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From: Larry on 23 Feb 2006 09:30 Hi! What is, to your opinion, the best solution to input text using pinyin and convert the text to chinese characters? I'm currently using NJStar http://www.njstar.com/njstar/chinese/ running on VirtualPC, but I would prefer to work with native Mac software, if ever any exists. Thanks a lot for your help Larry
From: Huan on 23 Feb 2006 17:58 On 2006-02-23, Larry <kinkylolo(a)msn.com> wrote in <43fdc6fc$0$4715$626a54ce(a)news.free.fr>: > Hi! > > What is, to your opinion, the best solution to input text using pinyin > and convert the text to chinese characters? > > I'm currently using NJStar > http://www.njstar.com/njstar/chinese/ > running on VirtualPC, but I would prefer to work with native Mac > software, if ever any exists. Are you using Mac OS X? My Chinese is very poor and my demand for character input is limited, but the built-in input method in Mac OS X works fine for me, and might be good enough for you. Use the International pane in System Preferences to set it up.
From: Larry on 23 Feb 2006 19:21 Huan wrote : > On 2006-02-23, Larry <kinkylolo(a)msn.com> wrote in > <43fdc6fc$0$4715$626a54ce(a)news.free.fr>: > Are you using Mac OS X? My Chinese is very poor and my demand for > character input is limited, but the built-in input method in Mac OS X > works fine for me, and might be good enough for you. Use the > International pane in System Preferences to set it up. I just tried it yesterday and seems it works quite fine, however I still need something to match NJStar. For example, you know it, when you want to write american you write mei guo ren With the built in input you have to type mei , choose se right character, then type guo , choose the right character.... while in NJStar you can just type meig and the software will show you a list which will include mei guo and mei guo ren . You then just have to choose the one you want, allowing to type text faster. Alternatively, do you know how to type chinese using BoPoMoFo? I'm in Taiwan and that's the system we use here, much more than pinyin. Thanks again Larry
From: Huan on 26 Feb 2006 21:30 On 2006-02-24, Larry <kinkylolo(a)msn.com> wrote in <43fe51a2$0$4840$636a55ce(a)news.free.fr>: > Huan wrote : >> On 2006-02-23, Larry <kinkylolo(a)msn.com> wrote in >> <43fdc6fc$0$4715$626a54ce(a)news.free.fr>: > >> Are you using Mac OS X? My Chinese is very poor and my demand for >> character input is limited, but the built-in input method in Mac OS X >> works fine for me, and might be good enough for you. Use the >> International pane in System Preferences to set it up. > > I just tried it yesterday and seems it works quite fine, however I still > need something to match NJStar. > For example, you know it, when you want to write american you write > mei guo ren > > With the built in input you have to type mei , choose se right > character, then type guo , choose the right character.... while in > NJStar you can just type meig and the software will show you a > list which will include mei guo and mei guo ren . You then just > have to choose the one you want, allowing to type text faster. Often I will type all the syllables to see if it will work for the particular word. Sometimes it does, other times it does not. But I don't use it often enough to describe it better than that. Just now I tried typing "meiguoren" all at once, and it came up correctly as soon as I typed a space, without having to look through the list. > > Alternatively, do you know how to type chinese using BoPoMoFo? I'm in > Taiwan and that's the system we use here, much more than pinyin. I studied for only one semester in the northeast of the mainland. We used pinyin only. Hopefully someone else in this group knows a bopomofo input method. -- H
From: Larry on 26 Feb 2006 22:49
Huan wrote : > On 2006-02-24, Larry <kinkylolo(a)msn.com> wrote in > <43fe51a2$0$4840$636a55ce(a)news.free.fr>: > Just now I tried typing "meiguoren" all at once, and it came up > correctly as soon as I typed a space, without having to look through > the list. I just tried, I can just type meiguor, seems I cannot type more than 7 letters. |