Google Pinyin

Google Pinyin

Infobox Software
name = Google Pinyin IME



caption = Screenshot of Google Pinyin
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author =
developer = Google China
released =
latest release version =
latest release date =
latest preview version = 1.2.30.71
latest preview date = 8 August, 2008
frequently updated =
programming language =
operating system = Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP, Windows Vista
platform =
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language = Simplified Chinese
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genre = Input method editor
license = Google Terms of Service
website = [http://tools.google.com/pinyin/ Website]

Google Pinyin IME ( _zh. 谷歌拼音输入法) is an input method developed by Google China Labs. The tool was made publicly available on April 4, 2007.

Controversy

After Google Pinyin was initially released in April 2007, it was soon discovered that Google Pinyin's dictionary database contained employee names of "Sogou Pinyin", an indication that the dictionary was taken from Sogou, one of Google's competitors in the Chinese Internet market. On April 8 2007, Google admitted that they used "non-Google database resources". [cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130502-c,copyright/article.html|title=Google Admits Using Outside Source for Chinese App|publisher=PC World|date=2007-04-09|accessdate=2007-05-08|first=Sumner|last=Lemon] Sohu, the operator of Sogou, demanded that Google remove the application from its website, and threatened to sue Google if it refused. [cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130562-pg,1/article.html|title=Sohu Threatens to Sue Google|publisher=PC World|date=2007-04-10|accessdate=2007-05-08|first=Sumner|last=Lemon] As of September 2008, Google Pinyin is still available on Google's website.

Google Pinyin installs and runs a service on Windows machines (GooglePinyinDaemon.exe) which is described as the Google Pinyin Network Daemon.

By the end of 2008, more than 20% users of Google Pinyin want Linux Version of the input method, but there has no any official response yet.

See also

* Pinyin method
* Sogou pinyin method

References

External links

* [http://tools.google.com/pinyin/ Google Pinyin Website]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-pinyin Official Google Group]


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