Open Chinese for Windows provides users with five basic Chinese characters input method for user to choose from. In addition, the user-defined method allows users to add newly defined Chinese characters and phrases, and Chinese-English mixed phrases.

Open Chinese software is designed with six main features to provide the maximum benefits and the needs for growing Chinese computing users:

1.Multiple Selection for Chinese Input Methods plus defining your own Chinese characters, preferred phrases or creating your new input methods.

2.Easy to learn and easy to use! Open Chinese is truly the fastest and the easiest windows based Chinese characters input system. Graphical User Interface System & Object-Oriented Design! What You See is What You Get! (WYSWYG)! Fuzzy Logic! On-Line Dictionary!

3.Open Chinese is built with on-line-in-buffer Chinese syntax, spelling and grammar checks and automatically correction routines. It enables users to input Chinese characters continuously. Thus, Open Chinese allows users to save time and improve productivity.

4. Open Chinese Pronounces Chinese text to Mandarin voice for your needs, including diffused sounds. Open Chinese equips with Integrated Voice Functions for single character synchronous pronunciation and text to Mandarin voice reading. Moreover, the voice module also performs automatically syntax and structures check to ensure corrected pronunciation for diffused sounding Chinese characters.

5.Keyboard, mouse, and hand writing style three in one operating environment, design for one finger operation, easy to use, easy to learn and easy to master!

6.Open Chinese provides user with a combined Chinese/English working environment. Under the Windows environment, a user can input Chinese or English or both by using one of the input modes, [Chinese/English Mode] or [Chinese Mode].

Figure 1: User Invented Method