Annotated Chinese Web page will appear here.
Directions
This tool helps you learn to read Chinese by adding pinyin next
to Chinese characters in web pages. You can type a web address
into the input field above or select from a list of popular Chinese
web addresses (including CND and the Voice of America). Once
you've typed in the address you can either hit return or click on
the "Load and Annotate" button to start the process. Please wait
a few moments while it downloads and annotates the file.
You can select the difficulty of the characters that are
annotated. Selecting "1" means that all characters have pinyin
added. "2" means all but the most frequent characters are
annotated, and so on. You also have the option of only adding
pinyin the first time a character is encountered ("Only Once") or
every time the character is encountered ("Every time"). Internet
Explorer 5.0 users also have the option of selecting "Once Above" and
"Every Above". These are similar to "Only Once" and "Every time",
except that the pinyin will appear above the character instead of to
the right of the character.
Set Up
The first time you use this tool, you will need to
do some set up steps. Be sure
to get the internationalized version of Java and not the English-only.
A stand-alone version of this tool is now
available. If you have trouble getting this tool to work, you
might want to try the stand-alone version.
Problems?
If you select a web page and it does not appear, then you can try these steps.
Internet Explorer
- Select "Tools" then "Internet Options" from main menu
- Select "Security" tab, then click "Trusted Sites"
- Click on the "Sites" button to add a new trusted site
- Uncheck "Require server verification" if checked
- Type in "http://www.mandarintools.com" in "Add this Web site to the zone" and click "Add"
- Click "OK" until you return to the browser.
- Applet should now work
Mozilla/Netscape
- Type "about:config" in browser.
- Scroll down to "security.checkloaduri"
- Right click on "security.checkloaduri", select "Modify" and type in "false"
- Applet should now work
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