Developer(s) Google | Repository github.com/google/mozc | |
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Initial release December 3, 2009; 7 years ago (2009-12-03) Stable release Windows
2.17.2400.0 (December 31, 2015; 14 months ago (2015-12-31)) [±]
Mac OS
1.13.1641.0 (January 6, 2014; 3 years ago (2014-01-06)) [±]
Android
1.9.1397.3 (April 3, 2013; 3 years ago (2013-04-03)) [±] Preview release Windows
1.10.1389.100 (March 26, 2013; 3 years ago (2013-03-26)) [±]
Mac OS
1.10.1389.101 (March 26, 2013; 3 years ago (2013-03-26)) [±] Operating system | ||
Google Japanese Input (Google 日本語入力, Gūguru Nihongo Nyūryoku) is an input method published by Google for the entry of Japanese text on a computer. Since its dictionaries are generated automatically from the Internet, it is much easier to type personal names, Internet slang, neologisms and related terms.
Google also releases an open-source version without stable releases or quality assurance under the name mozc. As it is open source, it can be used on Linux-based systems, whereas Google Japanese Input is limited to Windows, MacOS, and Chrome OS. It does not use Google's closed-source algorithms for generating dictionary data from online sources.
References
Google Japanese Input Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA