FuriganaPad allows you to easily write Japanese text with Ruby annotations. With Hiragana IME for IBus, FuriganaPad automatically adds Ruby characters above Kanji as you type.
Kanji can be particularly challenging to read, especially for children in Japan. In Japan, children learn over a thousand Kanji characters during their six years of elementary school. Japanese books for children often include Ruby annotations in Hiragana, known as Furigana, on all Kanji characters. This method of adding Furigana is known as 'Sô Furigana' or 'Total Ruby.'
Recently, there has been an increase in opportunities to see and write sentences in plain, easy Japanese, known as ‘Yasashii Nihongo.’ Easy Japanese is also typically written with Total Ruby. Furigana is also helpful for people with dyslexia.
These days, web browsers are capable of displaying Furigana. However, we don't often see content in Total Ruby due to the difficulty in content creation. FuriganaPad is designed to help you easily create and change texts with Total Ruby.