Microsoft IME
| Microsoft IME | |
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| Basic data
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| developer | Microsoft Corporation |
| Publishing year | 1992 |
| Current version | 2012 (15.0) |
| operating system | Windows |
| category | Input mode for Japanese |
| License | Proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
| Microsoft Office IME 2010 | |
Microsoft IME (MS-IME) is an input method (English Input Method Editor , IME for short) developed by Microsoft for the Japanese language.
overview
Since the Japanese script uses several thousand characters, which do not all fit on a computer keyboard, a so-called input method is necessary for Japanese. This converts the Latin script ( Rōmaji ) from the keyboard into the Japanese script and shows a selection screen if several character combinations are possible. For example, after typing in the word sushi, the following selection can be made: 寿司 (usual spelling in Kanji ), す し (spelling in Hiragana ), 鮨 (alternative spelling in Kanji), ス シ (spelling in Katakana ). The entry is typically made using the Wāpuro system , but direct entry via Hiragana is also possible.
The quality of an input method is measured according to how well the word desired by the user can be “predicted”. Other factors such as the size of the dictionary, handwriting recognition or the like also play a role. Since the development of an input method is complex, it can be viewed as a stand-alone software.
history
The first version of MS-IME was an OEM version of the input method WX2 for Windows developed by AI Soft and was delivered as standard together with the Japanese editions of Windows 3.1 and MS Office 4.2 as well as MS Word 6.0.
WX3 was later used as the basis for the development of MS-IME 95 , which was included with Windows 95 as standard . Since it was also included with Microsoft Office and Word, it was able to increase its market share.
With every major change in the version of Windows and Microsoft Office, a new version of MS-IME is released, which is particularly evident in the improvement of the dictionary, the program interface and the conversion accuracy.
There are currently two different rails of the MS-IME, namely the Microsoft Office Input Method Editor and the Microsoft Input Method Editor . The Office-IME is more extensive in terms of functionality than the MS-IME supplied in Windows XP and Vista. However, the Office IME can also be retrofitted for older Windows versions.
Versions
| Surname | Product version | side dish to | Remarks |
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| Microsoft IME 95 |
Windows 95 Windows NT 3.51 |
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| Microsoft IME 97 | 5.0 |
Office 97 Windows NT 4.0 |
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| Microsoft IME 98 | 6.0 |
Word 98 Windows 98 Windows NT 4.0 SP4 |
Introduction of "repeated conversion" ( 再 変 換 zai-henkan ) |
| Microsoft IME 2000 | 7.0.0 | Office 2000 | |
| 7.0.1 | Office 2000 SR-1 Windows 2000 Windows Me |
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| Microsoft IME 2002 | 8.0 | Office XP | Introduction of Natural Input ( ナ チ ュ ラ ル イ ン プ ッ ト ) |
| 8.1 | Windows XP | ||
| Microsoft IME 2003 | 9.0 | Office 2003 | Was also Microsoft Expression Studio at |
| Microsoft IME | 10.0 | Windows Vista | Based on the MS-IME 2003 engine |
| Office IME 2007 | 12.0 | Office 2007 | The repeated conversion is switched to the Trigram / SLM (Statistical Language Model) algorithm. |
| Microsoft IME | 10.1 | Windows 7 | Based on the MS-IME 2003 engine |
| Office IME 2010 | 14.0 | Office 2010 | Successor version of Office IME 2007, supports open extension dictionaries |
| Microsoft IME 2012 | 15.0 | Windows 8 |
Comparable products
Other popular IME are ATOK (Windows, Mac, Linux), Anthy (Linux) or the Google IME (Windows, Mac). Similar programs also exist for Chinese.