Wnn ( or ) is a

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input system. The network-extensible

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-to-

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conversion system was jointly developed and released by the Software Research Group of

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Omron , styled as OMRON, is a Japanese electronics company based in Kyoto, Japan. Omron was established by in 1933 (as the ''Tateisi Electric Manufacturing Company'') and incorporated in 1948. The company originated in an area of Kyoto called ""( ja) ...

Tateisi Electronics Co., and Astec, Inc. It is distributed as

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with a licence allowing users to copy and modify the software; however, it is not

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since certain restrictions are placed on the user, including a prohibition on changing the name. The licence is otherwise similar to the (old, containing the advertising clause)

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. Wnn is used as part of several programs that deal with Japanese text, including JWPce and NJStar's Japanese Word Processor. The name is derived from the Japanese phrase "Watashi no namae wa Nakano desu" (my name is Nakano), as a design goal of the Wnn project was to be able to enter such a sentence, and have the correct kanji and kana ��の名前は中野ですselected automatically. Wnn is maintained by the FreeWnn project. Omron releases a line of Wnn software that was commonly used in Japanese

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External links

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Description of Wnn
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The FreeWnn project
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