Customer Reviews

Instant Immersion ASL v2.0

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I too was a little aprehensive when I saw the date on the product, but for a lousy $20 - I thought I'd check it out.

First: It runs on everything PC. I have it installed on 3 machines that run 1)Windows XP Pro 2)Windows Vista 32 bit and 3) Windows Vista 64 bit. It runs great on all of them.

I am a college student enrolled for 3 consecutive courses in ASL, and after using SigningAvatar v.2 for several weeks, I am really pleased with how much it is helping me. I can make the person avatar be closer or further from me (smaller or larger),turn him (or Her - there's about 10 to choose from) all the way from left to right. This enables me to see the hands from any angle. I can also speed up or slow down the avatar's signing to whatever pace meets my level of proficiency.

With a word-search textbox, I can ask it to finger spell the word, make the sign for a word, and put the sign into a sentence. Of course there is an alphabet roster on the bottom of the screen so anytime I need to, I can see the person avatar sign any letter of the alphabet. I highly recommend SigningAvatar to anyone who is serious about learning American Sign Language.

Make sign language easy, fun, and shows how people use sign language everyday and it is part of every day life; especially the common sign language.

Good buy.

The program is a bit old but is very useful and can help to pratice

This system does a really good job of explaining the meanings and the signs. It is good for beginners. But, be aware that the beginner will feel more comfortable starting with disc #3. They teach you the signs and then they give you practice sentences with the signs that you were taught. It is definitely a beginner system. I would to find some systems for the intermediate and advanced levels.

There is a new version of this out-dated product!

While the ASL Deluxe product (Instant Immersion American Sign Language Deluxe) is probably the way to go, there is a new 5 CD ROM ASL edition out from TOPICS too at about the same (or lower) price as this old one, called TOPICS ENTERTAINMENT Total Immersion American Sign Language 2.0 ( Windows ) here on Amazon.

There is also a new basic 2 CD ROM package with selected new content.

The NEW versions have a dark-haired woman on the box.

It's confusing because they have called this outdated product 2.0 as well.

Check out the new edition(s) before making your decision!

*** New comments 07-12-2006 ***

Ok, now the picture shows the new box, but the description is still for the old version of the product. Still a bit confusing. If this is now a listing for the new 2.0 product, the one now pictured, I highly endorse it.

I was disappointed with the quality of the program and found it to be limited.

This is actually a collection of a bunch of different ASL programs. That might sound good at first, but it's not. They are all over the place as far as quality, and most of them won't install on my 64-bit Vista machine. Waste of money for me.