

The well-known Array input method comes with a dedicated input module to use instead of the generic one. It is similar to Hanin, but is Zhuyin-only and supports an even wider array of keyboards.

OpenVanilla also includes more sophisticated modules, like the open-source, intelligent Chewing input method. See here for a more detailed discussion of this topic (in Chinese). For example, tables from the popular but proprietary Boshiamy input method can be installed.

The tables can easily be edited, and other tables can be adapted for use in OpenVanilla. A variety of tables are available, including data for CangJie, Dayi, Jianyi, Wubi, and Four-corner, among others. Supports data tables in the CIN format for its generic input module. OpenVanilla is a free, open-source Unicode-based Chinese input method framework based in Taiwan. Input Method Frameworks Rime (Zhōngzhōuyùn 中州韻)Įxperimental, open-source, intelligent input method framework. Sogou also provides a Wubi input method that supports the GBK character set.Īn excellent Wubi input method for macOS and iOS. You can also edit the User Dictionary with import and export capabilities via the included QIM Dictionary Manager (QDM) utility.įree. Other useful features include the ability to limit the display of candidates to standard hanzi in the Xinhua Dictionary, optional support for filtering candidates by Pinyin tone, and support for most keyboard layouts, like French, German, etc. The Sogou search engine's dictionary has also been incorporated, providing a database of contemporary terms. It contains more than 22 million entries across the entire spectrum of professional usage. Second is a very large and highly efficient database structure. First is intelligent sentence parsing-the ability to type long sentences as input strings while maintaining a high rate of accuracy in transforming them into hanzi. Its underlying data structure supports the powerful Heima shenpin technology. QIM ("QuickCore Input Method") is a Hanyu Pinyin input method with support for both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. English-language Help for the Chinese input methods was introduced in OS X 10.5 along with a new input method framework, so Chinese Mac stopped providing detailed help at that time, though we do provide a few general observations for each OS X: 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.10, 10.11īefore OS X 10.5, Chinese Mac provided detailed guides to the Chinese input methods:
