Welcome To Global Talk Software!

Global Word is a Chinese-English Dictionary containing over 60,000 Chinese words. It has the following major features:

• Look-up By Radical, Simplified Character, Traditional Character, Pinyin, Zhuyin, or English
• Spotlight Search displays results matching search criteria
• Embedded Chat Room allows you to study with others worldwide
• New words are being added constantly, and updates are easily downloaded
• Using the Dictionary does not require Internet access

Click here for your free, 30-day trial of Global Word.

Global Talk utilizes the Global Word dictionary but gives the student more features, including:

• Print your own flashcards
• Handwriting Practice Sheets
• The Global Word Dictionary, containing 60,000+ entries
• Listen to 200 words spoken by Male & Female Native Mandarin Teachers
• Plus Many More!

Global Talk is currently in its first round of private Beta Testing and is due to release Early 2008. If you would like to participate in the Beta Tester program, please email me directly, and I will send you a free copy.

Global Word - What's your Preference?

Greetings --

Over the past few weeks, I have been working on a number of things related to Global Word, Global Talk, and yes, the potential for an iPhone version of Global Word! It has been busy and exciting ... and I'm trying to continue learning my own Mandarin Chinese as well.

Today, I am pleased to announce the release of Global Word 1.30.20080216. Based on your feedback, this new release gives you several options for configuring personal preferences related to Global Word. This is a free upgrade, so please try to download it today and let me know what you think.

After running Global Word, simply click "Global Word" then "Preferences ..." to access the new menu. It looks like this:



You may now change the following options on Global Word:
1. Show or Hide Zhuyin both in the main display window as well as the dictionary table.
2. Change the main display window to show Traditional or Simplified Characters.
3. Change the highlight color of single-character words.
4. Choose whether or not to enable automatic software updates.

There are many other improvements related to Global Word that I continue to work on, including the overall speed of the application, an update to the "Help" menu, some investigations on printing the main window, and more user preferences including font size and style. So, if you would like to give me feedback on what is most important to you, please drop me a quick email today!

Cheers!

-- bk

PS Several people have asked me why I have such a crazy version number. 1.30.20080216 is so long, aiya! The first number, "1" represents a major release number. The second number "30" represents a minor release number, and I change this whenever I make minor changes to Global Word. And, "20080216" tells you immediately the last time the CC-CEDICT dictionary was updated. In this case, it was last updated on February 16th, 2008. This revision system makes it possible for me to update the dictionary while making no functional changes to the application, or it allows me to upgrade functionality even though the dictionary hasn't changed. I hope this helps explain my crazy numbering system.