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- Page 1 Penpower Chinese Expert User Manual Version: V2.3 Release: November, 2009 Edition: 2...
- Page 2 Therefore, Penpower is unable to promise nor warrant that there will be absolutely no risk of loss or damage of information, or any other kind of loss, during installation and/or execution of...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
2.1 System Requirements ... 2-1 2.2 Installation ... 2-1 Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert ... 3-1 3.1 Starting Penpower Chinese Expert ... 3-1 3.2 Introduction to the Main Interface ... 3-1 3.2.1 Translation Mode ... 3-1 3.2.2 Word Segmentation Mode ... 3-3 3.3 File Management ... - Page 5 Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version ... 5-1 5.1 Hardware Specifications ... 5-1 5.2 Penpower Jr. Introduction ... 5-2 5.3 Installing the PCE and Penpower Jr..5-3 5.4 Starting the Penpower Chinese Expert ... 5-6 5.5 Touch Pad Operation ... 5-7 5.6 New Handwriting/Mouse Mode ...
- Page 6 5.16 Settings ... 5-22 5.17 Signature ... 5-25 5.18 Online Translator ... 5-27 5.19 Using Penpower Jr. in MSN Messenger ... 5-28 5.20 Input Tools ... 5-29 5.21 Fast User Switching ... 5-31 Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version ... 6-1 6.1 Hardware Specifications ...
- Page 7 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.
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Page 8: Chapter 1 Product Features
We employ the latest TTS (Text To Speech), and intelligent syntax technology, so you can listen to the correct pronunciation of single characters, phrases, or sentences. Penpower Chinese Expert can also record pronunciation from real people. You can hear real pronun- ciation at any time. -
Page 9: Version Introduction
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. -
Page 10: Chapter 2 Installation
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. 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. - Page 11 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].
- Page 12 [Remove now, and exit setup program.] or [Remove later, and exit setup program.] to continue using your current version. Note : If you install the Penpower Chinese Expert Standard Version, please follow the below instructions to activate your product;...
- Page 13 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.
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Page 14: 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. 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. -
Page 15: Function Buttons
Chinese Expert Function Buttons Toolbar 1. Text to speech text in the Chinese panel. The Text-to-speech function is a great way for you to practice your Chinese listening comprehension skills. The display subtitle feature is even more helpful by showing you what word is being pronounced during text-to-speech. so you can Click the Text to speech 2. -
Page 16: Word Segmentation Mode
3.2.2 Word Segmentation Mode Click the Word Segmentation Mode Articles/ phrase List Toolbar Note: When selecting a sentence from the left side, the Toolbar buttons will be differ- ent from that of when selecting an article. Refer to 3.2.1 Translation Mode for the explanation of the article toolbar. - Page 17 Chinese Expert 1. Text to speech 2. Human Voice Click the Human Voice 3. Record your own voice 4. Delete this recording 5. Display/Hide Pinying pane. 6. Copy to Clipboard video files and saves the files onto the clipboard. You can paste the files into any editing software such as Word, Excel, Paint, etc.
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Page 18: File Management
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. -
Page 19: Opening An Existing File
Tip: The Penpower Chinese Expert (PCE) automatically detects if an article is in Tradi- tional or Simplified Chinese based on the number of Traditional and Simplified Chi- nese characters in the article. The PCE will display different images preceding the file name. -
Page 20: Abstract
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. -
Page 21: Save File
Click Yes to save each article or Save all to save all modified articles. button then select Save as pce file to open the Location of the button in the upper right corner to exit Penpower Chinese Expert. -
Page 22: Sentence Segmentation
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 under- stand the entire sentence. 3.4.1 Automatic Sentence Segmentation Press the Sentence Segmentation ton, when the button looks indented, right-click desired article’s name to launch option list. - Page 23 Zhuyin can help you learn the Zhuyin used for each word. Penpower Chinese Expert automati- cally breaks the entire article down into individual sentences. Each sentence is then indexed on the left side in the article pane.
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Page 24: Basic Chinese Learning Functions In The Sentence Segmentation Pane
3.4.2 Basic Chinese Learning Functions in the Sentence Segmentation Pane Tip-Show Translation and Note In the Penpower Chinese Expert Sen- tence Segmentation pane, you can hover the cursor on any word or term to see the English translation and a few notes pertain- ing to the selected word or term. - Page 25 約 . Show Standard Trace The Penpower Chinese Expert can display how Chinese characters in a step-by-step display. Showing the proper stroke order for any Chinese characters, you will learn how to properly write any character.
- Page 26 3-13 Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert Click Practice to open the Practice dialog box where you can practice writing the char- acter. When done, you can click Grade for the program to evaluate your written character. Click Erase to repeat the practice session.
- Page 27 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.
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Page 28: Build Phrase Manually
Chinese pane, select and right-clcik 洋基 . Click Build phrase to combine 洋 and 基 into one new term, 洋基 . Before Build phrase After Click the Phrase database database dialog box. 洋基 is now listed in the phrases. Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert button to open the Penpower Chinese Expert phrase 3-15... -
Page 29: Redo Phrase Segmentation
Before redo phrase segmentation Note: The Penpower Chinese Expert comes with an extensive pre-defined term database and when manually constructed terms are assigned, they rank lower than terms already existing in the database. If a manually constructed term is a part of a larger default term, the Redo Phrase Segmentation function can’t be performed on other... -
Page 30: Auto Insert All Phrases
(self-select) on the right column, then press OK. Click the Phrase database button. In the Penpower Chinese Expert Phrase Data- base dialog box, you can see all of the phrases in the article now listed in the database. - Page 31 3-18 Chinese Expert Note: The pronunciation system shown in the Chinese pronunciation area of the Pen- power 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.
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Page 32: Phrase Database Management
Shows the selected phrase and its English translation. Custom Definition Note You can use the edit phrase or construct phrase function to add your own notes. Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert button to display the Penpower Chinese Expert Phrase Custom Definition Note 3-19 Oral exam... -
Page 33: Phrase Search
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... -
Page 34: Speech Practice
3.6.2 Speech Practice Click the Speech practice to practice. 1. Display/Hide Pinyin : Display or hide the Pinyin of the selected phrase. 2. Text to speech : 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. -
Page 35: Listen To Pronunciation
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 Hu- man 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... -
Page 36: Add Phrase
3.6.6 Add Phrase Click the Add phrase 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 button to hear its pronunciation. -
Page 37: Edit Phrase
3-24 Chinese Expert 3.6.7 Edit Phrase Click a phrase such as 紐約 , then click the Edit phrase 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... - Page 38 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.
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Page 39: Pronunciation Practice
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 tation pane to listen to the standard pronunciation for the entire document. The system will show you the pronounce words with highlights. -
Page 40: The Translation Function
Settings, the translation tip will display with both Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters. 3.8.2 Lookup Phrase Translation in Dictionary The Penpower Chinese Expert provides an extensive dictionary providing bilingual translations and usage rules. First, click the Dictionary lish word/phrase to lookup then click the Search English or Chinese translation, definition and usage is then displayed. -
Page 41: Manual Translation
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 data- base, a reminder is displayed. 3.8.3 Manual Translation Click the indented Sentence Segmenta- tion... -
Page 42: Machine Translation Of Whole Sentence Or Article
Chinese, set the translation engine to Simplified Chinese. This will improve the accu- racy of the translation. The Penpower Chinese Expert automatically breaks the entire article down into individ- ual sentences. Each sentence is then indexed on the left side. Click on a particular sentence on the left to edit the sentence. - Page 43 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 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. If a translation already exists and you click the Translation chine Translation will erase your own translation.
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Page 44: User Defined Dictionary
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 box, select the New button, open the Add phrase dialog box. You can now input a new word. - Page 45 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.
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Page 46: Re-Edit Article
3.10 Re-edit Article The Re-edit article command 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. -
Page 47: Pce Share
Upon choosing the User reporting system button, an Outlook page will pop out, you will be able to receive immediate trouble-shooting help online. Click [Product warrant registration] to connect to the Penpower product warranty registration Website for ensuring your product warranty service. -
Page 48: Chapter 4 Settings
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. If, for example, you choose Sim- plified Chinese as the interface language, when you restart the Penpower Chinese Expert the interface will be in Simplified Chinese. -
Page 49: Converting Tradictional And Simplified Chinese Setting
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 Character- by-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... -
Page 50: Language Settings For English Environments
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. -
Page 51: Windows Xp English Operating System
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. -
Page 52: 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 Handwriting/Mouse mode button: Clicking this button switches between the handwriting and mouse mode. Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version Right mouse button... -
Page 53: Penpower Jr. Introduction
Not only can you write strokes in any order but even careless or illegible continuous writ- ing can be recognized correctly. • Smart handwriting/mouse mode This brand-new Penpower mouse is more intuitive and easier to use. Additional symbols and symbol shortcuts are also provided for your convenience. • Other auxiliary functions Other useful functions such as related phrase, related word, special symbol table, homo- phone, dictionary, learning string, color inking and sound effect. -
Page 54: Installing The Pce And Penpower Jr
5.3 Installing the PCE and Penpower Jr. Insert the Penpower Chinese Expert setup CD into the CD-ROM drive, and the system will automatically start the setup. Select [ Penpower Chinese Expert]. Please refer to Chap- ter 2 for more details. - Page 55 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.
- Page 56 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.
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Page 57: Starting The Penpower Chinese Expert
When the Penpower Chinese Expert software is opened, the Penpower Jr.starts as well. When using the Penpower Jr. for the first time, a calibration dialog box will appear to ask you to calibrate the touch pad. Tap the four corners of the touch pad in a counterclock- wise direction from the top-left corner. -
Page 58: Touch Pad Operation
Mouse mode. 5.5.1 Calibration When the Penpower Chinese Expert starts, the Penpower Jr. starts as well, so you are able to write right away. If the inking you write is not centered on screen, you need to calibrate your touch pad to remap the active area. -
Page 59: New Handwriting/Mouse Mode
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. -
Page 60: Full Screen Handwriting Mode
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. - Page 61 The Penpower Jr. automatically proofreads your writing content to improve the recogni- tion 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』 .
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Page 62: Balloon Ui
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. -
Page 63: Result Correction
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. - Page 64 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』...
- Page 65 5-14 Chinese Expert 5.9.3 Merge When some strokes of one word are written far away from each other, they may be recog- nized 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.
- Page 66 『一』 character, the Candidate Characters Window displays. Clicking the Phrase correction a list of all phrase correction candidate words for you to choose and replace with. button. The Penpower Jr. will examine button displays Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version 5-15...
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Page 67: Homophone
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』... -
Page 68: Related Phrase
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 begin- ning with the word 『一』... - Page 69 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.
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Page 70: Learning String
5-19 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. -
Page 71: Gesture
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. -
Page 72: Mixing Traditional And Simplified Writing
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. For the Win2000/XP/Vista operating systems for Traditional Chinese, Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) or Simplified Chinese, the output of the handwriting recognition is always encoded using Unicode. -
Page 73: Settings
* Traditional+Simplified: You will get traditional words while using traditional writing, and you will get simplified words while using simplified writing. Unusual character: The Penpower Jr. recognizes some unusual words when you select Unusual character. Running Hand: Select this option to recognize run-on cursive. - Page 74 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 down- load 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.
- Page 75 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 select- ing Multiple. Ink width: Select the thickness of inking. Ink sound: Select the sound effect while writing. Pen style: Select the pen style.
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Page 76: Signature
: Undo one stroke. : Redo one stroke. 4. Click the button to cancel signature. 5. Click the button to insert your signature at the position of your cursor. Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version button. The Welcome to Penpower 5-25... - Page 77 5-26 Chinese Expert 6. Click the button to overlap your transparent signature in an MS Word or Excel document. 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.
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Page 78: Online Translator
5.18 Online Translator 1. Select Mouse mode and click the Online Translator Translator. Press the button again to deactivate. 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. -
Page 79: Using Penpower Jr. In Msn Messenger
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... -
Page 80: Input Tools
Note: Before running the Penpower Input Tools, make sure the Penpower Jr. has been started. Oth- erwise you’ll be asked to start the Penpower Jr. first. TIP: Hover your cursor on the Penpower Input Tools to expand it to normal size. Otherwise the Pen- power Input Tools appears as a small icon 5.20.1 Phonetic Input Tool... - Page 81 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...
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Page 82: Fast User Switching
Panel. Select User Accounts and then click Change the way users log on or off. Select Use the Welcome screen and Use Fast User Switching and then click Apply Options. The Penpower Jr. will work now no matter which account is used to log in. Chapter 5 Writing Pad Version... - Page 83 5-32 Chinese Expert...
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Page 84: Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version
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. 6.2 WorldPenScan Introduction WorldPenScan, the best input device, scans and recognizes Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian and Spanish into your computer via the USB interface. - Page 85 • Penpower VoiceReader Penpower VoiceReader utilizes a state of the art text-to-speech technology, it reads in flu- ent Mandarin or Cantonese of any articles. You can use it as a tool for fast proofreading or in teaching the correct Mandarin/Cantonese pronunciation.
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Page 86: Installing The Pce And The Worldpenscan
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. - Page 87 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 installa- tion is completed, restart your computer.
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Page 88: Hardware Installation
2. Select [Install the software automati- cally] and click Next to continue. 3. Click Finish to complete the installation. Note: When connecting the WorldPenScan pen to another USB port, follow these same steps to install again. Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version... -
Page 89: Starting The Penpower Chinese Expert
After the Penpower Chinese Expert software is installed, there will be a new cut on the desktop. Double click this icon to start the Penpower Chinese Expert. Alterna- tively, click the Start button, and then select All Programs. Select the Penpower Chinese Expert and then select the Penpower Chinese Expert. -
Page 90: Start The Penpower Worldpenscan
4. Original Image: display the scanned image. 5. Voice Reader: read aloud Chinese articles in Mandarin or Cantonese. 6. Translator: open Penpower Translator to translate Chinese-English/English-Chinese words and articles. 7. Online Translation: provide a translation function in which you can assign a translation website to translate scanned words. - Page 91 Stop applying pressure to the pen to stop scanning. The scanned text will dis- play in your word processor. Note: Penpower WorldPenScan is able to scan and recognize one row of characters at a time. Place the pen so the Scan Tip arrow points at the center of the line.
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Page 92: Online Translation
3.3.6 Translation Website Set Up for more detailed information. 2. Place a document on the table and place the scanner head at the starting word and aim the Scan Tip arrow at the center of the scan area, the press and drag the WorldPenScan pen in a straight line. -
Page 93: Recognition Language
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. Settings icon on the WorldPen- 1. Click Scan toolbar and select the Recognition Setting. -
Page 94: Scan Direction
When you first use the WorldPenScan, the default setting is automatically detects the di- rection of the text. However, you can manually set the scanner to scan in a direction of your choice. If left in its default settings, the scanning speed of the WorldPenScan will be slower until the WorldPenScan detects the appropriate text direction. - Page 95 Left hand: Scanning from left to right or Scanning from right to left Note: The Penpower WorldPenScan is able to scan and recognize one row of characters at a time. Place the pen in such a manner so that the Scan Tip arrow is at the center of...
- Page 96 It will take approximately 5 seconds to scan the text below. 蒙恬掃譯筆中文辨識掃描翻譯 If you have successfully scanned the text with the correct recognition results, you are now ready to put WorldPenScan to actual use! Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 蒙 恬 掃...
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Page 97: Speech-While-Scanning
6-14 Chinese Expert 6.8 Speech-While-Scanning Every time a character has been recog- nized, WorldPenScan will pronounce that character in Mandarin. 1. Click Settings icon on the World- PenScan 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. -
Page 98: Translation Website Setup
After choosing the language, you may check the description on the interface. If the description does not display prop- erly, this means your Windows OS does not support the chosen language display. Please choose another language. Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6-15... -
Page 99: Using The Balloon Ui
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 dis- played on the desired application. For example, scan 蒙恬全屏幕手寫精靈... - Page 100 (downlink) and a list of combination of characters for the character after 料 will display. 5. You will see that the wrong result 『蒙恰 料技』 is already updated as 『蒙恬科 技』 . Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version 6-17...
- Page 101 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.
- Page 102 6.11.3 Punctuation in the Balloon UI Click and a panel listing punctuation marks will be displayed accordingly, allow- ing you to input half shaped or full shaped punctuation marks. Chapter 6 Pen Scanner Version button, you will see the original image. 6-19...
- Page 103 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 trans- lation button.
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Page 104: Penpower Assistant Tools
Note: Before running Penpower Input Tools, make sure the WorldPenScan has been started. Other- wise you will be asked to use the WorldPenScan first. TIP: Hover your cursor on the Penpower Input Tools to displayed it in normal size. Otherwise the Penpower Input Tools will appear as a small * Phonetic Input Tool There are three types of phonetic input tools: Zhu yin, Yue Pin and Han pin (default). - Page 105 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...
- Page 106 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.
- Page 107 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.
- Page 108 * Translating Scanned Input If you start the Translator by running the Penpower TransEYE, there is a pane that shows scanned image underneath the translation pane. You can make use of the WorldPenScan to do the inputting while the original text will be displayed in the lower pane.
- Page 109 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 the Setting dialog box, you can set Transla- tion results and Spelling Setting.
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Page 110: 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. -
Page 111: Voice Reader Settings
Speech Volume: Adjust speech volume. 7.3 Exit Penpower Voice Reader button, select Exit. 1. Click the 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. - Page 112 Penpower Chinese Expert V2.3 User Manual Penpower Technology Ltd. Release: November, 2009 Edition: 2...