Guest guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 > > Have you (or anybody) used these CD ROM products from China before? I was wondering what kind of software support they need, and whether or not you can copy text out of them into other applications or not. I do most of my reading by clipping stuff into Wenlin or NJSTAR where I can look things up on the fly. NJSTAR and Wenlin seem to support the majority of Chinese formats that I have encountered, but if this is scanned text it wouldn't be portable. I was also curious about their searchability.Service. I have used one of the 16 volume cd-rom sets from china, and my collegues and I are quite frustrated with its limitations. On the posititive side there is an incredible amount of information, 100 and 100's of books. But searchablity is limited and we have yet to find anyway to cut & paste the text. So basically it is display only, but you can print it. If anyone has found a way to cut and paste please let me know.. Thanx. -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 The CD-rom set you mention is basically only usable if your Chinese is top-level, there is no English term equivalence or interaction. Also, the CD-rom only works on PC's, and no cutting or pasting, as you noted. I am hoping this kind of tool is advanced in the future for English-first-language practitioners with some Chinese skills, with on-line or embedded glossary and dictionary. On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 02:17 PM, < wrote: > I have used one of the 16 volume cd-rom sets from china, and my > collegues and I are quite frustrated with its limitations. On the > posititive side there is an incredible amount of information, 100 and > 100's of books. But searchablity is limited and we have yet to find > anyway to cut & paste the text. So basically it is display only, but > you can print it. If anyone has found a way to cut and paste please > let me know.. Thanx. > > -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 , " " <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: > The CD-rom set you mention is basically only usable if your Chinese is > top-level, there is no English term equivalence or interaction. Also, > the CD-rom only works on PC's, and no cutting or pasting, as you noted. Well, I would not necessarily say that you can not use these if your chinese is not top-level. I know mine is not top level and I can use them fairly easily. It is true that the menus (etc) are in CHinese, but within 1/2 hour you can figure out what everything is even without knowing the CHinese. Then the information is just basically books on the computer. So you can find what you want, print it and read/ translate it. -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 In that case, I hope someday that they'll have a version that works on the Mac. Hopefully, something better will come along even sooner. On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 07:12 PM, < wrote: > , " " > <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: >> The CD-rom set you mention is basically only usable if your Chinese is >> top-level, there is no English term equivalence or interaction. Also, >> the CD-rom only works on PC's, and no cutting or pasting, as you >> noted. > > > Well, I would not necessarily say that you can not use these if your > chinese is not top-level. I know mine is not top level and I can use > them fairly easily. It is true that the menus (etc) are in CHinese, > but within 1/2 hour you can figure out what everything is even without > knowing the CHinese. Then the information is just basically books on > the computer. So you can find what you want, print it and read/ > translate it. > > -Jason > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed > healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate > academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety > of professional services, including board approved online continuing > education. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 Z'ev, Doesn't mac have the ability to emulate a windows environment? -JAson , " " <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: > In that case, I hope someday that they'll have a version that works on > the Mac. Hopefully, something better will come along even sooner. > > > On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 07:12 PM, > <@h...> wrote: > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 You know, I think you are right. I don't have the software, but it is readily available. Do you really think this software is worthwhile? On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 03:46 PM, < wrote: > Z'ev, > > Doesn't mac have the ability to emulate a windows environment? > > -JAson > > , " " > <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: >> In that case, I hope someday that they'll have a version that works on >> the Mac. Hopefully, something better will come along even sooner. >> >> >> On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 07:12 PM, >> <@h...> wrote: >>>> > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed > healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate > academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety > of professional services, including board approved online continuing > education. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 , " " <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: > You know, I think you are right. I don't have the software, but it is > readily available. Do you really think this software is worthwhile? > > > If you are referring to the cd-roms, I think yes... Even though the search capabilties are limited you can still search. For example, if you want to find every use of lurking wind in the cd, it will do that... that part is priceless... Just print the pages and there you go... and there are so many books on there, and sometimes with commentary. For example, I just pulled off the pi wei lun a couple of months ago... So it is definitly valuable; it is just not set-up the best that it could be... -JAson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 , " <@h...> " <@h...> wrote: > > > > > > If you are referring to the cd-roms, I think yes... Even though the search capabilties are limited you can still search. For example, if you want to find every use of lurking wind in the cd, it will do that... that part is priceless... Just print the pages and there you go... and there are so many books on there, and sometimes with commentary. For example, I just pulled off the pi wei lun a couple of months ago... So it is definitly valuable; it is just not set-up the best that it could be... Jason: Do all the CDs load onto the harddrive or do you have to change them? Jim Ramholz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 > Jason: > > Do all the CDs load onto the harddrive or do you have to change them? > > > Jim Ramholz Jim, You have to change them, but you can load them all onto the HD if you have a cd-emulator. You must also have a floppy drive to use them... -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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