Penpower PCE Writing Pad, PCE Trial, PCE Standard, PCE Scanner user manual Product Features

Chapter 1 Product Features 1-1

Chapter 1 Product Features

1.1 Product Features

Penpower Chinese Expert provides a comprehensive Chinese learning environment by immersing you in a Mandarin listening and speaking environment. Penpower Chinese Expert lets you learn Mandarin from any source including web sites, books, newspapers and magazines.

•Listening comprehension.

We employ the latest TTS (Text To Speech), and intelligent syntax technology, so you can listen to the correct pronunciation of single characters, phrases, or sentences. Penpower Chinese Expert can also record pronunciation from real people. You can hear real pronun- ciation at any time.

•Reading

Have trouble reading books, newspapers or magazines on hand? Input them into your PC, our software will show you everything about the Chinese characters such as the pinyin/ zhuyin, their radicals, their total number of strokes, and their meanings in English.

• Speaking

With our speech recognition technology, you can practice speaking Chinese phrases or taking quizzes with your PC and be confident that you sound more and more like a native Chinese speaker after each session.

• Writing

We will show you how to write any Chinese character in the correct stroke order. We also provide you with several different inputting methods for your composing pleasure: hanyu pinyin, zhuyin or strokes.

• Translation

We use a state-of-the-art machine translation module for your exploration of Chinese and English. You can translate between Chinese and English by word, phrases or whole sentences.