Ryan Meinzer needed to learn Japanese fast. He loved Rosetta Stone’s approach, but like many students he had no money…nor discipline to stay seated more than 5 minutes at a time.

“I wanted to learn Japanese in the many sporadic idle minutes of my day, one word at a time, one minute at a time,” says Meinzer, “…and I didn’t have the $300 for those attractive yellow Rosetta Stone boxes.”

Two years later, and two years more proficient in Japanese, Meinzer now runs his own language learning software company, PlaySay.com, which has served over 10 million digital vocabulary flashcard files to over 4,000 users worldwide. The online business currently offers products to learn Japanese, learn Chinese, and to learn Spanish, with many more languages to come. Many language departments of major universities across the United States are rapidly integrating the products into their curriculums for students. With the ability to trash their paper flashcards, students are raving about PlaySay.com. The Tokyo Metropolis and The Philadelphia Inquirer also seem to enjoy spreading the news of this cool new competitor of Rosetta Stone.

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