Rosetta Stone now offers basic language learning for free through Alexa. Choose from French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, or Russian.
We actually stumbled across this skill one day, when Alexa mis-heard an unrelated command and started up Rosetta Stone instead. You start it by saying “Alexa, start Rosetta Stone“.
First it asks you to select a language, then a category:
- Greetings
- Food and Drink
- Directions
- Shopping
- Time and Travel
- Colors
The skill is actually kind of nice as it uses native language speakers to say the words. It says a word and asks you to repeat it, keeping track of what you learned between sessions – the next time you start the skill, it will ask you if you wish to pick up where you left off.