Vincent Computer Edutainment

The Power of Wenlin 3.0

Wenlin is CD-ROM software for the Macintosh and MS-Windows operating systems. Wenlin tackles the most frustrating obstacles for students, scholars, and speakers of Chinese with its versatile and easy-to-use interface. It is like having a seasoned scholar on your desktop!

Dictionary Interface

• High speed customizable and expandable Chinese dictionary
• Over ten thousand characters, seventy-four thousand words and phrases
• Instant "point to" vocabulary look-up
• Click access to essential vocabulary info
• Extensive character descriptions and cross-referencing
• Pictures of ancient and modern forms of Chinese characters
• Desktop access to important Chinese scholarship and literature
• Click access to all words that contain a character, including definitions, ordered by frequency of usage
• Character look-up by component, including groups that share components
• Fast automatic search access to huge selection of literature, for finding examples in context
• Character lists arranged by stroke-count and pronunciation
• Automatically updated listing

Text Editor

• Reads, writes, edits, and prints Chinese documents
• Supports Unicode format, the most widely recognized world standard, as well as GB, Big5, UTF-8 and HZ
• Built-in selection of Chinese literature, current new media included
• Word-wrap, undo, cut, copy, paste, search, and replace
• Unlimited document size
• Characters and words entered using phonetic conversion or handwriting recognition
• Instant dictionary integrated with text editor
• Combines simple and full form Chinese characters, pinyin, and English in one document
• Compatible with other Chinese language applications, pen/tablet tools

"Flashcards" System

• Automated drill and review
• Interactive testing, multiple-choice and composed-answer
• Scoring and tracking
• Dictionary access while memorizing vocabulary
• Simultaneous display of documents, definitions, lists, and flashcards

Learning

• Animated Stroke-By-Stroke Display
• Instant Handwriting Recognition
• Audio-CD quality studio recordings of all Mandarin syllables

The price of Wenlin 3.0 CD is A$286.

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Date revised: 25 March 2004