Hanzi To Pinyin Functionality Across Several Platforms From WordPress to Joomla
February 3, 2008 – 11:55 pm
One of the most important features a semantics engine will need is the ability to transform information for whatever reason (portability, readability, vanity, 等等…).
One of the features I would like to see in several Content Management Systems is the ability to easily get audibly speak the language of the author and understand the blog entry from the author’s perspective with… dare I say … protocol droids? 
I have actually discussed this with some distinguished linguists and many have concluded that such a project would be ridiculous because .. blah blah blah blah blah wah wah wah blah blah blah blah … ok, I didn’t listen to what they said.
Below is a screenshot of a sample application of Primezero Tools providing pinyin for Sina article. Of course, it does not understand duoyinci or any fanciful linguistic aspects of Mandarin, but the idea for students is “hey, here is a page … I should be able to practice reading Chinese, cool”.
Furthermore, integrating translation engines into semantics engines is the future as operating systems like gOS pick up steam and CMS will become primary mode of developing easily transportable information.
