mail following their instructions, they will not give you back the money. Then if you send them a support email telling that that you've submitted the request for a refund within the time-line, you will get no response. I suppose you must dispute it from your credit card at this point, in which I just said "forget it"

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• Dispicable

  sodaguy22August 8, 2006

  Pros

  nothing

  Cons

  -tries to install trojan <p>-repeatedly attempts to access internet <p>-difficult to remove <p>-no speech recognition

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• Can't be used

  anakayamaJune 26, 2006

  Pros

  None.

  Cons

  It says free to try but there's nothing to try if you don't pay, the program is -blocked-. Very low.

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• Don't download unless you got 50 bucks burning a hole in your pocket.

  Music PirateApril 17, 2006

  Pros

  None.

  Cons

  Just to try if for the 30 days you have send them 50 bucks. Then they said money back guarantee, but who knows. I wouldn't recommened this unless you got 50 bucks to kill. I don't even no if it works because I'm not paying 50 bucks to just try something.

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• Very helpful

  MaihaisamMarch 19, 2006

  Pros

  its pronunciation is very helpful for me

  Cons

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• Not worth the money

  sherriottFebruary 24, 2006

  Pros

  Easy to install and use.

  Cons

  It's not "free to try!" The only way to demo the software is to pay for it up front. The software comes with a 30 day free trial, but you have to notify the company by regular mail that you're cancelling...not exactly user-friendly. <p> <p>Each lesson has a few simple sentences. The amount of vocabulary and grammar in each lesson is far less than a typical lesson in a Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone or other major brand language program. Although the program does have 100 lessons, it's far less Chinese than the 18 lessons I already have in the Pimsleur starter pack I purchased at Barnes and Noble, or in Rosetta Stone's free online tria. There's nothing particularly wrong with this program, except that there's not much to it. Other comparably priced programs give you far more for the money.

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