Welcome To Global Talk Software!

Global Word is a Chinese-English Dictionary containing over 80,000 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
• Low Cost - $12.95 with lifetime free upgrades

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 80,000+ entries
• Listen to 200 words spoken by Male & Female Native Mandarin Teachers
• Plus Many More!

Global Talk is currently in its second round of private Beta Testing.

Lack of Snow Leopard Compatibility

Hello --

Please be advised that if you are a current user of Global Word and have recently upgraded to Macintosh OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), you are likely experiencing compatibility issues.  We're aware of this; please note that the fixes to this are not easy and may still be several weeks away.  At the same time, we're trying to decide if we stop support altogether for Macintosh OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and perform a massive overhaul of some issues that have bothered us for a long time (like overall speed and inconvenience of updating the dictionary).

Please bear with us as we sort through these issues.  If you are new to the Mac or new to Global Word and have 10.6, consider delaying your free 30-day evaluation of this software until these issues have been resolved.  A blog post will be created when the new version is available; you may submit this is a bug or feature request on this website if you have specific comments to share regarding compatibility.

We're sorry for the delay, and thanks for understanding.

-- bk