NEW: The KEYTip Chinese-English Online Reading Tool (see download page for details)

Since we created the first ROM card based version of TianMa in 1984, our CJK software has become a worldwide standard at universities and among professionals, as an authoring, teaching and learning system for Asian languages, with emphasis on Chinese. On this page, we introduce the CJK software KEY 2011 Multimedia. All the specifications on this page apply equally to the new MacKEY CJK 5.1 software for the Macintosh OS X platform.

• View the detailed KEY (for PC Windows) Quick Reference Guide
• View the detailed MacKEY (for Macintosh OS X) Quick Reference Guide

New Features of KEY 5 (2011):

• Connect Pinyin syllables in four character Chengyu (1996 standard)
• Reflect tone sandhi in Pinyin (with a grey background)
• Number/Measure-Word expressions with English translation
• Tables, 100% compatible with MS Word
• Auto-create contextual vocabulary ("cloze") exercises
• Auto-create Chinese/Pinyin/English glossary as table
• With MS Song as default font, 12 Chinese KEY fonts can be set for documents and system-wide display

Previously available features enhanced in KEY 5.1

• Auto-add Pinyin/Bopomofo with tone-marks to Chinese text
• Correct Traditional/Simplified conversion, bi-directional
• 250,000-word Chinese-English-Chinese dictionary
• Text to speech (TTS) reads Chinese text in Mandarin

More Features in Detail

• For creating Chinese teaching materials, compare the vocabulary of multiple text files
• Generate comprehensive vocabulary statistics for your lesson files
• Let the new KEY software create interactive multimedia lessons using authentic Chinese text from the Internet, through the timed reading module
• Create annotations for a Chinese word or passage, even with split grammatical structures
• Inplace entry and editing for CJK text in the English MS Word, Corel WordPerfect and Outlook Express applications
• Dictionary Tool Tip Lookup: moving your mouse pointer along Chinese text on your screen displays the Pinyin pronounciation and the English meaning.
• Cantonese fully supported, with both Yale and Jyutping transcription.
• the new KEY CJK word processor for the English-Windows platforms XP/VISTA/7, and the Macintosh
• for users of Chinese Windows 95/98, the new KEY Chinese IME (Input Method Editor) is available
• full screen editor with integrated interactive Pinyin entry
• one click save in HTML (to publish your Chinese web page in UTF-8, Big Five or GB format).
• standard text transfer between KEY and other English-Windows applications through Cut/Copy/Paste or even in-place entry of CJK text in MS Word, Outlook Express, etc.
• interaction with other English-Windows applications through OLE
• full-featured printing in stand-alone mode
• easy CJK email with KEY and Outlook Express
• new Pinyin with Hanzi mode: enter your Pinyin text (without tones) and watch it convert into Pinyin with tones and the correct Chinese characters under the Pinyin text, all properly aligned.
• internal dictionary of over 250,000 Chinese terms. Searchable on Pinyin, Hanzi, or English
• Dictionary Tool Tip: hovering the mouse pointer on Chinese text displays the English meaning, and reads the words aloud in standard Mandarin
• linguistic reconstruction of Chinese character text from other sources
• Post Script and EPS (Encapsulated Post Script) compatible
• TTS (Text to Speech) module; for online demo, click here

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