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Haverford College

Language Learning Center

Chinese Software Available in the LLC


NJ Star Chinese Word Processor 5.20 (LLC station #15 & 16)

To use this software, you need to boot the computer with Windows, not with Mac. You can also download the free trial to your Windows computer from the NJ star website. The trial version does not have the dictionary function.
• Type, edit, format, convert and print Chinese documents.
• Supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters.
• Instant English-Chinese/Chinese-English dictionary/translation.


Wenlin software for Learning Chinese (LLC Station #15 &16).

To use this software, you need to boot the computer with Windows, not with Mac.
For information about the program, please go to Wenlin website.
The basic instructions and the detail software manual is available at the LLC station #15 and #16.
Instructions for Wenlin software


Internet Explorer 7 for Windows with Yellow Bridge Talker (LLC Station #15 & 16)

YellowBridge Talker, a text-to-speech (TTS) software add-on for Internet Explorer is installed at LLC station #15 and 16.
It allows you to listen to Chinese words pronounced in Mandarin on any web page.
On any arbitrary web page, simply select the desired text using your mouse, right click to bring up the context menu and select Pronounce Text.

Microsoft Office 2007 with both Simplified and Traditional Chinese Input (LLC Station #15 with Vista & 16 with XP)

To type in Chinese, you need to change the language bar button to either Chinese (Taiwan) or Chinese (PRC).


PenPower mini ScanEYE II text scanner (LLC Station #15)

PenPower Mini Scaneye is a hand-held scanner, Chinese OCR and English-Chinese translation system. You can use the scanner to scan any Chinese text (from books, magazine, letters, etc.) and see them instantly convert into editable Chinese text.
The instructions are available at the LLC workstation #15. Please ask the SA on duty to use the Pen and return it to the SA when you are done with the Pen.
Instructions for PenPower mini ScanEYE II text scanner

PenPower Chinese Handwriting Jr. LuLu: Handwriting tablet (LLC Station # 15)

The Crystal PENPOWER Jr.'s ultra-thin touch writing pad can recognize traditional and simplified Chinese, Hong Kong characters, English, numbers, symbols, Japanese hiragana and katakana.
The instructions are available at the LLC workstation #15. Please ask the SA on duty to use the writing pad and the pen and return them to the SA when you are done with the writing pad and the pen.
Instructions for Handwriting tablet