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Google Sogou Pinyin is also pretty good

After the whole kerfluffle where it turned out that Google copied all or some of its wordlist from Sogou’s Pinyin method, I decided to download the Sogou IME at work and give it a spin. Results: 听完了这个消息我便下载了搜狗的拼音输... ...full story at bokane

from bokane on Thu, Apr 12 2007

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23 Jun 08		HelloMandarin.com - Chinese Pinyin - d-t » YouTube videoLearn Chinese Pinyin, What is Pinyin on http://www.hellomandarin.com/ilovechin ese/podcast/pinyin
09 Apr 07		Google apologizes to Sohu: 'Oops, didn't mean to steal your code' » Shanghaiist When Google released its Google Pinyin (GP), Shanghaiist cheered. But was it really Google’s Pinyin we were cheering for? Let us explain. After last week’s launch, many Chinese users noticed an eerie similarity between GP and Sogou Pinyin, a rival I...
15 May 07		Why I’m not afraid of Google » bokane Sure, Google may be beating up Yahoo and Microsoft and taking their lunch money, and it may be plagiarizing part of its Pinyin IME wordbank from Sogou, and it may be growing and spreading into every industry it can find — but I’m pretty sure...
23 Jun 09		Unfair play: Sogou sues Tencent » Shanghai Daily THE Beijing-based search engine Sogou.com is demanding up to 21 million yuan (US$3.07 million) in compensation from the Shenzhen-based Tencent company, operator of the popular QQ online messager, which it accuses...
27 Aug 09		Google Pinyin for the HTC Hero » Sinosplice I got the Google Pinyin input working for my HTC Hero Android phone. It turned out to be quite simple. The only two things holding me back were (1) a bad install of Google Pinyin, and (2) lack of proper documentation for switching input methods. When I...
23 Jun 09		Pinyin dispute for court » Shanghai Daily THE Beijing-based search engine Sogou.com is demanding almost 21 million yuan (US$3 million) in compensation from Shenzhen-based Tencent, operator of the popular QQ online messager, which it accuses of unfair competition. ...

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