mikem@pixar.uucp (Mike Malione) (01/20/90)
Does anybody know of any Japanese word processing programs inteded for use by
people whose primary language is English? (i.e. one that runs under the
standard OS and provides for conversion between romajii and kana?)
Mike Malione {ucbvax | sun}!pixar!mikemmmig6535@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (01/20/90)
Yes, look for something called EGWord, by Ergosoft, if you can find it can you send me mail on where you got it? :) The copy I saw once had lots of neato features and turned hiragana into kanji *poof*, with a little diddling if it didn't guess right. -mark
gphg1125@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Glenn P Hoetker) (01/22/90)
In article <111900105@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> mmig6535@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > >Yes, look for something called EGWord, by Ergosoft, if you can find >it can you send me mail on where you got it? :) >The copy I saw once had lots of neato features and turned hiragana >into kanji *poof*, with a little diddling if it didn't guess right. > > > Yes, EGWord does have all kinds of great features. Unfortunately the newest version, as I understand the advertising, no longer works under the english system. It is available from Japanese Language Services, 186 Lincoln St., Boston, MA 02111 tel: (617)-338-2211. It sells for $499, requires 2 meg and a hard drive. Mac Kanji, the necessary system sells for $99 form the same source. It includes software that allows you to have several systems on the same hard disk. According to the ad from JLS, it includes miniWriter (text editing application) and is compatible with many Mac application programs including MacWrite, MacDraw, and MacPaint. It might be all you need, but I've not used it. There was an older, less professional version of EGWord out, which worked in English system environments. Might still be available, I don't know. It is what I use, and I am very happy with it. Another option, also available from JLS is SweetJam ($299). It is a massive init that allows user of Japanese characters in most applications, including WP's, while using the English operating system. No experience with it, but I've heard good things about it. I strongly recommend contacting JLS. So far, they have given me loads of information and are incredibly up-front about the strengths and limitations of each product. -Glenn Hoetker, University of Illinois. g-hoetker@uiuc.edu (internet or bitnet) ***disclaimer (versus dat'claimer). I don't have any relationship with JLS beyond being a satisfied customer... **also, look in the sci.lang.japan for a similar discussion.... -- Glenn Hoetker University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science g-hoetker@uiuc.edu -or- ghoetker@UIUCVMD
d32954@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.JUNET (Shigeya Tanabe) (01/23/90)
Yes, I'd recommend "Sweet Jam". This is NOT Japanese word processor but Japanese front end processor. This make it possible to treat KANJI on English standard system. While Japanese word processors require "Kanji Talk" (Japanese System) and Kanji font ROM. All Macintoshes sold in Japan have Kanji font ROM. Latest version Kanji Talk requires memories more than 2M bytes and Hard disk! :-) Moreover some softwares from US will not run on Kanji Talk because of uncompatibality. Sweet Jam requires 1MB RAM and a 800K disk at least, 2MB RAM and HD more than 20MB are recommended. With Sweet Jam, you can treat Kanji on many software such as MacWrite, MacDraw, Excel, etc. BTW, we Japanese are always sufferd from disk space for Kanji font files. Do you know LaserWriter NTX-J has 40MB HD to keep outlined Kanji fonts? :) Shige (Shigeya Tanabe, Univ. of Tokyo)
casey@ultra.com (Casey Cox) (01/23/90)
I have the latest version of EGWord. Unfortunately, they upgraded their software so that it now requires KanjiTalk. Aside from the annyoyance of having to boot the Japanese Finder, it's a lot better than the old 2.0 version. For instance, you can now have multiple fonts, including all your favorite Englis fonts (Times, etc) mixed in your doucument. You can get EGWord from Qualitus Trading in Berkely. They advertise in the back of MacWorld/Macuser. -- Casey Cox Ultra Network Technologies / 101 Daggett Drive / San Jose CA 95134 casey@ultra.com ...!ames!ultra!casey (408) 922-0100