Penpower PCE Standard User Manual
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Chinese Expert
TTS Speech
The Text-to-Speech (TTS) synthetic
speech technology allows you to hear words
on-screen, allowing you to listen to the
pronunciation and tones of the words. Hover
the cursor on a word or term, right-click and
then click Text to speech to hear the word
or term.
on-screen, allowing you to listen to the
pronunciation and tones of the words. Hover
the cursor on a word or term, right-click and
then click Text to speech to hear the word
or term.
Change Pronunciation
Certain words may have multiple pro-
nunciations. 紐約, for example, has two
possible tones for 約. Hover the cursor on
約
possible tones for 約. Hover the cursor on
約
and right-click to bring up the menu.
Click Tone modification. In the Phrase input
dialog box, select a pronunciation for 約.
dialog box, select a pronunciation for 約.
Show Standard Trace
The Penpower Chinese Expert can display how Chinese characters in a step-by-step
display. Showing the proper stroke order for any Chinese characters, you will learn how to
properly write any character.
properly write any character.
Hover the cursor on the word or term to see the trace. For a term such as 紐約 right-click
the term to open the menu. Click Character tracing, then select the character 紐 to trace.
An animation of how to write the character 紐 is shown along with other details about the
character.
An animation of how to write the character 紐 is shown along with other details about the
character.
Use the Ink Speed slider to adjust the writing speed.
Word details show that its radical is and its stroke count is 7.
Click Replay to study the stroke order for the word again.
Word details show that its radical is and its stroke count is 7.
Click Replay to study the stroke order for the word again.