Development of Simple Korean Character Inputting Embedded System for the Severely Disabled

Recently, electronic systems with various character input systems for information representation and delivery. Character input systems for the Korean language such as mobile phone has 12 or more input buttons. In this paper, we developed Korean language input system with 5 input buttons and 2 function buttons for the severely disabled. The inputting system typing sequence resembles Korean consonant and vowel. This system is not only easy to use by the handicapped, but also simple for children and foreigner to learn Korean language.