Penpower Chinese Expert User Manual Version: V2.
Penpower Technology Ltd. Software User License Agreement You are licensed to legally use this software program (“the Software”) by Penpower Technology Ltd (“Penpower”) under this license agreement (“The Agreement”). If you do not agree with any of the provisions in this Agreement, please do not install, copy or use the Software. By using the Software, you are deemed to fully understand and accept the provisions of this Agreement. 1.
Penpower will provide you with the Software and support services in respect of the Software to the maximum extent permitted by law. However, Penpower does not warrant that the Software and information included in the package of the Software contain no defects or errors.
Contents Chapter 1 Product Features............................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Product Features.................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Version Introduction............................................................................................ 1-2 1.2.1 Writing Pad Version................................................................................... 1-2 1.2.2 Pen Scanner Version...........
3.6.8 Delete Phrase........................................................................................... 3-24 3.6.9 Export...................................................................................................... 3-24 3.7 Pronunciation Practice....................................................................................... 3-26 3.7.1 TTS Speech............................................................................................. 3-26 3.7.2 Recording...........................
5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 Mixing Traditional and Simplified Writing..................................................... 5-21 Switching Versions.......................................................................................... 5-21 Settings............................................................................................................. 5-22 Signature..........................................................................................................
There may be newer versions of the software that was released during or after this product’s manufacturing date. If the content in the User Manual differs from the on-screen interface, please follow the instructions on the on-screen interface instead of the User Manual.
Chapter 1 Product Features Chapter 1 Product Features 1.1 Product Features Penpower Chinese Expert provides a comprehensive Chinese learning environment by immersing you in a Mandarin listening and speaking environment. Penpower Chinese Expert lets you learn Mandarin from any source including web sites, books, newspapers and magazines. • Listening comprehension.
1-2 Chinese Expert 1.2 Version Introduction 1.2.1 Writing Pad Version With the writing pad, you can write or modify any Chinese text easily and use Penpower Chinese Expert for listening comprehension, reading, speaking, writing, and translation. For East Asian languages, handwriting is the most natural way to enter characters into a computer. If you do not know any keyboard-based input methods, such as hanyu pinyin, or zhuyin, then inputting by handwriting is definitely for you.
Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 System Requirements 1. Intel Pentium CPU or above 2. 64MB RAM (128MB RAM recommended) 3. 150MB disk space 4. Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 5. USB port 2.2 Installation 1. Insert Penpower Chinese Expert setup CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation program will start automatically. Please select an installation language and click [Next] to install.
2-2 Chinese Expert 2. Click [Next] to install. 3. Read the license agreement, select [I accept the terms of the license agreement]. Click [Next] to continue. 4. Select the destination location folder and click [Next].
Chapter 2 Installation 5. Select a program folder and click [Next]. 6. Click [Finish] to finish the installation. Note: If your software is an older version, please update to the latest version. You can choose either [Remove now, and exit setup program.] or [Remove later, and exit setup program.] to continue using your current version.
2-4 Chinese Expert 7. Fill in the Product ID, Name, Email and Phone no., and then click [Activate Software] to activate the Penpower Chinese Expert. When the activation is successful, we will send you an email. Note: 1. The Product ID is sticked on the installation CD. 2. If you have ever activated the PCE on your computer before, you can just click the [Get Activation Code] to activate the software. 3. In case the activation fails, visit http://www.penpower.net/pce/active_pce.asp.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.1 Starting Penpower Chinese Expert After the Chinese Expert software is installed, there will be a new desktop. Double click this icon to start the Penpower Chinese Expert. shortcut on the 3.2 Introduction to the Main Interface 3.2.1 Translation Mode When the Chinese Expert is runs for the first time, the articles I Speak Chinese and 100 Chinese words appear by default.
3-2 Chinese Expert Function Buttons About Help Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese Machine Translation Phrase database Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese Re-edit article Auto insert all phrases Human voice Settings Translation Mode Text to Speech User Defined Dictionary Dictionary Word Segmentation Save as Save Open New Toolbar Export TTS or recording to WMA file Display/Hide Pinyin Print 1.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.2.2 Word Segmentation Mode Click the Word Segmentation Mode button.
3-4 Chinese Expert 1. Text to speech : Hear the Chinese speech in the Chinese pane. 2. Human Voice : Hear a pre-recorded human voice speak the default Chinese phrases. Click the Human Voice button to hear the voice, click it again to stop. 3. Record your own voice 4. Delete this recording 5. Display/Hide Pinying pane. : Turn on the Recorder. : Delete the recorded file. : Display or hide the Pinyin in the Sentence Segmentation 6.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.3 File Management 3.3.1 New Article Click New to open the Location of the article dialog box. Enter the article name and directory path, then Click OK to open a new article. Note: By default the new article is called untitled and has the My Document folder as its directory path. Click button to select a new directory path. Chinese content can be entered in the Chinese pane by typing in manually, or copying from another article.
3-6 Chinese Expert 3.3.2 Opening an Existing File Click the Open button to open an existing file or recent files. If you select Open, the Open dialog box appears. Select one or more .pce files, then click Open to import its contents into Penpower Chinese Expert. If you select Recent files the Recent files dialog box appears. All recently edited files are listed. Select multiple files and press OK to import all of the selected files into Penpower Chinese Expert. 3.3.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.3.4 Abstract In the main menu, right-click on an article and select Abastract from the option list that appears. The Abstract dialog box will then appear. You can check for information related to the author of the article. You can then press Advanced to edit the information in the abstract. In the Edit auther information dialog box, you can modify article’s Title, Author, Email, Telephone, Comment, Password etc. Upon completion, press OK.
3-8 Chinese Expert 3.3.5 Save File Modified articles that have not yet been saved have an asterisk (*) after their name to indicate that the article has been modified and hasn’t been saved yet. Click the Save button to save the selected file to the default folder in the .pce format. The asterisk will disappear. Note: The Save command saves only the currently selected file. 3.3.6 Save as a New File Click the Save as button then select Save as pce file to open the Location of the article dialog box.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.4 Sentence Segmentation Sentences can be quickly split into segments of distinct words using the smart sentence segmentation technology to make learning words easier for you so you are able to understand the entire sentence. 3.4.1 Automatic Sentence Segmentation Press the Sentence Segmentation button, when the button looks indented, right-click desired article’s name to launch option list. You can then change the Pinyin display format from the Pinyin Settings option.
3-10 Chinese Expert Selecting Hanyu pinyin (numeric tone) displays the Hanyu pinyin with numbers to indicate the tone of the character as displayed on the right: Selecting Zhuyin shows the Zhuyin as on the right: Zhuyin can help you learn the Zhuyin used for each word. Penpower Chinese Expert automatically breaks the entire article down into individual sentences. Each sentence is then indexed on the left side in the article pane. Click an individual entry to display and edit the selected sentence.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.4.2 Basic Chinese Learning Functions in the Sentence Segmentation Pane Tip-Show Translation and Note In the Penpower Chinese Expert Sentence Segmentation pane, you can hover the cursor on any word or term to see the English translation and a few notes pertaining to the selected word or term.
3-12 Chinese Expert TTS Speech The Text-to-Speech (TTS) synthetic speech technology allows you to hear words on-screen, allowing you to listen to the pronunciation and tones of the words. Hover the cursor on a word or term, right-click and then click Text to speech to hear the word or term. Change Pronunciation Certain words may have multiple pronunciations. 紐約, for example, has two possible tones for 約. Hover the cursor on 約 and right-click to bring up the menu. Click Tone modification.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert Click Practice to open the Practice dialog box where you can practice writing the character. When done, you can click Grade for the program to evaluate your written character. Click Erase to repeat the practice session.
3-14 Chinese Expert Quickly Open Phrase Database Double-click a word or term to search for the word in the phrase database. For example, for the term 台灣, you can quickly open the phrase database to check the pronunciation, meaning, meaning, notes, or even modify the pronunciation of this term. Note : If the selected phrase is not in the phrase database, the Phrase Input dialog box will display. You can then add notes and the edit the pronunciation though the Phrase Input box.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.4.3 Build Phrase Manually Certain terms such as names and other pronouns may not always be properly segmented. You must build the phrase with the Build Phrase Manually method to add it into the phrase database. For example, 洋基 is the name of a baseball team, but the name is broken down into two separate words: 洋 and 基. You can build the phrase manually by combining the two into one term 洋基 and then adding the word into the database.
3-16 Chinese Expert 3.4.4 Redo Phrase Segmentation Phrases built in one particular sentence will not be automatically combined in other sentences. Phrase building only combines words and terms in the current sentence. If the term appears in other sentences, use the Redo phrase segmentation command to quickly combine them all. For example, in section 3.4.3 we constructed a new term by combining words 洋 and 基 in the sentence 這裡有建仔代表洋基出戰天敵天使隊 and added it to the term database.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.5 Auto Insert all Phrases Press the Auto insert all phrases button, and the system will display a Please select the words dialog box. You can select one word at a time, or press the Add all button to import all of the words on the left column into the word database (self-select) on the right column, then press OK. 2 1 3 4 Click the Phrase database button.
3-18 Chinese Expert Note: The pronunciation system shown in the Chinese pronunciation area of the Penpower Chinese Expert phrase database dialog box depends on the Pinyin settings. If the Pinyin settings are set to Zhuyin, then Zhuyin is displayed; if set to Hanyu pinyin, then Hanyu pinyin is displayed. Note: The phrases listed in the database apply only to the current article. All articles have their own independent database.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.6 Phrase Database Management Click the Phrase database Database dialog box. button to display the Penpower Chinese Expert Phrase Oral exam Speech practice Character tracing Text-to-Speech Human voice Record in your own voice Add phrase Edit phrase English Pane Custom Definition Note Delete phrase Export Database sources 1. Terms added using the Build phrase command in a certain sentence within the article. (Please refer to 3.4.3 Build Phrase Manually.) 2.
3-20 Chinese Expert 3.6.1 Phrase Search Text Search Type the phrase to search for in the Search phrase box. If the phrase is in the list, after you have finished typing in the search phrase, it will be highlighted in gray. For example, after entering 洋基, the term 洋基 will be highlighted in gray. Voice Phrase Search Click the Oral exam button and the message Please speak the word you want to search appears. Say the phrase in Chinese.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.6.2 Speech Practice Click the Speech practice to practice. 1. Display/Hide Pinyin 2. Text to speech button. In the Speech practice dialog box. Select a phrase : Display or hide the Pinyin of the selected phrase. : Hear the Chinese in the Chinese pane. 3. Voice recognition : Clicking this button will display the message Please speak the word you want to search. Say the selected phrase out aloud. If your pronunciation is correct, you will see Pronunciation is correct.
3-22 Chinese Expert 3.6.4 Listen to Pronunciation You can hear pronunciations of the selected phrase with either the Text-to-Speech or Human voice commands. Text-to-Speech Text-to-Speech (TTS) pronounces words using a computer-renerated voice to help you quickly learn the pronunciation and tone of words. Select a term such as 洋基, then click the Text-to-Speech pronunciation.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.6.6 Add Phrase Click the Add phrase button. In the Add phrase dialog box enter a new phrase such as 王建民 and then click OK. In the Phrase Input dialog box, correct any characters with the wrong pronunciation in the Phonetics field. You can also click the button to hear its pronunciation. In the Note area, you can provide a note for the selected phrase. When you have finished making changes, click OK.
3-24 Chinese Expert 3.6.7 Edit Phrase Click a phrase such as 紐約, then click the Edit phrase button. In the Note area, you can provide a note for a term such as 美國大都市 in the Phrase Input dialog box. If there are any words with multiple pronunciations - 約 for example has two options - select the one you want. After making the change, click the button to hear its pronunciation. When finished, click OK. 3.6.8 Delete Phrase Select a term such as 王建民 then click the Delete phrase butto.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert Cancel: The warning message will disappear and the exporting will be cancelled. If you select Apply All, all of the options selected will be automatically applied for future cases. If the you select Save as CSV File, a Save As dialog box will launch. Enter a file name and select where to save the file. Press Save and all of the words in the previous list will be saved as CSV files.
3-26 Chinese Expert 3.7 Pronunciation Practice 3.7.1 TTS Speech The Penpower Chinese Expert uses TTS synthetic speech technology to help you with pronunciation in a fast and intuitive manner. Click the Text to speech button on the toolbar below the English/Sentence Segmentation pane to listen to the standard pronunciation for the entire document. The system will show you the pronounce words with highlights.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.8 The Translation Function 3.8.1 Phrase Translation Tip Display After the article or sentence has been segmented, hover your cursor over a certain word or term in Sentence Segmentation pane. If an English translation exists for this word or term in the system database, it displays as a tool tip. Notes: 1. If the words have notes, the notes will be shown after the translation. 2.
3-28 Chinese Expert To add a Chinese phrase, click the Add phrase button. The phease will be added to the database for the current article in the Phrase Input dialog box. If this phrase already exists in the database, a reminder is displayed. 3.8.3 Manual Translation Click the indented Sentence Segmentation button to switch to the English pane. Click the sentence on the left to show that sentence in the English pane. You can now enter your own English translation for the sentence in the English pane.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.8.4 Machine Translation of Whole Sentence or Article Note: The results from machine translation may not be entirely accurate so the translated content is only provided for reference. Translate New Article Create a new article and then click the Translation button. In the Article setting dialog box, select a Pinyin setting and click OK. The translation of the entire article is shown in the English pane.
3-30 Chinese Expert Translate Segmented Article If sentence segmentation has already been performed on the article, you must first click the indented Sentence Segmentation button to restore it to the state. Now click the Translation button and the translation of the entire article will appear in the English pane. If you are viewing the article by sentence, only the current sentence will be translated.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.9 User defined dictionary You can define your dictionary’s functions at the main editing page of the User defined dictionary by adding frequently-used words or difficult words convenience. 1. Click the User’s defined dictionary button, open the User defined dictionary dialog box, select the New button, open the Add phrase dialog box. You can now input a new word. 2.
3-32 Chinese Expert 3. After pressing OK, you can immediately see the new word in the window, and the word comments at the bottom. 4. After selecting the word, select an option on the right (Modify, Delete, Speak etc). You can also Import or Export the content of your customized dictionary for future use. Note: If you would like to select multiples words, just hold shift and select the desired words.
Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert 3.10 Re-edit Article The Re-edit article command can be used to clear all edits made to the content of the current article. Only the original Chinese text in the Chinese field will be retained. Note: The Re-edit article command will clear only the segmentation in the Sentence Segmentation pane or the English translation in the English pane. Phrases already added to the phrase database will not be affected.
3-34 Chinese Expert 3.11 PCE Share Click About button and select [Connect to PCE Share Website]. You can connect to Sample Lessons, Community and Share My files on the PCE Share Website. 3.12 About Click About button and select [About] to open the About dialog. You can check your PCE version information here. Upon choosing the User reporting system button, an Outlook page will pop out, you will be able to receive immediate trouble-shooting help online.
Chapter 4 Settings Chapter 4 Settings 4.1 PCE Settings 4.1.1 Language Setting You can view the Penpower Chinese Expert interface in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese or English. Click the Settings button. In the Settings dialog box, you can choose between Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, or English in the Language Settings area. Click OK and the reminder The new language setting will be effective after Penpower Chinese Expert is restarted will be displayed. Click OK.
4-2 Chinese Expert 4.1.4 Converting Tradictional and Simplified Chinese Setting Bidrectional Conversion of Tradictional and Simplified Chinese Setting provides two options: Character-by-Character and Word-by-Word. If you choose Characterby-Character, PCE will change the characters to either Traditional or Simplified Chinese, for example 電腦 will change to become 電腦. If you choose Word-by-Word, 電腦 will become 計算机. 4.1.
Chapter 4 Settings 4.2 Language Settings for English Environments If you use the Windows 2000/XP English operating system, the Penpower Chinese Expert may not properly display Chinese characters. For example, Chinese text entered into the Chinese pane appears as strange code, the sentence headings in the article pane appear as strange codes, or the Chinese characters in the English pane are displayed as strange codes.
4-4 Chinese Expert 4.2.2 Windows XP English Operating System Click the Start button, and then select Settings. Click Control Panel, double-click Regional and Language Options and then click the Languages tab. In the Supplemental language support area, select Install files for East Asian Languages, and then click OK. A notification to restart your computer before the settings will take effect will pop-up. Click Yes to restart the computer.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.1 Hardware Specifications • Dimensions: 110mm x 90mm x 22mm • Weight: 110g (excludes USB cable) • Active Pad Area: 55mm x 45mm Left mouse button Handwriting/Mouse mode button Right mouse button Handwriting/Mouse mode button: Clicking this button switches between the handwriting and mouse mode.
5-2 Chinese Expert 5.2 Penpower Jr. Introduction • Unicode recognition kernel Supports the Unicode system to input Traditional and Simplified Chinese easily. • All-in-one recognition kernel of Big5 and GB The characters that can be recognized includes more than 23,000 Chinese words, 4941 words unique to Hong Kong, alphabet, numeric, symbols, Hiragana and Katakana.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version • Transparent signature Superimpose your signature directly into a Microsoft Word or Excel document without changing the document layout. Or insert your signature into IE, Netscape and Eudora e-mails and send it to other people. • Pop-up bar The visual user interface is hidden but always available. The function tool bar pops upon the word where the cursor is. • Inking on MSN Messenger If you have MSN Messenger 6.
5-4 Chinese Expert Installing the Penpower Chinese Expert also automatically installs the Penpower Jr. You can also install the Penpower Jr. by selecting the [Penpower JR] option. Select the language version you want to install, then click [ Next]. Follow the instructions on screen and carry out the installation process as directed. When installation is completed, restart your computer.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version Note: You can select between three types: typical, compact, or custom. Note: You can select what language you would like the Penpower Jr. to recognize. Note: You can have the handwriting software start up when the windows starts. Please connect the touch pad via USB port.
5-6 Chinese Expert 5.4 Starting the Penpower Chinese Expert Note: Before installing the Penpower Chinese Expert on the Windows 2000/XP English operating system, you must enable the Traditional or Simplified Chinese encoding support under Regional and Language Options on the Control Panel. The process for setting up Chinese language support is slightly different for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. See “Section 3.13 Language Settings for English Environments” for details.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.5 Touch Pad Operation 1. Move: Place the pen on the touch pad, and then move it on the panel gently. 2. Click: Press the pen down on the surface of the touch pad and lift. 3. Dragging: Press the pen down on the surface of the touch pad lift quickly, and then press down again. On the second touch move the pen on surface of the touch pad. 4. Double click: Press the pen down on the surface of the touch pad quickly. Do this twice in a deft manner. 5.
5-8 Chinese Expert 5.6 New Handwriting/Mouse Mode 5.6.1 Switching Modes When the Penpower Jr. is started for the first time, it will start in Handwriting Mode. Left mouse click the Menu button or right mouse click the toolbar to display the options menu. Select the Penpower mouse mode to switch to the mouse mode. In mouse mode, click the Switch button to switch back to handwriting mode.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.7 Full Screen Handwriting Mode There are three different options of Full Screen Mode displays in the main menu. Single-word writing You can only write one word at a time. You cannot start writing the next word until the current word has been recognized. Two-sides writing After the first stroke is made, a vertical line will be displayed in the center of screen. All following strokes written on the one side of the line are considered part of one word.
5-10 Chinese Expert Incorrect: The two parts of one word are written far away from each other. The strokes may be rexognized as two words. Auto Phrase Correction The Penpower Jr. automatically proofreads your writing content to improve the recognition rate. For example, if you continuously write『天下太平』 (peace on the earth), but the character『天』is written as『夫』, the Penpower Jr. uses its internal phrase dictionary to correctly recognize the intended result of『天下太平』. 5.7.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.8 Balloon UI This unique user interface lets you edit recognition results freely in any application. The visual user interface may be hidden but is always available. When you want to correct a word, just hover your cursor on a word and a toolbar will eventually pop-up. TIP : You do not need to click anything after the cursor is hovered on the word.
5-12 Chinese Expert 5.9 Result Correction When you use candidate words or the AI button to correct the result, the Penpower Jr. will modify its recognition database to adapt your personal writing style. The may improve the recognition rate. 5.9.1 By Artificial Intelligence 1. Write a few words. The result would display on your screen. 2. For example, the character『恬』is wrongly recognized as『恰』. 3. Hover your cursor on the word『恰』for a moment, the toolbar pops up. 4.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.9.2 By related word For any two subsequent characters, the first one is the pre-related word of the second one. The second one is the post-related word of the first one. e.g.『科技』, 『科』is the pre-related word of『技』, and『技』is the post-related word of『科』. 1. Write a few words. The result displayed on the screen e.g.『恬』is wrongly recognized as 『恰』, and『科』is wrongly recognized as『料』. 2. Hover your cursor on the word『恰』for a moment, the toolbar pops up. 3.
5-14 Chinese Expert 5.9.3 Merge When some strokes of one word are written far away from each other, they may be recognized as several words. You can use the Merge command to combine them into one word. 1. Write two words『棟樑』though Free Writing mode. The result would display on your screen. 2. If『木』and『東』is written far away from each other, you may get 『木東樑 』 as your result. 3. Hover your cursor on the first word『木 』for a moment, the toolbar pops up. 4. Click the button to merge『木』and 『東』into『棟』.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.9.5 Phrase Correction In Full Screen mode, if you wish to enter a common phrase (such as an idiom) and if you are not sure of how to write one of the characters, you can substitute a similar-sounding character instead. If you are not sure of the given character’s pronunciation either, choose any at random. When you have finished writing the phrase, select the uncertain character with the mouse then click the Phrase correction button. The Penpower Jr.
5-16 Chinese Expert 5.10 Homophone If you forget how to write a certain words or it is too complicated to write, you can write down a homophone to display the word that you would like to input. For example, If you want to input the word『豫』: 1. Write any homophone of『豫』, for example.『玉』. The character will be displayed on screen. 2. Hover your cursor on the first word『玉 』for a moment to display the toolbar. 3. Click the button to display the window of homophone words. 4.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.11 Related Phrase 5.11.1 Input words by Related Phrase 1. Write the first word of a phrase. e.g. If you want to input the phrase『一年四季』, just write the first word『一』. 2. Tap the middle button on the touch pad to switch to Mouse mode. All the phrases beginning with the word『一』will be listed on the phrase area of the Mouse mode. 3. Click the phrase or memorized word that you want to send it into the caret. e.g.『一年四 季』. 5.11.
5-18 Chinese Expert 2. Click the Insert button. The Phrase Input dialog displays. You can input a new phrase here. For example, if you want to insert『一不做二不休』as a phrase, input『一不做二 不休』. Update the phonetics on the right side. Click the tion to check if the one you selected is correct. / buttons to hear the pronuncia- Note : The maximum length of a phrase is 200 words. The phonetics of the phrase is only for the VoiceReader to read the given text properly.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.12 Learning String A string is represented by a single symbol. You can write the symbol anytime and the recognition engine will recognize it as the entire string, minimizing needless writing. 1. In Mouse mode, click the Learning Tool button and click Learn String. The Learning Tool dialog box displays. 2. Enter the string you want to learn, then click Start. 3. Write your symbol twice according to the instructions.
5-20 Chinese Expert 4. Click the Manage DB tag. You can browse though the animated symbols for strings or any of the strings you have assigned a symbol to. 5.13 Gesture The Penpower Jr. supports four standard writing gestures. You can write these gestures to perform certain keyboard actions. 1. Delete: simulates the DELETE key. 2. Backspace: simulates the BACKSPACE key. 3. Enter: simulate the ENTER key. 4. Space: simulate the SPACE key.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.14 Mixing Traditional and Simplified Writing You can mix writing traditional and simplified Chinese words. For example, you can write the two words『書寫』. No matter what characters you write, just set the recognition engine to determine whether the output is shown as Traditional or Simplified Chinese. See 4.12.1 for more details. 5.15 Switching Versions 1. In Mouse mode, click Penpower Junior options, then click Version. 2.
5-22 Chinese Expert 5.16 Settings In Mouse mode, click the Setting button or in Handwriting mode, click Setting from the menu. At the Setting dialog box, choose the settings for the recognition engine, output format or writing inking. 5.16.1 Recognition Setting Mode: The Recognition mode of Chinese, English, Numeral, Symbol and Japanese can be selected individually. You can select several modes at the same time. Recognition: * Simplified character: All of the results are in Simplified Chinese.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version HongKong Character: This recognition mode is available only when the Penpower Jr. is set to BIG5 or BIG5+HK. You can connect to http://www.microsoft.com/hk/hkscs/default.aspx to download the HongKong characters list. 5.16.2 General Setting Half shape/Full shape : To decide whether the handwriting result of alphanumeric is recognized as one-byte ASCII code or double-byte code. Auto load: Start Penpower Jr. when Windows starts.
5-24 Chinese Expert 5.16.3 Writing Setting Ink color: Select the color of inking. You can adjust the smoothness of color gradation when selecting Multiple. Ink width: Select the thickness of inking. Ink sound: Select the sound effect while writing. Pen style: Select the pen style. Speed: Select the writing speed. The less the relative value is, the shorter the timeout for recognition after you’ve stopped writing.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.17 Signature 1. Move your cursor to where the signature will be. 2. Select the Mouse mode and click the Signature button. The Welcome to Penpower Signature Tool screen will be shown and you are now in the signature mode. 3. In Signature mode, the right button is defined to toggle pen mode and mouse mode. You must switch to Pen mode before signing your signature. The left button is defined to change color. : Select the color of inking. : Select the thickness of inking.
5-26 Chinese Expert 6. Click the document. button to overlap your transparent signature in an MS Word or Excel Note: You can use the transparent signature in the latest version of Word and Excel, but Office 2007 does not support this function. You may make notes and commentary by using the transparent signature feature.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.18 Online Translator 1. Select Mouse mode and click the Online Translator Translator. Press the button again to deactivate. button to activate the Online When reading English or Chinese articles, if you encounter unknown characters or phrases, rest the cursor over the characters, and a translation tip displays with additional information in English and Chinese. When you move the cursor outside the interactive scope, the tip disappears.
5-28 Chinese Expert 5.19 Using Penpower Jr. in MSN Messenger Note: This required MSN Messenger version 6.1 or higher version. After you have signed in to the MSN Messenger, double-click the person’s name to display the conversation box. Below this conversation box, there are two modes for you to select: Handwrite and Type . You can switch between the input modes as you like. Note: If you can’t activate the handwriting mode, please visit the Microsoft website and install the necessary handwriting.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.20 Input Tools Installing the Penpower Jr. also installs the Penpower Input Tools. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs. Select Penpower Jr. and then click Penpower Input Tools to start Penpower Input Tools. It contains four input methods: Phonetic, Keyboard, Dictionary, and Symbol. Toolbar The commands on the toolbar are Delete the selected character, Delete the character before the cursor, Insert a blank and Change line.
5-30 Chinese Expert 5.20.2 Keyboard Input Tool Keyboard: Simulated software keyboard. Inner Code: e.g. The inner code of [☆] in hexadecimal is A1B8. Click A 1 B 8 in that order in the screen to display [☆]. 5.20.3 Dictionary Input Tool Query by stroke : 5.20.4 Symbol Input Tool Special symbols are displayed on several tables. Select a table and click the desired symbol. You can customize the symbol tables.
Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5.21 Fast User Switching The Penpower Chinese Expert (Writing Pad) supports Fast User Switching when you have more than one user account in Windows OS. Fast User Switching allows all users to use the Penpower Chinese Expert and the Penpower Jr. without reinstalling on each account. To activate Fast User Switching click the Start button, select Settings then click Control Panel. Select User Accounts and then click Change the way users log on or off.
5-32 Chinese Expert
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.1 Hardware Specifications • Dimensions: 131mm x 31mm x 19 mm • Weight: 45g (excludes USB cable) • Interface: USB 2.0 • Scanning speed: 15 cm/sec • Character size: 5-22 pt Function Button Scan tip Function button: When scanning words, the function button can be used as the Enter function. When you press the function button in the Penpower Transeye, the Online Translator will translate the next word in the scanned line. 6.
6-2 Chinese Expert • A brand new ergonomic design Provide a comfortable handle which fits all left and right-handed users. Scan away effortlessly with its transparent scan tip. Where you see, where you scan. • The best input device Unlike the complicated process of the traditional scanner, WorldPenScan provides the easiest way for inputting words. Multi-thread architecture allows you to scan continuously without pause while recognition is being done on the fly.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.3 Installing the PCE and the WorldPenScan Insert the Penpower Chinese Expert (PCE) setup CD into the CD-ROM drive and the system will automatically start the setup. You must run the Driver Installation program first. The setup program will guide you through the installation of the Penpower Chinese Expert or the WorldPenScan. Note : The Penpower Chinese Expert (Scan Pen version) provides the Penpower OCR software.
6-4 Chinese Expert 6.3.1 WorldPenScan Software Installation Please install the WorldPenScan by selecting the WorldPenScan before installing the Penpower Chinese Expert. Select your installation language, then click Next. Follow the instructions on screen and carry out the installation process as directed. When the installation is completed, restart your computer. 6.3.2 Penpower Chinese Expert Installation Select Penpower Chinese Expert. Select an installation language and click OK to install.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.3.3 Hardware Installation 1. Plug in the WorldPenScan pen into your computer’s USB port and a window may appear. Select [No, not this time] and click Next to continue. Note: Some computers may shut down accidentally after connection. This is due to lack of power to support several USB devices. To avoid this problem, connect your WorldPenScan and other USB devices to an extra-powered USB hub. 2. Select [Install the software automatically] and click Next to continue. 3.
6-6 Chinese Expert 6.4 Starting the Penpower Chinese Expert Note: Before installing the Penpower Chinese Expert on the Windows 2000/XP English operating system, you must enable the Traditional or Simplified Chinese encoding support under Regional and Language Options on the Control Panel. The process for setting up Chinese language support is slightly different for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. See “Section 4.2 Language Settings for English Environments” for details.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.5 Start the Penpower WorldPenScan Go to [Start/All Programs/Penpower WorldPenScan/Penpower WorldPenScan] or double click the shortcut on the desktop to start the WorldPenScan toolbar. 6.5.1 Toolbar To Tray icon Online Translation Help Settings Translator VoiceReader Original Image Balloon Interface Recognition Language Scan Mode About 1. Scan Mode: Provide [Scan & Recognize] and [Send Image], click to select scan mode.
6-8 Chinese Expert 8. Settings: provide Recognition Setting, General, Property, Translation Website Set up and Interface Language settings. 9. Minimize: click to minimize the toolbar to Taskbar. 10.Click to minimize the toolbar into a tray icon. Double-click the tray icon on the bottom-right of the screen to open the toolbar. Right-click to open the function menu. 6.5.2 Scanning & Recognizing 1. Select [Scan & Recognize] from [Scan Mode] . 2.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.5.4 Online Translation 1. Click [Online Translation] and select a translation Website from the toolbar. The software will then open Internet Explorer, visit the translation Website, and then open the [Translator Online] window. Tip: You can organize Website Links from the Translation Settings function. Please refer to 3.3.6 Translation Website Set Up for more detailed information. 2.
6-10 Chinese Expert 6.6 Recognition Language Before scanning, check that the Recognition Setting has been configured to your desired language. Different configurations will yield different results when scanning. 1. Click Settings icon on the WorldPenScan toolbar and select the Recognition Setting. * Recognition Language Change the [Recognition Language] to the language of the desired scan text.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.7 Scan Direction In the [General Setting] page, you can select the appropriate Scan Mode and configure the pen to suit left or right-handed holders. * Scan Direction Settings WorldPenScan must be used to scan the characters in a consistent direction, any changes to the direction will cause inaccurate recognition results. According to how you hold the pen and the direction which you want to scan to change the configuration settings. 6.7.
6-12 Chinese Expert 6.7.2 Scanning Vertically Aligned Text When scanning vertically aligned text, scan the text from top to bottom and have the pen centered on the characters as indicated by the Scan Tip arrow. 6.7.3 Scanning Horizontal Text When scanning horizontal text, you can choose the left-handed or right-handed option. Place the pen on the text and move from left-to-right or right-to-left depending on the scanning direction settings you previously set.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.7.4 Practice Try scanning the illustrated text below, in a horizontal and vertical fashion, following the guidelines above. Do not make abrupt motions when scanning like immediately changing the speed of your scan. It will take approximately 5 seconds to scan the text below.
6-14 Chinese Expert 6.8 Speech-While-Scanning Every time a character has been recognized, WorldPenScan will pronounce that character in Mandarin. 1. Click Settings icon on the WorldPenScan toolbar. 2. On the General tab select None or Speak in the Sound area. 6.9 Property Settings In the Property Settings page, you can select Scan Mode, Content or Orientation. Select Scan & Recognize, it will scan and display text on your computer.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.10 Translation Website Setup Translation Website Settings lets you add, remove, and modify online translation websites. The websites will be shown in the Translation button on the toolbar. Click the Add button to open the Translation Website Setup window. Input the translation website name and its URL address, then click OK. You can also modify or remove a website by clicking the Modify button or the Remove button.
6-16 Chinese Expert 6.11 Using the Balloon UI When using the Balloon UI, all scanning results will be directly transferred to the desired application. You can continuously scan through text and the results will be instantly displayed on the desired application. For example, scan 蒙恬全屏幕手寫精靈 into MS Word. 6.11.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version *. Candidates If you find an incorrect character in your result box, use the Candidate command to replace it with the correct character. 1. The illustration shows a character that has been recognized incorrectly. 2. Rest your cursor on the character for 1-2 seconds and a menu showing a list of suggested corrections displays. 3. If the correct character appears among the list of characters presented, click the character to have your current incorrect character replaced. *.
6-18 Chinese Expert *. Phrase Correction In Full Screen mode if you wish to enter a common phrase such as an idiom and if you aren’t sure how to write one of the characters you can substitute a similar-sounding character instead. If you are not sure of the character’s pronunciation either, choose any at random. When you have finished scanning a phrase, select the character you are not certain about and then click the Phrase correction button.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.11.2 Displaying the Original Form Click [Original Image] button on the toolbar to open the Original Image windows. It displays the scanned images. Bsides, you can hover your cursor on the recognized character for 1-2 seconds and a toolar displays. Click the third button, you will see the original image. 6.11.
6-20 Chinese Expert 6.11.4 Online Translation The Balloon Interface has an Online translation command. Whenever you do not know certain Chinese or English words, you may check its translation with the Online translation function. Hover your cursor over the scanned word, and a toolbar appears. Click the Online translation button. In the Translation window, you may click the button to hear any unfamiliar Chinese or English words spoken aloud. Click or to check the next or previous word.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.12 Penpower Assistant Tools Installing the WorldPenScan also installs Penpower Input Tools and Penpower Translator. 6.12.1 Input Tools Click the Start button, and then select All Programs. Select the WorldPenScan and then click Penpower Input Tools to start Penpower Input Tools. The Penpower Input Tools provides four input methods: Phonetic, Keyboard, Dictionary, and Symbol.
6-22 Chinese Expert * Keyboard Input Tool Keyboard: Simulated software keyboard. Inner Code: e.g. The inner code of [☆] in hexadecimal is A1B8. Click A 1 B 8 in order on the screen keyboard to display [☆]. * Dictionary Input Tool Query by stroke : * Symbol Input Tool Special symbols are grouped on several tables. Select a table and click the symbol that would like to display. You can also customize the symbol tables.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6.12.2 Penpower Translator This is a Chinese-English bi-directional translation software, which includes a Chinese->English / English->Chinese dictionary lookup and a Chinese->English / English->Chinese phrase translation. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs. Select the WorldPenScan and then click Penpower Translator to start the Penpower Translator. * English Words 1. Click the En. -> Ch. button on the left. 2.
6-24 Chinese Expert * English Article Translator 1. Click the Sentence En. -> Ch. button on the left. 2. In the upper left-hand corner, input the text to be translated/explained and then click to translate. Tip: When you translate a whole article, make sure there’s a period at the end of each sentence. Having a period at the end of each sentence will increase the accuracy of translation. * Chinese Article Translator 1. Click the Sentence S. Ch. -> En. button on the left. 2.
Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version : Delete: Delete all input and translation content (only available when translating an entire sentence). : Save: When you click the button, the Save as dialog will appear. This will save all of the input and translated content into a new .txt file (only available when translating an entire sentence). When you are looking up a single word you do not need to enter the entire word.
6-26 Chinese Expert You can also save the scan as a picture by clicking . When prompted for a directory to save it in, type the filename of your choice and choose the folder to save the picture in. Click the System Setting button. On the Setting dialog box, you can set Translation results and Spelling Setting. You can also translate the whole paragraph of whatever you’ve scanned with WorldPenScan by clicking the button, which will translate whatever you have scanned into the other language.
Chapter 7 Penpower Voice Reader Chapter 7 Penpower Voice Reader The Penpower Voice Reader utilizes a state of the art text-to-speech technology, it will read in fluent Mandarin or Cantonese of any articles. You can use it as a tool for fast proofreading or in teaching the correct Mandarin/Cantonese pronunciation. 7.1 Run Penpower Voice Reader 1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs. Select the Penpower Chinese Expert and then select the Penpower Voice Reader. 2.
7-2 Chinese Expert 7.2 Voice Reader Settings Click the button, select Setting , the Setting window will appear. Speech Speed: Adjust speech speed. Speech Pitch: Adjust speech tone level. Speech Volume: Adjust speech volume. 7.3 Exit Penpower Voice Reader 1. Click the button, select Exit. 2. When you see the following Close Penpower Voice Reader image, the Penpower Voice Reader will turn off and the icon on the upper right corner will disappear.
Penpower Chinese Expert V2.3 User Manual Penpower Technology Ltd.
