Subject: Re: pinyin

From: James Lin <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 1994 17:21:21 -0800

On Sat, 8 Jan 1994, Peter P Chiu wrote:

> is there a pinyin entry method for MS chinese windows 3.1?
>
> how do i get it?
>

Yes.  There are about 3 products which could provide pinyin under CWIN 3.1

1) Hanin Input Method - Hanin is an intelligent phonetic input method
which incorporate pinyin, bopomofo and romanized bopomofo.  You could
still use the same way to do the input and no need to learn different
mapping.  However, the beauty of Hanin is that you DO NOT have to select
the desired character from the character list of the same
pronounciation.  The system will automatically choose for you.  Also, you
still could force to pick any desired character in case the one select
automatically is not the one you want.  Since the system contains a well
designed phrase dictionary, the developer claims that the accuracy rate
is about 93% for the general document.  System also provide you the
ability to build your own phrase - your name, company name, special term...

2) Input Master from Unionway - The main function of this product is to
enable user to create their own input method under CWIN 3.1  - system
comes with Cangjei, bopomofo, pinyin, big-5, English to Chinese
translation input tables.  So, if you do not want to create your own
input method, you could use pinyin directly.  If you need to implement
WuBi, you can also use this tool.  The pinyin table comes with the
product provide tone and toneless entries.  Pinyin phrase is also allowed.

3) I do know there is a company in Hong Kong also provides a package
contains pinyin, cantonese pinyin, wubi and gb-code input IME for CWIN 3.1

If you desire to purchase 1) or 2), they are available from
Chase Computers (818) 300-8666

James Lin