• Learn at your own pace - word by word.
• Learn the Meaning of every word.
• Learn the Pronunciation of every word.
• See English transliteration of each word in Sephardic pronunciation.
• See English transliteration of each word in Ashkenazic pronunciation.
• View English translation of each verse in context.
• Every word Narrated, Transliterated and Translated in English.
• View text in selection of large E-Z Reading Fonts with Vowels.
• Interactive Review of each lesson + Tracking of progress.
• Global Review and tracking of words that require further study.
• Printout of words missed with corrections & transliteration for review away from computer.
• Printout of Bible Dictionary word lists for study away from the computer.

Satisfied Customer (2/11/2008) wrote:
Dear Michael, Kovah and all of the other wonderful people who have helped me over the last few years.

As I have mentioned in my earlier messages and many calls, I am the founder and curator of The Learning Collection which is devoted to collecting language learning software.I have been doing this for over 20 years.
I have over 150 languages in my collection. And I am particularly proud of my exhaustive collection of materials for the ancient languages, Hebrew, Homeric and Attic Greek, Koine, and Latin as well as Egyptian and Mayan glyphs are all represented widely in my
collection. I have been working for some time to collect all of your Biblical/Ancient Hebrew language software. As well as your materials on the Ark of the Covenant, the Tabernacle, and the Temple.

I am writing in regards to the Word for Word series.

Yesterday I received the completion set for the Word for Word bible series on CD-ROM in a wonderful binder with spare pockets for the disks I already had. I am extremely pleased. This is one of the highest quality, well organized and helpful pieces of software I have worked with in over 20 years of research. And, it is an outright gift to the world of religious studies. The acquisition of this complete series has been a goal of mine since the day it was rolled out. I really must express my personal and professional appreciation. Please let everyone involved, from development to programming to data entry to production and to sales and customer service know that they have done a very good job.

I remain one of your most pleased clients. If any client ever has any questions regarding your products, please feel free to give me as a reference.

Sam
Logansport, IN 46947

Judy Siegel - Jerusalem Post (11/4/2005) wrote:
Word By Word: Bible Study Tool, a CD-ROM in Hebrew and English by The Educational Software Company (www.jewishsoftware.com), requires Windows 2000/XP/Vista, or children and adults, $39.95 (or shekel equivalent) for the Book of Genesis and the whole Pentateuch 5 CD-ROMS for $149.95 (or shekel equivalent). Rating: Five Stars *****

Now that Simhat Torah has passed and the annual cycle of Torah portions has begun, it is again worth reading the Bible from "In the beginning..." Doing so in English does not provide the same satisfaction as in the original Hebrew. But what do you do if your command of the language is rusty?

This useful program... really part on an ongoing work in development at The Torah Educational Software Company (TES) in Monsey, New York ­ is for you, Jew and non-Jew, as well as for English-speaking Jewish children who have embarked on their Torah studies. Released just a few months ago, it has already been introduced successfully in many Jewish schools abroad.

The developers, who have produced many pieces of Jewish software over the last 17 years and have been working on the project for three years, are now up to the second Book of Kings and able to translate another book for a new CD-ROM every few months. TES president Emanuel Fishman predicts it will take another two years to complete the whole Hebrew Bible.

Word by Word Bible was designed from the ground up based on customer requests, the program offers the exact English translation of every Hebrew word, word by word as stated by the title. Each word is highlighted with color and sounded out in a male voice in Sephardic (modern) Hebrew, translated into English and transliterated for pronouncing it correctly. There is the option of changing the font size to suit all eyes.

Enter your name so that your progress will be saved; there is room for 10 names; if an 11th user is entered, the most veteran user will be replaced.
Very simple to use, the program opens with a few bars of theme music, to get you into the mood for studying, and then stops to allow you to concentrate.

In the study mode, you may start from the first verse of Genesis or pull down the menu to choose another chapter (of the 50 in Genesis) and verse or
another Book if you have the whole Pentateuch version. You advance from word to word by clicking on "Next Word" when you are read. Optionally, you can turn on Auto Advance feature, and the narrator, highlighting, translation and transliteration will proceed automatically every number of seconds that you choose.

In review mode, you are tested randomly ­ in a multiple choice format ­ on more than 200 words you learned in each chapter (including repeats). The
beginner¹s level sets no time limit, while the intermediate level requires that you click on the translated word within 15 seconds and the advanced
level in seven seconds. You can also hear the word pronounced as you take the quiz. Your scores are saved under your name.

After you complete the review quiz, click a button to see the words you missed in the order you missed them (not alphabetically); all of those are displayed with their translations and transliterations, and this list too can be saved to the disk's clipboard and printed for study away from the computer. The words are listed in the order that you missed them, not alphabetically with their correct English translation and transliteration..

A very useful Bible dictionary stores all the words from alef to tav found in the Books of the Bible that are covered, giving the Hebrew word, its translation and its transliteration; all the words can be printed out for studying away from the computer or saved on the clipboard and pasted into any Microsoft Word or Dagesh Pro Document.

When TES completes the Bible, they will not have finished. Fishman has plans to create a Word by Word Siddur (prayer book), Mishna and Talmud using the same format. More power to them!