Penpower Chinease Expert, User Manual

Page 1: ...Penpower Chinese Expert User Manual Version V2 3 Release November 2009 Edition 2...

Page 2: ...prohibited You may not sell lease dissemble reverse engineer copy translate adapt or derive the Software or obtain the source code of the Software by any other means You may not use the Software for a...

Page 3: ...ady paid to Penpower in respect of the Software Under no circumstances will Penpower be held liable for the possibility of loss notwith standing Penpower may be aware of the possibility of such loss 8...

Page 4: ...1 New Article 3 5 3 3 2 Opening an Existing File 3 6 3 3 3 Closing an article 3 6 3 3 4 Abstract 3 7 3 3 5 Save File 3 8 3 3 6 Save as a New File 3 8 3 3 7 Close Chinese Expert 3 8 3 4 Sentence Segmen...

Page 5: ...1 4 1 4 Converting Tradictional and Simplified Chinese Setting 4 2 4 1 5 Word Segmentation Setting 4 2 4 1 6 Speed of Speech Setting 4 2 4 1 7 Displaying Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters...

Page 6: ...Introduction 6 1 6 3 Installing the PCE and the WorldPenScan 6 3 6 4 Starting the Penpower Chinese Expert 6 6 6 5 Start the Penpower WorldPenScan 6 7 6 6 Recognition Language 6 10 6 7 Scan Direction 6...

Page 7: ...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 int...

Page 8: ...uble reading books newspapers or magazines on hand Input them into your PC our software will show you everything about the Chinese characters such as the pinyin zhuyin their radicals their total numbe...

Page 9: ...utilize all the listening reading speaking writing and translation features this software has to offer The included WorldPenScan can scan and recognize Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese and Engli...

Page 10: ...m 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...

Page 11: ...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...

Page 12: ...all the Penpower Chinese Expert Standard Version please follow the below instructions to activate your product If you install the Penpower Chinese Expert Writing Pad Version please processed to Chapte...

Page 13: ...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...

Page 14: ...When the Chinese Expert is runs for the first time the articles I Speak Chinese and 100 Chinese words appear by default Click the I Speak Chinese article to enter the default Translation Mode Function...

Page 15: ...op 2 Human Voice Hear a pre recorded human voice speak the default Chinese phrases Click the Human Voice to hear the voice and click it again to stop 3 Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese and Si...

Page 16: ...rd Segmentation Mode button Toolbar Go back to the article Text to Speech Record your own voice Delete this Recording Redo phrase Segmentation Human voice Print Display Hide Pinyin Edit Copy to clip b...

Page 17: ...the Pinyin in the Sentence Segmentation pane 6 Copy to Clipboard Converts all of the content in the Sentence Segmentation into video files and saves the files onto the clipboard You can paste the file...

Page 18: ...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 Note When content is added an asterisk is appended to th...

Page 19: ...article Click Close this article to close the article and clear its name from the article pane Tip The Penpower Chinese Expert PCE automatically detects if an article is in Tradi tional or Simplified...

Page 20: ...tract 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...

Page 21: ...e Chinese Expert Click the Close button in the upper right corner to exit Penpower Chinese Expert If there are any unsaved modified documents you will be asked to save them one by one before exiting C...

Page 22: ...ooks indented right click desired article s name to launch option list You can then change the Pinyin display format from the Pinyin Settings option Upon completion the software will display Chinese P...

Page 23: ...ividual 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 Though this function you will be able to unders...

Page 24: ...he online translation of any word or term hover the cursor on the word or term and right click and then click Search on web to connect directly to the YAHOO Dic tionary web page Note If the word being...

Page 25: ...alog box select a pronunciation for 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 charact...

Page 26: ...Expert 3 13 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...

Page 27: ...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 bo...

Page 28: ...ken down into two separate words and You can build the phrase manually by combining the two into one term and then adding the word into the database Click the sentence in the article pane In the Sente...

Page 29: ...and combine and into the term 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 ex...

Page 30: ...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 Click the P...

Page 31: ...ese 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 ph...

Page 32: ...5 Auto Insert all Phrases 3 Terms added using the Construct New Term command in the Chinese Expert phrase database Please refer to 3 6 6 Add Phrase 4 Terms created using the Add Phrase command from th...

Page 33: ...rrectly the phrase will be displayed and highlighted in blue For example after saying the term is high lighted in blue 3 6 1 Phrase Search Text Search Type the phrase to search for in the Search phras...

Page 34: ...rect If not you will see Sorry your pronuncia tion is not correct please try it again 4 Previous phrase and Next phrase Select the previous or next phrase and practice its pronunciation 3 6 3 Characte...

Page 35: ...command For example if you had previ ously recorded human speech for the phrase click the Human Voice button to hear it Note For instructions on recording human speech refer to 3 6 5 Recording Note Yo...

Page 36: ...lick OK When asked Do you want to replace all click Yes and the newly constructed phrase will be applied to the entire article If this phrase appears in any other sentences in the article you can use...

Page 37: ...k the Delete phrase butto Click Yes to delete the phrase 3 6 9 Export Press the Export button and select Export to user defined dictionary Close the Please select thewoeds dialog box All of the select...

Page 38: ...s Save and all of the words in the previous list will be saved as CSV files Software such as MS Excel can open the CSV files and its content can be printed out via a printer for revision Cancel The wa...

Page 39: ...rding For any sentence you can record your own voice after segmentation for the given sen tence By comparing your voice with the standard TTS speech you can train and correct your own pronunciation 1...

Page 40: ...Chinese or Eng lish word phrase to lookup then click the Search button or press Enter The phrase s English or Chinese translation definition and usage is then displayed Chinese to English English to...

Page 41: ...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 button to switch to the English pane Click t...

Page 42: ...se set the translation engine to Traditional Chinese If the text is in Simplified Chinese set the translation engine to Simplified Chinese This will improve the accu racy of the translation The Penpow...

Page 43: ...ation 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...

Page 44: ...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 inp...

Page 45: ...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...

Page 46: ...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 affec...

Page 47: ...lick 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...

Page 48: ...isplayed 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 4 1 2 Font Size Setti...

Page 49: ...tuation while English articles will be displayed in half width punctuations The PCE provides a Half Width symbol to Full width symbol function allowing you to modify article punctuation to make articl...

Page 50: ...displayed as strange codes It is recommended to set up your operating system so it can support Chinese characters be fore using the Penpower Chinese Expert on Windows 2000 XP English operating system...

Page 51: ...ntrol 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 noti...

Page 52: ...re Specifications Dimensions 110mm x 90mm x 22mm Weight 110g excludes USB cable Active Pad Area 55mm x 45mm Left mouse button Right mouse button Handwriting Mouse mode button Handwriting Mouse mode bu...

Page 53: ...recognition based on the advanced char acter segmentation technology Free writing recognition kernel Not only can you write strokes in any order but even careless or illegible continuous writ ing can...

Page 54: ...word where the cursor is Inking on MSN Messenger If you have MSN Messenger 6 1 or above installed you can transmit handwriting and hand drawn graphics through MSN Messenger for that extra personal to...

Page 55: ...e 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 t...

Page 56: ...elect 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 s...

Page 57: ...ower Chinese Expert software is installed there will be a new short cut on the desktop Double click this icon to start the Penpower Chinese Expert Or click the Start button and then select All Program...

Page 58: ...have normal mouse functionality and the middle button is defined to switch between pen mode and mouse mode In Pen mode the left button is used for error correction When you tap the left button the la...

Page 59: ...izontal Switch Suspend 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 rig...

Page 60: ...e other side means that the last word is finished and you ve started to write the next word Free writing You can handwrite multiple characters at one time before recognition Forty one charac ters at m...

Page 61: ...ing errors to be quickly fixed the right function button allows the input of six habitual symbols Alternatively select a candidate word on the handwriting toolbar to correct it Click the Symbols Table...

Page 62: ...t related word button or the phrase correction button to correct your result Click the button to see the raw image of your strokes Click the button to open the tutor Click the button to input punctuat...

Page 63: ...ower Jr 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 impr...

Page 64: ...o open the window of post related phrases If the correct phrase is in the list click it to update the result 6 You will see that the wrong result is already updated as 5 9 2 By related word For any tw...

Page 65: ...our cursor on the first word for a moment the toolbar pops up 4 Click the button to merge and into Note Only two consecutive words can be merged at one time 5 9 4 Split When two words are written too...

Page 66: ...icular character to infer the phrase and then edit the phrase 1 When entering an idiom in Full Screen mode such as if you are not sure of how to write the character you can write the character instead...

Page 67: ...rtain 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 1 Write any homophone of for exa...

Page 68: ...the word 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 5 11 2 Update Phrase Database There are thousands and tho...

Page 69: ...rase from database 4 In the Search string field you can only input part of a phrase to find the phrase quickly 5 You can use the New Open Save and Save As commands to manage your phrase data base yib...

Page 70: ...s 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...

Page 71: ...e 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 DEL...

Page 72: ...encoded using Unicode If after switching versions you cannot see the message displayed correctly at the bottom of the dialog box your Windows operating system may not support the version you chose 3...

Page 73: ...in Simplified Chinese If you do not know how to write traditional words you can deselec Traditional to Simplified so your writing is not recognized incorrectly as Traditional Chinese Note The Traditio...

Page 74: ...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...

Page 75: ...thness 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 Speed Select the writing spee...

Page 76: ...ure at the position of your cursor 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...

Page 77: ...nsparent 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...

Page 78: ...When you want to look up a character s translation select the button from the candidate window 5 18 Online Translator 1 Select Mouse mode and click the Online Translator button to activate the Online...

Page 79: ...ten you can use the eraser shown in the scroll bar After you have input your message click Send to send your handwritten message Set ink width Set ink color Set the rubber After you have signed in to...

Page 80: ...select All Programs Select Penpower Jr and then click Penpower Input Tools to start Penpower Input Tools It contains four in put methods Phonetic Keyboard Diction ary and Symbol The commands on the t...

Page 81: ...nner code of in hexadecimal is A1B8 Click A 1 B 8 in that order in the screen to display 5 20 4 Symbol Input Tool Special symbols are displayed on several tables Select a table and click the desired s...

Page 82: ...to use the Penpower Chinese Expert and the Penpower Jr without reinstalling on each ac count To activate Fast User Switching click the Start button select Settings then click Con trol Panel Select Us...

Page 83: ...5 32 Chinese Expert...

Page 84: ...nslator 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...

Page 85: ...s you a non interference environment All scan results will directly transfer to the desired application Balloon interface pops up and provides online translator pronunciation candidate words and relat...

Page 86: ...em 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 No...

Page 87: ...lick Next Follow the instructions on screen and carry out the installation process as directed When the installa tion is completed restart your computer 6 3 2 Penpower Chinese Expert Installation Sele...

Page 88: ...y shut down accidentally after connection This is due to lack of power to support several USB devices To avoid this problem connect your WorldPen Scan and other USB devices to an extra powered USB hub...

Page 89: ...for English Environments for details After the Penpower Chinese Expert software is installed there will be a new short cut on the desktop Double click this icon to start the Penpower Chinese Expert A...

Page 90: ...e English French German Italian Spanish Korean Japanese and Simplified Traditional Chinese text Click to select the language of the text you would like to scan 3 Balloon UI provides candidates phrase...

Page 91: ...then press and drag the WorldPenScan pen in a straight line across the area During the scanning please make sure the white auxiliary light is on Stop applying pressure to the pen to stop scanning The...

Page 92: ...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 are...

Page 93: ...ecognition Results If you select Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese you can select which language you would like the WorldPenScan to type out No matter whether the text is Simplified or Traditi...

Page 94: ...figuration settings 6 7 1 Scanning Horizontal or Vertically Aligned Text When you first use the WorldPenScan the default setting is automatically detects the di rection of the text However you can man...

Page 95: ...om left to right or Scanning from right to left 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...

Page 96: ...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 If you have...

Page 97: ...ation Select Scan Recognize it will scan and display text on your computer If you select Send Image it will display the scanned im age to your computer Select Content to change settings ap propriate f...

Page 98: ...y Please choose another language 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 bu...

Page 99: ...rd 6 11 1 Correcting a Specific Character When you want to correct a specific character just hover your cursor over a character for 1 2 seconds and a toolbar showing a list of suggested corrections wi...

Page 100: ...ed click the character to have your current incorrect character replaced 2 For example the character is wrongly recognized as and is wrongly rec ognized as as shown on the right side 3 Hover your curs...

Page 101: ...ticular character to guess what you meant and make the change 1 When entering an idiom in Full Screen mode such as if you are not sure of how to write the character you can enter the character so the...

Page 102: ...lays the scanned images 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 mar...

Page 103: ...heck its translation with the Online translation function Hover your cursor over the scanned word and a toolbar appears Click the Online trans lation button In the Translation window you may click the...

Page 104: ...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 Keyboa...

Page 105: ...of in hexadecimal is A1B8 Click A 1 B 8 in order on the screen keyboard to display Symbol Input Tool Special symbols are grouped on several tables Select a table and click the symbol that would like...

Page 106: ...art the Penpower Translator English Words 1 Click the En Ch button on the left 2 At the upper left corner in the input box type an English word and press Enter to see the Chinese translation 3 Click d...

Page 107: ...The translation result is shown in the lower pane Tip If the Chinese sentence you re looking up is in Traditional Chinese please select the Sentence C Ch En Click the Speech button If you are looking...

Page 108: ...nslation 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...

Page 109: ...he filename of your choice and choose the folder to save the picture in You can also translate the whole para graph of whatever you ve scanned with WorldPenScan by clicking the button which will trans...

Page 110: ...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 When it starts up there will be an icon on off button...

Page 111: ...Penpower Voice Reader image the Penpower Voice Reader will turn off and the icon on the upper right corner will disappear 7 2 Voice Reader Settings Click the button select Setting the Setting window w...

Page 112: ...Penpower Chinese Expert V2 3 User Manual Penpower Technology Ltd Release November 2009 Edition 2...