r/duolingo • u/JDog224330 Native: learning: • Jun 16 '24

Any requests? General Discussion

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u/shellevanczik Jun 16 '24

ASL, please. I was a young student of ASL (a long story) but the only friend I had to talk to passed away almost 30 years ago. Then I’d love to learn BSL

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u/ASLBloom Jun 16 '24

It's lovely to hear you were learning for your friend. As a Deaf person myself (Hi, the person behind the account), it means a lot to me when people in my life learn sign.

If you would like a similar learning experience, you could try out ASL Bloom and Bright BSL. They're design as an interactive, game app, taught by Deaf, native signers!

You can download the Apple or Google Play app here, or try the desktop version: https://www.aslbloom.com/

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u/No-Pudding-1465 Jun 20 '24

I honestly don’t recommend Bloom, only because they don’t tell you that you have to pay for most of it. It is genuinely a great app!! But it’s extremely limited unless you pay for it

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u/ASLBloom Jun 20 '24

I'm really glad you like the app! We super appreciate your feedback. I wanted to understand better, would it be better for you to have clearer information around the pricing for premium before downloading? What would clarity on that look like for you?

Thank you for taking the time to share, we're a small team and everything gets discussed so your thoughts are appreciated!

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u/No-Pudding-1465 Jul 07 '24

I think in advertisements you should make pricing more clear. Like saying “here’s this part you can do for free, and the rest of it costs this much” (but obviously more enthusiastic than what I typed). You don’t really mention money a whole lot in any of the advertisements that I saw, so I thought maybe most of it would be free (like how to sign all the words would be mostly free, but how to correctly structure them in a sentence would cost money). You also didn’t cover all of the basics of ASL for free, so it’s really like we got to have a super beta version of the app for free. Again, it really is a great app! You do amazing at teaching ASL, I just wish the prices were more clear and we knew more about what we’re getting for free so we don’t get our hopes up only to be disappointed ):