Microsoft Bing Dictionary (Engkoo)
Bing Dictionary is a next generation English-Chinese bilingual dictionary and sample sentence search engine; it is particularly useful as a writing assistant and language learning tool. It was built by Microsoft Research Asia using innovative natural language, speech, user interface, and web mining technology. .
Company: Microsoft Research Asia
Date: 7.2008-11.2008 (v0-v1); 7.2009-11.2009 (v1-v2)
My role: UX Designer and Researcher
Award: Wall Street Journal’s Asian Innovation Award 2010.
China R&D Engineering Award 2009
Publication: INTERACT 2009(12th IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction), Uppsala, Sweden (First author)
Patent: Yes
Contribution:
(Version 2.0) Phonetic Search, User Data Submission, Teaching Method Editor(TME), Bilingual Mapping, Dictation Game, MSN Portal English Channel, MSN Messenger English Tool.
(Version 1.0) Competitor Analysis, Feature Breakdown, Prototype, Visual Design, User Study, Usability Testing
Learned:
Project Manager Skills (from Matt Scott)
Collaboration and Communication Skills (from team)
User study and Usability testing method (from Chen Zhao)
Critical thinking (from Gang Chen)
Persuasive Skills (from Ming Zhou)
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Due to the confidential agreement with Microsoft, the design process cannot be unveiled here.
Gonglue Jiang
Currently a graduate student at Harvard University. Interested in Industrial Design and User Experience Design.