Win8 Microsoft Pinyin Input Method detailed

Compared to the previous version of the Win8 input method is a "rebirth", then after the rebirth of the Microsoft Pinyin Input method in the end?

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From intelligent ABC to pinyin input method

Speaking of Microsoft's Chinese input method, I believe many people will remember the classic "smart abc" before the XP era, and then shake their heads, it is too difficult to use. After the improved Microsoft Pinyin input method in Chinese input to long sentence input support better, but the accuracy of the selection of words is still not high. Because at that time other Chinese input method is also very different, so the user also basically do not have too much choice, can only continue to use. And then to Sogou Pinyin as the representative of the domestic Third-party Chinese input method to the excellent based on the word library of the choice of word function completely make it a large number of users of the first choice of Chinese input, and even though Microsoft has been updated to upgrade the Pinyin input method is almost completely forgotten.

("Microsoft Pinyin Simple 2012" and "Microsoft Pinyin 3.0")

In the WINDOWS8 is "Microsoft Pinyin Simple 2012", is by Microsoft and Harbin Institute of Technology jointly developed the results of the Logo and interface in line with Win8 clean and refreshing style, the function of the whole spell, double spell, Lenovo, dictionaries have, there is self-learning, self-coined word function, in the phrase memory also not backward, Ordinary users often use the expression and compliance also have, the input interface can also be customized (no replacement skin function).

Compared to the previous Microsoft Pinyin Input method, the new version of simple 2012 does improve a lot, but as a Win 8 native input method, due to system reasons, some of the large-scale applications, mainly games and other compatibility is not very good, easy to appear unable to activate, can not switch and the problem of error reporting. At the same time as the original input method also has advantages, even in the split between the Metro interface and the traditional interface are all the whole input method experience, and Third-party input method in the Metro interface will show a double skin interface BUG. Of course I believe that with the improvement of system compatibility, the above two advantages and disadvantages will be solved, the future can grasp the user or rely on their own real experience.

But compared to the previous version of Windows 8, the input method is a "rebirth."

(Win 8 under the default switch input method shortcut key to "win+ space bar")

Engkoo Input Method

In addition to its own "Microsoft Pinyin Input Method" outside, Microsoft Research Asia also introduced a new Microsoft Engkoo Pinyin Input Method "Engkoo", its support new word hot word fast input, mixed input, cloud input candidate, fuzzy sound, professional thesaurus and other basic input functions, and the mainstream input method gap is not big.

(Engkoo Input Method settings interface and input interface)

In addition, the biggest feature of Engkoo input method is its multimedia input mode, also called V mode, press the "V" button in the input state, then select a quick content search for the corresponding media type (pictures, maps, Web pages) and insert it in the document, as you can see from the following figure, the search results are driven by Bing Bing.

Technical Curtilage can look at the Engkoo Input method developer Liu Weipeng, also is "dark time", "The Beauty of Mathematics" an article "c++11 (and modern C + + style) and rapid iterative development" to understand the technology behind this input method.