Google Japanese Input Explained

Google Japanese Input
Latest Release Version:

Mozc
Latest Release Version:2.29.5160.102
Latest Release Date:[1]

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 supports typing of personal names, Internet slang, neologisms and related terms. Google Japanese Input can be used on Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS.

Google also releases an open-source version under the name mozc. It can be used on Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and ChromeOS. It does not use Google's closed-source algorithms for generating dictionary data from online sources.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://github.com/google/mozc/tags Tags · google/mozc - GitHub
  2. Web site: Ōshima. Katsuhiko. 2012-06-29. GoogleによるIM「Mozc」を使う Ubuntuの日本語入力を改善【デジ通】. . 2016-03-01. 2019-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20190425030409/https://getnews.jp/archives/228987. dead.