Kanji IME for English Speakers
Group Members
- Geza Kovacs
- Andrew Liu
- Anthony Lee
- TA: (TA's name)
Problem Statement
We expect that Americans will increasingly be seeing kanji (also known as Chinese characters) in their daily lives - and, as such, will often need to type them onto computers. Most IMEs, however, are either phonetic methods that require the user to know the readings of the characters, or are shape-based methods which require that the user to already know the correct order in which to draw the strokes. Various online sites exist which allow point-and-click identification of kanji based on their components - however, while easily learnable, this approach is inefficient compared to typing. This project aims to make an IME for kanji which is both easy for English speakers to learn, and will allow the user to input kanji faster with increasing usage of the tool.