CHIN 410/510 Chinese Information Processing – Using Computers to Teach and Learn Chinese

September 21

1. More about Input Methods (PPT) http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/410/PPS/Week 4 input methods.ppt

2. Students’ presentations showing the best input method you like (how it works and why you like it) and Project 2 “using eStroke to make animated characters and practice sheets”

3. Pinyin input issues

漢語拼音han4yu3 pin1yin1 hànyǔ pīnyīn

a. Input Pinyin with tones

b. Convert Pinyin (from characters to Pinyin, from numbers to tones)

4. Install and test Pinyinput and Pinyin Builder on your own notebook

Online input

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/Itool/type_pinyin_with_tones.htm

http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/pinyin_conversion.htm

Online converting

http://pinyin.info/unicode/marks3.html

http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/converter-pinyin-unicode.html

Install input bar

http://learningchineseonline.net/Pinyin/install.exe http://learningchineseonline.net/tools/pinyin.zip

5. Text-to-Speech software demo

Speech Plus

http://www.biderworld.com/speechplus.asp