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> if you don't know Chinese neither any of its input methods, just want input Chinese characters casually, this may be useful As a casual student of Chinese, p
by hawkice 10y ago
> if you don't know Chinese neither any of its input methods, just want input Chinese characters casually, this may be useful
As a casual student of Chinese, pinyin is actually pretty good for me (I'm American). I don't need any new markings on my keyboard, and it helps force me to learn pronunciations anyway, which is good. :)
Also: I saw people using the handwriting-based input in Hong Kong and it seemed like they were typing slower than I do, which is bananas.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago> Also: I saw people using the handwriting-based input in Hong Kong and it seemed like they were typing slower than I do, which is bananas. Speaking as another American who types in Chinese, predictive input doesn't work at all for me when I type in English. It works really well when I type in Chinese, because I'm just not able to produce intricate, idiosyncratic Chinese sentences. It doesn't surprise me that native speakers might take more time to type in their own language; their range of expression is much greater.
- KennyCason 10y agoAgreed. I type Chinese every day and quite frequently. Pinyin is plenty fast enough for typing. It also seems to be the main input method for Chinese excluding Taiwan/HK.
- inimino 10y agoPinyin is great, but completely useless when you see a character you can't pronounce, e.g. when using a dictionary. Handwriting input can also be challenging for complete beginners who don't know how to recognize strokes, etc. I can see something like this potentially having some value in those situations. Dictionaries, ...