MCLC: iPhone Chinese apps (7,8)

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Martin Kers <martinkers at gmail.com>
Subject: iPhone Chinese apps (7)
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Hi Ellen,

You can enter handwritten entries by adding an extra keyboard in your
iPhone's settings (Settings > General > International > Keyboards > Add
New Keyboard... > Chinese (simplified/traditional) Handwriting).

You can change your keyboard by pressing (or holding, if you have more
than one keyboard) the 'globe' button on the left side of your keyboard.

Best,

Martin

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From: Daan van Esch <daanvanesch at gmail.com>
Subject: iPhone Chinese apps (8)

Hi Ellen,

It looks like Pleco's handwriting module is only available as a paid
add-on on iOS:
http://www.pleco.com/ipmanual/addons.html
and it will also be a paid add-on on Android starting from Jan 1, 2013,
apparently. (I'm an Android user myself so I hadn't noticed this wasn't
free on iOS.)

However, there should also be a built-in Chinese handwriting system that
comes with your iPhone. You should be able to use that in Pleco as well.
Just configure it as you would configure any locale-specific IME in iOS,
so probably under Settings > General > International > Keyboards, and then
switch the locale when you want to use Chinese handwriting input (I think
the button to change the keyboard looks like a globe).

Cheers,

Daan