From People’s Daily Online:
Google on Wednesday made itself more of a local player by launching its own Chinese input method editor (IME) to offer writers an alternative to writing Chinese characters.
Input method editors allow writers to write in Chinese characters using the alphabet keyboard. Within hours of its release some Chinese websites began providing a free download service for the software.
The IME is part of Google’s desktop strategy, which incorporates the Google toolbar and desktop search, said an employee surnamed Ma with the Beijing office of Ogilvy Worldwide, the public relations agent of Google China. [Full Text]
-Those in interested in testing the new tool can find it here.
