Hangeul Assistant

Although you can easily bookmark this page and always come here to use Hangeul Assistant, you may want to install it for quick use and for those times you may not have access to the internet. To install Hangeul Assistant on your computer:

1. Install Adobe Air
2. Cick here and open the file with Adobe Air.

You can have an icon added to your desktop and/or start menu to easily access Hangeul Assistant.

Just copy the following to your website:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
        codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab"
        width="100%"
        height="400"
        id="HangeulAssistant"
        align="middle">
 <param name="allowScriptAccess"
        value="sameDomain" />
 <param name="menu"
        value="true" />
 <param name="movie"
        value="http://www.koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/images/c/cb/HangeulAssistant.swf" />
 <param name="quality"
        value="high" />
 <param name="bgcolor"
        value="#ffffff" />
 <param name="FlashVars"
        value="production=0" />
 <embed src="http://www.koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/images/c/cb/HangeulAssistant.swf"
        quality="high"
        bgcolor="#ffffff"
        width="100%"
        height="400"
        name="HangeulAssistant"
        align="middle"
        allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
        type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
        pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
        FlashVars="production=0" />
</object>

Available FlashVars:

• mode
  • mode=essay (opens essay mode)
• input
  • input=keyboard (opens keyboard)
  • input=cellphone(opens cellphone)
• cellmode (specifies which input method to open first
  • cellmode=sky
  • cellmode=any
  • cellmode=cyon
  • cellmode=motorola

Example: To start in essay mode with the keyboard on, simply use the following:

<swf>/wiki/images/c/cb/HangeulAssistant.swf|width=100%|height=400|input=keyboard|mode=essay</swf>

• 0.1 (April 5, 2009)
  • Initial
• 0.2 (April 11, 2009)
  • Rewrote to be modular
  • Added more forms
• 0.3 (April 13, 2009)
  • Initial support for irregular verbs
  • Initial support for pronunciation changes
  • Styled
  • Added support for individual words and full sentences
  • Changed name to reflect that it supports anything typed in Hangeul
• 0.4 (April 24, 2009)
  • Link to our learn Hangeul, grammar, and vocabulary pages
  • Nicer about screen
  • New option
    • Contract (checked by default) (보아 vs 봐 etc)
  • Virtual keyboard & cellphone interface (visual only)
• 0.5 (April 26, 2009)
  • Fully functional keyboard
  • Fixed pronunciation errors
• 0.6 (May 24, 2009)
  • Fixed some cases where input doesn't split double-consonants
  • Quick key to bring up keyboard (F2)
  • Supports copy-to-clipboard
  • Link to search for text in the Korean Wiki Project search engine
    • Searches for only selected text if highlighted or all text otherwise
  • New essay mode for easily typing longer things
  • FlashVars supported for changing mode (essay/short) and input (keyboard/cellphone) on startup
  • Added help screen that opens up first time Hangeul Assistant is run
• 0.7 (August 17, 2009)
  • Initial support for Sky cellphone, need feedback!
• 0.7.1 (August 18, 2009)
  • Fixed issue with ㅃ/ㅉ/ㄸ being added as 받침 when they should start a new character
  • Initial support for Anycall cellphone, need feedback!
• 0.7.2 (August 18, 2009)
  • Replaced cellphone interface, added CYON and Motorola options (not implemented yet)
• 0.9 (August 18, 2009)
  • Added support for CYON and Motorola (I went off of the charts from the How to text in Korean page
  • Added flashvar to allow support to specify which cellphone method to open on start
• 0.9.1 (tba)
  • Rewrote pronunciation engine (MUCH more accurate)
  • Fixed bug in AnyCall when typing ㅐ
• 1.0 (tba)
  • TODO
    • Fix any bugs from 0.9
• 2.0 (tba)
  • Create a super-fantastic interface
  • Add more support for word/verb/phrase processing
  • Separate libraries so this can be integrated with other projects with minimal effort