GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR MULTILINGUAL APPLICATIONS: REAL WORLD TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPERS AND DESIGNERS

Chapter 2: World-Savvy Applications

The following links are discussed in Chapter 2 and appear here in the order they appear in the book.

Third-party software sources

• World Language Resources: http://www.worldlanguage.com

Word Processors and Office Suites

• Microsoft Office: http://www.microsoft.com/office
• Corel Word Perfect Office: http://www.corel.com
• AppleWorks: http://www.apple.com/appleworks
• NisusWriter: http://www.nisus.com
• Universal Word: http://www.wysiwig.com
• Global Writer: http://www.unitype.com
• Lotus SmartSuite: http://www.lotus.com
• WorldWriter: http://www.blueshoe.com/fraindex.htm

Language-Specific Word Processors

• Ichitaro, for Japanese: http://www.justsystem.co.jp/inde x_e.html
• iLeap, for Indian languages: http://www.indolink.com/iLEAP
• NJStar, for Chinese and Japanese: http://www.njstar.com
• WordMage, for Japanese: http://www.lavasoft.com

Proofing Tools

• Proofing Tools from Alki Software: http://www.proofing.com
• Circle Noetic Services: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/noetic
• Routledge Technical Dictionaries: http://www.routledge-ny.com
• Multilex electronic language dictionaries: http://www.medialingua.com
  

Web Browsers and Language Support

• Windows Update: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• "One Browser, Many Languages": http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie_intl/sl/homeuser/archive/b7lang3.htm
• AltaVista language-specific search service: http://www.altavista.com
• Netscape International: http://home.netscape.com/menu/intl
• Tango: http://www.alis.com
• Multilingual-HTML Browser: http://mhtml.ulis.ac.jp

Language Test Pages

• http://babel.alis.com/liste_ml.htm
• http://www.reuters.com/u nicode/iuc10/x-utf8.html
  

Databases

• FileMaker Pro: http://www.filemaker.com
• Personal Oracle8 Multiple Language Edition: http://ww w.oracle.com/support/products/po8/nt95/html/index.html
• Cuneiform OCR from Cognitive Technology: http://www.ocr.com/html/cunei30.html

OCR Software

• OmniPage Pro: http://www.caere.com
• Presto OCR Pro: http://www.newsoft.com.tw/p roduct/ocrpro.html
• Readiris: http://www.irisusa.co
• Recognita Plus: http://www.recognita.hu
• TextBridge Pro: http://www.xerox.com/scansoft

OCR For Japanese

• Kanji OCR: http://www.pspinc.com
• KanjiScan OCR: http://www.neocor.com

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ISBN 0-471-34827-9
272 pages
September, 1999

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