小词典 Desktop, DianHua on the iPhone

Chinese Input on Android 2.1 (HTC Desire)

It took a bit to sort it out, but once you know how turning on and using Chinese input on Android 2.1 is very nice. Here is a quick movie showing how to install, enable, and use Chinese input using the HTC Desire (it should be the same for any Android 2.1 phone I would guess)

Published: May 1st, 2010
Category: Android, Chinese

Apple; Option; Escape

Well, it’s official. I am no longer using any Apple products. It’s not as dramatic as the title might lead you to believe though; I just couldn’t pass up the joke. I decided to write a post about why, and what it means for the Mac open source projects in which I [...]

Published: April 28th, 2010
Category: Android, Linux, Mac, iPhone

SCIM in Emacs

My Macbook Pro got sick last week, and I think it’s down for the count. I’ve used it extensively for about five years (with a lot of travel). I think it has had a pretty decent run. I am pretty sure it’s dead.

While I am trying to decide what my next computer purchase [...]

Published: April 3rd, 2010
Category: Chinese, HSK, Linux, Mac

XiaoCiDian Online Search – In Chrome Too

I’ve had Xiao CiDian running online for a while, but I thought I’d open it up to anyone who thought it might be useful.

Xiao CiDian is a searchable Chinese dictionary with wild card tone support.

The desktop version has been available for a while. There is a Mac OS X dictionary plugin, and an Adobe [...]

Published: March 26th, 2010
Category: Chinese, HSK, Linux, Mac, Web Apps, Windows

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小词典 Desktop, DianHua on the iPhone

Category: Chinese, iPhone

It looks like Apple approved some iPhone application dictionary called DianHua which is very similar in concept to my app 小词典. DianHua somehow got the magical mystery combination right and got approved though, unlike 小词典 – and DianHua is free. So no one is ever going to buy 小词典 if they ever see fit to let it grace the app store.

On a lighter note, I wrote an extension to the desktop dictionary that lets you do control+command+d over any Chinese character in a cocoa application and get the pinyin and definition. Had I seen above slap in the face earlier I wouldn’t have done it mind you.

Here is a movie showing it off. If you want to beta test it let me know and I’ll send you a copy. It’s Leopard only.

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Chinese Input on Android 2.1 (HTC Desire)

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SCIM in Emacs

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