software OS X

[eisenstark]

I don't know how much Chinese I can really read but I've got some nice toys for my Mac. Wenlin, iflash, clavis sinica，qim (for writing)... how about you guys?

doug

[drphilip]

What are those programs for? I'm using windows now but plan to switch to mac soon.

[eisenstark]

Wenlin is a must for word by word translation and learning. It easily goes between English to Chinese and Chinese to English. Iflash is just a small "flash card" program. QIM is a little input method, better than the built in OS X one on Mac. What we don't have is a machine language full page translator. Mac users have to use the Babel website for that.
Wenlin is more than a hundred dollars but well worth it. The others are free or minimal cost.

[drphilip]

Ah, interesting. This will make my transition to Mac much easier. The built in Mac input method uses pinyin, I presume?