[One Day Ten Thousand Steps, One Day One Thousand Characters] Typing Out Yoon Dong-ju's Poems and Hyun Jin-geon's Novels on the Keyboard

"The sky, primly overcast, seemed as if it might snow, but instead of snow, a drizzle of freezing rain fell steadily."

This is the opening sentence of Hyun Jin-geon's novel . Hancom's Hangul typing practice program, ‘Hancom Typing,’ recently added a transcription feature. Users can digitally transcribe literary works such as poems, novels, and essays. This is not handwriting transcription but typing out literary content like novels or essays as is, providing learning benefits as well as enjoyment, healing, and emotional experiences through digital transcription. Currently, 15 works are available, including . Novels include △When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom △Spring Night △Scorching Sun △Camellia Flowers △The Bean Field Where Gold is Picked. Essays include △A New Year's Letter from a Wanderer △Praise of Children △The New Moon △Idiot Adada △Shoes △My Favorite Pine. There is also one poem, △Sky, Wind, Stars, and Poem. Among foreign works are △Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland △All About the Three Little Pigs.

List of Hancom Typing Transcription Support Content

Upon signing up, members receive 100,000 points for free, and works can be purchased for 1,000 points each. Progress on purchased transcriptions can be tracked on the list, detail pages, and My Page, showing statuses such as not started, progress rate, and completion. When transcription progress reaches 100% with 60% accuracy, points are awarded. Additional points are given if the entire transcription is redone after completion. After purchasing a transcription, users can write emotional reviews and revise them according to changes in their feelings.

Screen of the transcription feature for Hyun Jin-geon's

The main menu on the transcription screen includes transcription statistics, highlighter, reading notes, and settings. Users can save phrases to reading notes using the highlighter. Background music and sound effects can be set, and typing sounds, transcription skins, and transcription backgrounds can be changed. These items can be purchased in the store, but currently, free points received can be used. Users can also see other members’ opinions by clicking options such as Like, Fun, Sad, Touching, and Amazing. For example, received opinions from 595 people, and from 382, ranking first and second in popularity. Users can check the progress and completion status of their ongoing transcriptions at a glance on My Page, helping to cultivate continuous reading habits. Hancom stated that the transcription feature will be expanded to various content fields beyond literary works in the future, and separate paid content will also be introduced.