Tag Archives: Browser

HC High Tech Text to Speech (TTS)

A Better Chinese Text to Speech Website from HC High Tech

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It was only earlier this month that we we looked at the web based text to speech from HKTV.cc. Though, since HKTV.cc recently removed automatic reading functionality, this latest website is all the more welcome. Suggested by reader Liren Auston, … Continue reading

PeraPera-Kun

Chinese Dictionary for PeraPeraKun updated

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If you’re a user of the amazing pop-up Chinese dictionary addon for Firefox, PeraPeraKun, then you’ll be happy to know that the dictionary database has been updated to the latest version of the CC-Cedict Chinese dictionary. And if you’re learning … Continue reading

Changing a website character encoding

Change the Character Encoding for a Website

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When browsing Chinese websites, you might come across some sites that appear to be just a garbled mess of random characters. This is really annoying, especially if you want to look words up in an online Chinese dictionary. Take the … Continue reading

Browsers

to be accustomed to – Chinese idioms

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Recently we’ve looked at Chinese idioms, or 成語 (成语 chéng yŭ)(see 10 Chinese idioms to do with animals), but other than this it’s been a part of learning Chinese that we haven’t covered in great detail. So it’s about time … Continue reading

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Chinese popup translations in Google Chrome

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It seems that Google Chrome is really growing in popularity lately – and can you blame people? It really is lightning fast in comparison to other browsers. Although, one of the things that makes or breaks a browser is extensions, … Continue reading