Sogou has released a new "DianDian input method", which is an input method specially designed for special groups of people. So many friends still don't know how this input works. Let's take a look with the editor. Take a look.
Introduction to Sogou Diandian Input Method Tencent Technology News On December 19, Sogou released a special input method called "Dandian Input". This is an input tool specially developed for special groups. Text input can be completed by just clicking the mouse. It is specially provided for use by disabled people with physical inconveniences.
The origin of Sogou’s Diandian input method
On November 13, Weibo user “Leng Minhan Ziye” posted a request for help on Weibo, hoping that someone could help her crack a special Input method software. It turned out that this user's real name was Fang Yu. She suffered from athetoid cerebral palsy due to an accident, and only her feet could move her body. Over the past ten years, she has used a special input method and controlled the mouse with her feet to write a blog of more than 100,000 words. However, due to computer updates, the old serial number of the software was no longer available. When Fang Yu wanted to contact the developer to purchase a new serial number, she found that she could not contact the developer.
Fang Yu did not know that the two people who developed this software had died of cancer, and this input tool had never been updated. On November 15, Sogou Input Method contacted Fang Yu and arranged for technicians to come to her door to solve the problems Fang Yu had when using the software. On November 16, Sogou CEO Wang Xiaochuan also forwarded Fang Yu's Weibo post saying, "Sogou will continue to develop this software to help more people."
In the following month, Sogou The team contacted the developer's family and purchased the patent for this product. Then they reconstructed the original code to create a new version, and gave the new version to Fang Yu for trial immediately, collecting feedback and adjusting and optimizing the product.
Before releasing the Diandian input method, Sogou input method also launched the barrier-free input method as early as 2016. This is an input method product specially developed for the blind. The blind can listen to the sounds and read the words. Press the space bar to go up to the screen.
The Diandian Input launched by Sogou this time and the barrier-free input method launched in 2016 take into account the needs of special groups and use input method tools as a bridge to connect special groups to the vast Internet world. middle. The Sogou input method team stated that they will continue to optimize these products in the future, so that barrier-free input can help more and more special people, allowing them to enjoy the same smooth input as normal people.