What Country Has a Computer
for Every 6,000 People ?
(Business Week 9 - 13, 1993)
Chinese Input Methods
- Analysis & Comparison -
CONTENT
I. Classification:a. Radical - Full of character di-secting problems,
User-Unfriendly.
b. Phonetic - Full of
dialectal
&
character-searching
problems,
User-Unfriendly.
c. Digital - Scientific,
simple,
& easy.
Good for
Desktop & Handheld
and
Traditional & Simplified Chinese
both.
User-Friendly
GeoStroke A 10-key New invention
II. Mainland, China PinYin, WuBi, ...
III. Island Taiwan, China ZuYin, CheongChi, TaYi, Parallel, ...
IV. HongKong, China CKC, Q9, ...
V. Computer Statistics of China
After some 20 years' hard work,
where are we standing now ?
WHY ?????
UN-FRIENDLY and LOW-EFFICIENCY Input Systems are used.
Comparison of Major Input Systems
Input Codes Comparison:
WuBiSimplified Chinese (GB Fonts)
CheongChi
Traditional
Chinese (Big-5 Fonts)
PinYin
Simplified Chinese (GB)
ZuYin
Traditional Chinese (Big-5)
GeoStroke
Digitizing A Character
No Memorizing of Any Kind Is Required !GeoStroke Can Handle Easily
Simplified & Traditional Chinese Both.
The Least Amount of Effort Is Needed to Input
Chinese,
Japanese, or
Korean
Language.
Using 10-key pad, simple &
easy,
it takes only 5 minutes to learn.
Stroke
Chart
Simple Rules
STRATEGICAL Stroke is the "Input Code"
Try-Out Field
GeoStroke in English US Patent / Design Theory Manual in English
GeoStroke in Chinese
China Patent / Design Theory
Manual in Traditional Chinese
Manual in Simplified Chinese
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
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The Only System Which Can Handle
Both Simplifed & Traditional Chinese.
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Most Learnt Chinese on Both Shores
Are Illiterate of Any
Chinese Input Method.
Do not know
how to use a Chinese computer
to communicate on net!
Beijing approved GeoStroke's
patent on 7 - 19, 2002, ZL 95101513.3 / 94793,
this will help the most learnt on both shores
manage their computers easily,
stop wasting the precious MANPOWER !!!
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A Glance of
All Chinese Keyboards
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StrokZz.html
Foruto.com
ZuPin.html
210 Examples of Unique-Sounded Chinese Characters
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Daily-Used Characters Vs. Limited Computer Fonts
Casual-User GeoStroke
Professional GeoStroke
Coding All Chinese Characters with
Only 10 # Keys
WowOh !
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From Big-5 to
GB or From GB to Big-5 |
Stroke is |
Mainland, China :
(1) Radical WuBi - Radical Approach
a. Must learn how to analyze a Chinese character correctly first.b. Know how to sectionalize a character, and
to pick right radical(s) to make a correct "inputting".
c. Must know the English keyboard well.
Operation Systems: swin3.2/95/98/2000/2002XP, Chinese Linux, ...
Font: GB
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Five Starting-Stroke Keyboard Areas, helping locate |
Distribution of Fingers on Keyboard
Hard to Manage |
WuBi Complex Rules to follow! Hard to Remember !!! |
WuBi Coding Samples
Hard to Get |
How to Find Basic Radicals to Get Started ? |
China Patent: Prof. Li |
Radical Method Has More
Annoying Problems !!!!!
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(2) Pin Yin - Phonetical Approach
a. First, must learn to be a good linguist using English alphabets.b. Must know the intonation of every character well.
c. Must know the English keyboard well.
Standard English Keyboard
PinYin System Big-5 Ordinary Chinese, Mostly Speaking Native Dialect,
The Following Beijing Wire Presented The Serious Problem in 1993. |
 GIF
A lot of
THIS IS WHY |
 ENLARGE |
According to statistics, approximate 93% of
the computer population
prefer to suffer the tideous multiple-character problem
to use the phonetic System (PinYin or ZuYin),
as the radical systems are too difficult
to handle.
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(3) Chinese Character Processing,
GeoStroke
- Digital Approach (10-typical-stroke Based) :
a. User does not have to know any of the pre-requests ofthe above two methods.
b. Using 10-key pad only to process Chinese.
c. Those who know the basic strokes can input Chinese,
dialect-speaking folks or foreigners
do not have any problem to manage Chinese
with GeoStroke on a computer.
Stroke Is
Input Code,
No Compulsory Memory.
Simple Rules
The most effective way to input Chinese.
It takes only 5 minutes to learn,
the basic strokes are the nunbers.
Using stardard keyboard in cities, or
Chinese-number 10-key Pad in rural areas.
Z
A Basic Stroke Is
Dissolved into a Digital Number
by
Geometrical Similarity
for Users' EZ Recognition & Application.
As you can see, the stroke is the number.
User can manage the "input code" of a character easily.Using 10-key Pad to process Chinese
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FIVE-STROKEDigital WuBi
Mixed Stroke &
Radical
Digital System
| CKC System |
VH System Code first "vertically", then "horizontally". |
Islands, China :
Operation Systems: cwin3.1/95/98/2000, Chinese Linux, ...Font: Big-5
ZuYinBig-5
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ZuYin &
PinYin Examples Multiple characters for every sound! |
Cheong Chi*Ta Yi
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COMPARISON of Various Input Systems |
Limitations of Radical & Phonetic Methods |
| Array | Radical List |
HongKong, China :
Operation Systems: cwin3.1/95/98/2000 Font: Big-5swin3.2/95/98/2000 Font: GB
See Mainland,China
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What is Q9 ? A 10-key Radical System. |
What Is GeoStroke
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How Easy Is It ?
This 10-key PAD is all you need to process Chinese !
New Invention :
GeoStroke
A 10-key Chinese Input System
| China Patent | US Patent |
It Works for Big-5 & GB Fonts both.
Its Input Codes are Transparent in Both Directions !!!
In other words,
when in GB environment, if forget
how to write a GB character, user can always code
against its Big-5 character counterpart;
when in Big-5 environment, if forget how to write a Big-5 character, user can always code
against its GB character counterpart.
No any other system can match this feature
which provides tremendous convenience to users worldwide.
Operation System :
Different Version is available for:
cwin3.1/95/98 (Islands & Overseas)
&
swin3.2/95/98 (Mainland)
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GeoStroke
Chinese Input System
Classifies
all Chinese Strokes into
10 Basic Categories :
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GeoStroke
For an ordinary learnt Chinese
it takes only
3 minutes to get started.
A flexible, easy, & friendly
10-key Digital Chinese Input System
It leaves a user's "brain" & "fingers" completely
relaxed all the time,
so that he / she can concentrate on
creating & composing.
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This Simple GeoStroke 10-key Pad can Process all Kinds & Styles of Chinese Characters. |
A typical / basic stroke
is
" dissolved " into
a number with
obviously "geometrical similarity".
It is recognizable by"intiution"
instantly when do typing.
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Traditional* Simplified* Cursive
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User-Definable Coding (Users' Own Input Code)
Code a Chinese Character with Your Very Own
"Code"
GIF
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* GeoStroke's traditional
& simplified "inputting codes"
are transparent in both directions, also
they are
user-definable**.
** It is flexible. User can set his own code within a reason.
| GeoStroke Coding Examples |
Comparing Other
Chinese Input Systems to FRIENDLY GeoStroke |
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CHINA Patent & US Patent |
Manual in Simplified Chinese |
GeoStroke handles Japanese & Korean too. |
If you need "blind typing", please ask for
a
hi-efficiency GeoStroke professional version.
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CHINA Statistics:
1982| Ground Zero: 0 |
1993
1996 - 97
| PC Ratio: 0.25% (PC Qty: 3 Million) Internet Population: 150,000 or 0.0125% |
2000
| PC Rate: 1.2 units / 100 people Internet Population: 8.3 Million |
2001
| Internet Population : 22 Million , 1.8% |
Increased: 60 Million in this period!
Internet Population Increased: 21.0 Million only in this period
2002
eWeek 10-28, 2002
These poor results were obtained
after some 20 years' intensive efforts !
What went wrong ?
Obviously it is the UNFRIENDLYCHINESE INPUT METHOD used !
How Can We Improve ?
THE WORLD IS MOVING FORWARD RAPIDLY EVERY SECOND,
How Many More Years Can CHINA Wait ???!!!
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