Baidu’s Facemoji Keyboard Goes Parisian, Adds 3,000+ French Words to its Emoji Dictionary
May 25 2017 - 02:00AM
Business Wire
Keyboard app now automatically suggests emojis for many French
words including slang
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), the leading Chinese language
Internet search provider, today announced that its smartphone app
Facemoji Keyboard has added over 3,000 French words to its built-in
emoji dictionary. The new feature offers French users emoji
suggestions to substitute commonly used words in chats with
friends. The updated dictionary includes emojis for popular French
slang words like “posey”, “TMTC”, “OKLM” and many more.
As an example of Facemoji Keyboard’s new emoji suggestions,
typing in the word “posey” will give users a chilled out emoji
face, whereas “MDR” results in a laughing face emoji. To swap slang
words with emojis, users simply need to tap contextual icons above
their keyboard. Facemoji Keyboard will offer emoji predictions for
over 3,000 French words.
“Language is constantly evolving, so emojis shouldn’t be limited
to what’s in the dictionary. Slang words should translate into
their own emojis, too,” said Head of Baidu's Facemoji Keyboard and
Simeji Keyboard Mr. Jiang Feng. “We’ve gotten a wonderful response
from our fans in France, and we’re exceedingly grateful for that.
We’ll keep working to bring more emojis to people in France and all
around the world!”
In addition to the new emoji suggestions, Facemoji Keyboard is
now celebrating Mother’s Day and the French presidential election
with a fun cartoon sticker set and an election-themed keyboard
skin. To download Baidu’s Facemoji Keyboard for free, visit the
product’s Google Play page.
About Facemoji Keyboard
Facemoji Keyboard is the international version of Japan's
"Simeji Keyboard," which has reached over 27 million downloads in
Japan since 2009. In 2016, Facemoji Keyboard debuted worldwide with
the goal of bringing more fun, creative emojis to people around the
globe. Facemoji Keyboard incorporates smart emoji prediction
technology and includes a wide variety of emoji stickers and
keyboard personalization options.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search
provider. Baidu aims to make a complicated world simpler for users
and enterprises through technology. Baidu's ADSs trade on the
NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU". Currently, ten
ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share.
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