Monday, December 24, 2007

OS X 10.5 Leopard: Chinese Module for Dictionary.app

An ingenious programmer has used Apple's Dictionary Development Kit to produce a Chinese module for Dictionary.app based on CEDICT. You can download it here. The unzipped file goes in Library/Dictionaries.
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 24, 2007 at 8:04:00 PM MST

    The link for downloading file couldn't be opened.

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  2. Tom GeweckeDecember 24, 2007 at 8:10:00 PM MST

    Fixed now I hope.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2008 at 3:13:00 PM MST

    hi Tom,

    I didn't fond any information about the new bug Leopard introduced concerning the input of simplified chinese with an AZERTY (french) keyboard.
    When i select the simplified chinese input method in the flag menu (ITABC method), my AZERTY keybord become a QWERTY keyboard !

    I had the same problem using OS 9 and the first versions of OS X. Then, with Panter and Tiger the problem was fixed, i could input simplified chinese, my keyboard remained an AZERTY one.

    Is there a way to fix or overpass this Leopard bug ?

    Thank you

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  4. Tom GeweckeJanuary 4, 2008 at 3:20:00 PM MST

    I think there is no fix. Usually I recommend people use QIM instead, where you can choose any keyboard layout you want:

    http://www.yale.edu/chinesemac/pages/input_methods.html#other

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2008 at 4:49:00 AM MST

    Hi. I wonder if leopard already supports voice over for chinese language. I did some research, and found some links that said that leopard already has that feature. but as i searched it on my mac, i couldn't find it anywhere. Any help please?

    Thanks
    Regards

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  6. Tom GeweckeJanuary 14, 2008 at 6:42:00 AM MST

    Apple does not provide voices for any language other than English. Some 3rd parties do, but the only thing I know of that does Chinese is

    http://www.cjkware.com/products.htm

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  7. Jessica Bibbee, aka 云清January 1, 2009 at 12:19:00 AM MST

    link to the Chinese module is still broken. Has it moved or been removed completely?

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  8. Tom GeweckeJanuary 1, 2009 at 6:57:00 AM MST

    I think that source is gone. Try this one:

    http://xiaocidian.com/xiaocidian-desktop/

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