Universal Access

Start reading and understanding Chinese with your favorite websites and productivity applications.

Imagine suddenly having the gift of understanding and speaking Chinese. Which websites would you visit? Who would you want to chat with--in Chinese? Start understanding news headlines, emails and documents as easily as reading English. It's all possible with the Written Chinese Reader.

Universal access

Supported Environments

Operating Systems and Apps

  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • Microsoft Windows 8 (desktop mode, X86)
  • Microsoft Windows 7 (x86, x64)
  • Microsoft Windows Vista (x86, x64)
     
  • Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME)
  • Microsoft IME Pad with Hand Writing (CH)
  • Microsoft Windows 7/Vista: Windows Explorer, Task Manager, etc.

Chinese Reader is performance-tuned to take advantage of 64-bit operating systems (Windows 8 64-bit) and multicore, multi-threaded processors (Intel Core i3, i5, i7; AMD A-Series and Phenom/Athlon).

Web Browsers

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 or Windows 8 (desktop)
  • Mozilla Firefox 25
  • Google Chrome 32

Some web browsers are constantly being updated. See support FAQs for Firefox and Chrome.

Productivity Applications

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro 9, XI
  • Adobe Reader X, XI
  • Microsoft Office 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft Office Web with SkyDrive
  • Microsoft Word 2013
  • Microsoft Word 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft Excel 2013**
  • Microsoft Excel 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2013**
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft Access 2010, 2007
  • Nitro PDF Reader 3
  • OpenOffice 3.3

** With ClipboardScan or HighlightScan

Overview

Written Chinese Reader works with the most popular websites, email, chat and productivity applications, including:

 

Chat

  • Google
  • Skype
  • Pidgin (LiveScan only)
  • Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 2012 (ClipboardScan only)

Email

  • Google Gmail (web)
  • Yahoo! Mail (web)
  • Microsoft Hotmail (web)
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Outlook.com (web)
  • Microsoft Windows Live Mail 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Live Mail (web)

Websites

  • Baidu
  • Bible Gateway*
  • Evernote**
  • Flickr*
  • Google*
  • Hudong
  • Ifeng
  • MDBG
  • Nciku
  • Sina
  • SoSo
  • Tudou
  • Twitter*
  • Wall Street Journal*
  • Wikipedia*
  • Yahoo*
  • Youku
  • YouTube*
  • zdic.net

*Chinese site. Third-party applications and sites are subject change. Interoperability verified but not guaranteed.
** With ClipboardScan or HighlightScan

Known Limitations

Here's a list of issues are engineers are currently investigating:

None.