Baidu Input Method opens API, claims it can be ported and used at will

It is understood that Baidu Online Input Method is not restricted by platform and can be used under Windows, Linux, or Mac operating systems. Secondly, it is not restricted by the client and does not require downloading and installation. Users can use it as long as they log in to their Baidu account, and the system will automatically save previously input vocabulary.

In addition, Baidu Input Method can also bring cloud search services to the desktop, so users can get what they want without having to open the browser. When the computer's local vocabulary cannot meet the user's needs, the cloud input function will be automatically activated and request calculation results from the cloud.

When millions of Chinese websites use Baidu Input Method through access program API, Baidu Input Method relies on the advantages of cloud computing to retain more users for the websites and increase user stickiness. For Baidu Input Method, opening API will bring in strong user traffic, increase the chance of including new words, and improve the hit rate of the first word, thereby positively improving the market share of Baidu Input Method.

It is understood that Baidu quietly entered the mobile phone input method market in 2009, and launched the Japanese input method in Japan at the same time. At the end of 2010, it quietly entered the domestic market and launched the Baidu Pinyin input method. Currently, Baidu's input method product line covers online handwriting input method, cloud input method, mobile input method, and PC input method.

Previously, people familiar with the matter revealed to Tencent Technology that Baidu will increase its investment in client products this year and invest heavily in building a research and development team for Baidu Input Method in order to seize the market share of input methods and achieve the goal of occupying the client market.

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