<s>
Pleco	B-Application
Software	I-Application
(	O
pronounced	O
Pl-ee-ko	O
)	O
provides	O
an	O
English	O
and	O
Chinese	O
Dictionary	O
application	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pleco	B-Application
Software	I-Application
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
May	O
2000	O
by	O
Michael	O
Love	O
when	O
he	O
was	O
studying	O
abroad	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
difficulty	O
remembering	O
characters	O
,	O
Love	O
developed	O
a	O
very	O
rudimentary	O
handwriting	O
based	O
dictionary	O
for	O
personal	O
use	O
on	O
a	O
Palm	B-Application
IIIx	I-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
realized	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
a	O
good	O
business	O
opportunity	O
,	O
pursuing	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
that	O
is	O
in	O
use	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pleco	O
allows	O
different	O
ways	O
of	O
input	O
,	O
including	O
Pinyin	O
input	O
method	O
,	O
English	O
words	O
,	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
Pleco	B-Application
Chinese	I-Application
Dictionary	I-Application
had	O
4.7	O
stars	O
on	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
1,300	O
ratings	O
,	O
and	O
4.6	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
over	O
40,000	O
ratings	O
.	O
</s>
