TouchPal User Menu

 

1.Overview

2.Getting Started

3.General functions

4.English input

5.HandWriting input

 

 

1.   Overview

TouchPal is an innovative input solution for mobile devices. It supports both touch screen and hard keyboard mobile phones.

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2. Getting Started

2.1      Select the layout for English

Three different layouts are provided in the English input. QWERTY is the default layout. You can select the one which you are used to. Slide horizontally on the screen to switch the layouts.

 

Full QWERTY

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CooTek T+

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12-Key PhonePad

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2.3      Start to input

2.3.1 English Input

In the English input, you can predicatively input English when the dictionary button is on. For example, click on [a][c][k], and you can get “acknowledge” and other candidates.

 

Input a candidate by clicking on it. If the candidate is the highlighted one, you can also input it by clicking on [SPACE] or the [ENTER] button.

 

Click on the Right Arrow [->] at the end of the candidates to enter the Full Candidate Words Selection mode where you can see more candidates. Click on the right/left arrow at the bottom to turn the pages.

 

You can turn off the predictive input when the dictionary button is off.

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Please refer to section 4 for the details of the English input.

 

2.3.2 Edit panel

There are editing functions such as “copy, cut, paste, select all, page up, page down, home and end”.

How to select some context?

Clicking on the [Select] button and the button will change to [Done], and then use the arrow keys to select the words or characters. Click on [Done] after you have selected the desired context. Then you can apply the editing funtions (e.g. copy/cut/paste/del) to the selected context.

 

How to return to the main keyboard?

Click on the ‘Back Arrow” in the right corner on the bottom to return to the main keyboard.

 

2.4      Input symbols

Switch to the “Symbols panel” by clicking on the [说明: 说明: 数字符号键.png] Symbol button. The input of numbers and symbols is supported from the Symbols panel, including punctuations, currency symbols, emoticons, web phrases and etc.

 

There is a [Lock] button on the Symbols panel. It is off by default. When it is off, after inputting a symbol (not numbers), the keyboard will automatically switch back to the main keyboard so that you can continue to input. When it is on, after inputting a symbol, the keyboard will not switch back to the main keyboard, and stay on the Symbols panel.

TIP: You can enter into the Emoticons page directly by long pressing the symbol button.

 

2.5      Settings

Press & hold (Long press) the Input Language Button such as [EN], and you can launch the “Settings panel”.

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3. General functions

3.1 Prediction

3.1.1 Word prediction

In English input, if you have input “we”, “we”, “well”, and many other candidates will be predicted. This function is enabled by default in the Settings panel. You can turn it off in the English input. In English, to turn it off, you can either turn off the dictionary button, or go to the Settings panel and unselect the “Word prediction” option.

 

3.1.2  Predict the next word

After you have input a word, the next possible words can be automatically predicted and shown on the candidate line.

 

E.g. In the English input, if you have input “look”, it will predict “for” and some other words.

The next word prediction is available to different forms of a word.

E.g. if you input “looking” or “looked”, it can also predict “forward” as the next word.

 

This function is enabled by default. To turn it off, please go to the Settings panel and click option “Smart input”, then unselect “Predict the next word” option. However, the Handwriting input is not controlled by this option. The prediction of the next word is always enabled.

3.2 Mistyping Correction

When inputting English in the Full QWERTY layout, you just need to tap on the area around the desired key, and the input method automatically corrects the mistyping. Even if all the letters are mistyped, it can still predict the right word. This function is disabled by default. To turn it on, please go to the Settings panel and select “Correct mistyping” option.

 

E.g. If every letter of “this” has been mistyped to “yjod”, the keyboard can still predict “this”.

 

TIP: In the English input, you can enable mistyping correction only when the [DICT] button is on (in the predictive input mode).

3.4      User dictionaries

You can input a word or phrase which is not in the dictionary. After you have input a word not in the dictionary, it will be added to a user dictionary automatically. Next time when you input it again, it can be predicted.

3.5      Word priority adjustment

TouchPal can dynamically adjust the priority of words based on your input history. For example, if you input a word very frequently, its priority will become higher and it will appear closer to the front of the candidate list.

 

E.g. In the Chinese Pin Yin input, if you have input “youzi” and go to the Full Candidate Words Selection mode to select the word “柚子”, next time after you input “youzi”, you can see “柚子” ranked top 3 in the word candidate line.

 

3.6      Adaptive input learning

Unlike other input solutions, TouchPal predictive engine is not only based on word statistics, but also based on context (the words you’ve been typed). In the English input and some western languages input, select “Adaptive input learning” after clicking the option “Smart Input” in the Settings panel will allow TouchPal to learn from input context to improve prediction quality.

 

E.g., if you have inputted “hi”, then input “me”. Next time when you input “hi’’, “me” will be appeared as a candidate.

 

3.7      Different input modes

Besides the common text input mode, four more input modes are provided and the keyboard can switch to the different mode auotmatically according to the input environment.

 

1.Web mode:In the browser address line, the keyboard works in Web Mode automatically. The English QWERTY layout is provided, and the predictive input is disabled by default.

 

2.Email mode: In text fileds for Email addresses, the keyboard switches to the Email mode.

The English QWERTY layout is provided, and the predictive input is disabled by default.

 

3.Number mode: In the number fields such as the Phone Number field, the keyboard switches to the Number keypad automatically.

 

4.Password mode: In the password fields, the keyboard switches to the English input QWERTY layout and disables the predictive input.

3.8      Back/Enter

There is a [Back] button (a backward arrow) on the right corner on the bottom on every panel, such as the Symbols panel, the Editing panel and the Full Candidate Words Selection panel and etc. Clicking on it will bring you back to the main keyboard.

 

There is an [Enter] button on the right corner at the bottom of the main keyboard. The label on the [Enter] button changes according to the enviornment of the application. For example, it can automatically change to [Next] or [Done] and etc.

3.9 Key-press feedback

3.9.1 Key-press vibration and Key-press pop-up effect

The keyboard supports vibration key-press feedback and pop-up effect. You can enable or disable the key-press vibration via the “Key press sound” options in the Settings panel.

The key-press vibration is off by default.

 

3.9.2 Key-press sound effect

The keyboard supports key-press sound effect. The key-press sound is enabled/disabled by the System Sound settings of your phone. When the System Sound is enabled, the key-press sound is enabled. Otherwise, it is disabled. Please refer to the phone’s user manual for how to enable/disable the sound.

3.10 Fast symbols input

In English input, select the “Slide-down symbol” option in the Settings panel. You will see symbols and numbers shown at the bottom of each key. You can press and slide down on a key to input the corresponding symbol on the bottom. This function is disabled by default.

 

3.11 Online update

TouchPal can update its dictionary online. You can also update hot words to TouchPal’s dictionary manually. To use this function, please go to the Settings panel and click option “Update Dictionary” under “Dictionary Management” group.

 

3.12 Voice input

You can input words without clicking the character key by using the voice input function.

TouchPal supports voice input in Android 2.2 platform devices or above. To use the voice input function, please click the [Voice] button on the main key board.

 

3.13 Tutorial

If you have not used TouchPal before, you can use the tutorial wizard to help you to get a quick start guide. The tutorial will show you the general functions and some special features of TouchPal so that you can input more quickly. To use this function, please go to the Settings panel and click option “Tutorial” which is under the “Help” group.

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4.  English input

4.1      Uppercases

There are 2 ways to input uppercases.

1.Use the [SHIFT] button for uppercases.

2.A shortcut: Press and slide up on a key to input an uppercase letter.

E.g. Slide up on “w” to input “W”.

Double-click on the [SHIFT] button to lock the keyboard in the UPPERCASE input mode (the CAP mode).

 

4.2      Quick abbreviated words input

You can input abbreviated English words without inputting the apostrophe or dash.

E.g. Type “im” to get “I’m”

E.g. Type “ill” to get “I’ll”.

 

This function works only in the predictive input mode (when the [DICT] button is on).

 

4.3      Relevant Words

There is a drop-down list after you pressing and sliding down on a candidate word which has a small black triangle on the bottom. There are relevant words of this candidate word in this list.

This function can be disabled in the Settings panel.

E.g. Slide down on a word candidate “look”, and you can find the relevant words “looks”, “looking”, and “looked” in the list.

 

4.4      Spell check

TouchPal can check spelling mistakes. E.g. If you want to input “Government” but miss a character “r”, TouchPal can still predict “Government”. This function is disabled by default. To turn it on, please go to the Settings panel and click option “Smart Input”, then select “Spell Check” option.

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5. HandWriting Input

In handwriting input, you can input Chinese characterEnglish characternumbersymbols in whole screenTo input English characternumbersymbols quicklyyou can start your

stroke from the dotted line area which is located at the rignt side of the screen.

 

You can adjust the stroke widthrecognize intervalstroke color for  the handwriting input by youself. To use these option, you can go to the Settings Pannel and select the  “Handwriting” option.

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