The first lesson I opened, asked me "which of these is water"; there was clearly a set of pictures one was meant to choose from. I did in fact download Duolingo, so we're talking about the same app.
> On Jan 19, 2020, at 1:22 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz <[email protected]> wrote: > > It sounds like you may be confusing Duolingo with Rosetastone. > When I've played around with Duolingo, I've had to type, and speak and select > a sequence of words, but don't recall picture based stuff. Not saying that > there aren't images, but I do know that Rosetastone is pretty much all images. > Cristóbal > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kelby > Carlson > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 9:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Language Learning Apps > > How are you supposed to use Duolingo when it is all picture-based? > >> On Jan 19, 2020, at 8:06 AM, Bill Outman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have Duo Lingo but haven’t explored it yet, so any help doing so would be >> appreciated. I am delving into Spanish which I know some of and even a >> little French. >> Another trick I have used is via the You Version Bible app. I am able to >> switch not only among English Bible versions but also versions in other >> languages. You do this by activating the version button while in a chapter >> of Scripture. You can then search through languages and versions and select >> one to view, and you will be taken to that same chapter in the new >> versionthough this might not work if you were reading in the Apocrypha in >> one version and the other version doesn’t have that. >> You will have a list of recently used versions you can switch among after >> you have done this. They are available for down load for off line use, >> though I’ve been content so far just to read within the app. >> Hope this is some enlightenment to you on this Sunday. >> Bill Outman >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jan 18, 2020, at 3:40 PM, 'deidre muccio' via VIPhone >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Duo Lingo is good and systematic in it's approach. If you don't get a >>> perfect score on a given lesson, it will hammer you to death with the same >>> questions over and over again. The problem for me is that I can't figure >>> out how to keep going through lessons and I think it has something to do >>> with the Tabs. The tabs are labeled Crowns, Course, Street, and Hearts. >>> Hearts has gems in it, and they are like points you need to use to start >>> new lessons. If you select that Tab that seems to be the only place to >>> continue lessons from and voice over says that. Problem is that if you quit >>> a lesson it brings you back to a starting page with a list of all kinds of >>> interesting topics but you can't look at them. >>> With the heart tab selected, it shows you how many gems hearts you have >>> and you need to hit on anumber like 1 which it shows you, and then you >>> continue on where you left off, even though it seems like I am still >>> annoyingly close to the first lessons. >>> With the Hearts tab selected There is a short list of things that voice >>> over reads. The last item in that list says free trial. Who knows what that >>> is for? I ssume it is to purchase some other version of Duo Lingo. >>> >>> Deidre >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> [email protected]. 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