Learning Spanish; Rosetta Stone/Berlitz any good?

[stjames]

My wife has decided she wants to start learning the Spanish language and wants a computer pogram to help her as a birthday present. She has also mentioned she would like to "listen to the CD's in her car", and teach it to our 16 month old daughter at the same time.

I looked at Rosetta Stone, it is expensive and seems to only include an interactive CD-Rom program. Nothing to listen to on the go.

The Berlitz Spanish Premier has interactive CD-Rom as well as audio CD's and MP3 downloads, and is cheap enough that I could buy her a new Ipod (her first gen model is finally toast) to use it on.

Anyone had any luck with either product? Any other reccomendations? If it isn't fairly easy and fun it might just go to waste, any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Amigos!

 

[rifon2]

I'm also interested in hearing recommendations on this.

 

[Sword and Shield]

I'd be interested in other languages as well- my fiance/soon-to-be-bride is going to need Latin or Greek for her Master's.

 

[fudo]

I'm using the Rosetta Stone program. You have to stick to the computer, because of its visual components. The program is sound. I like it better than other similar programs I have seen.