• DocumentCode
    997739
  • Title

    Easing access to Chinese

  • Author

    Hsu, Ann

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    43
  • Abstract
    The characteristics of written Chinese that pose problems for inputting are described. Four categories of proposed keyboard input methods are examined. They are the shape-based, the sound-based, the shape-sound mixed, and the arbitrarily assigned techniques. Of the four methods, the one that is most suited for casual users is the sound-based input method, and the Tianma Chinese word processor, which uses this method and can be run on any IBM compatible personal computer, is described
  • Keywords
    IBM computers; character sets; microcomputer applications; user interfaces; word processing; Chinese characters; IBM compatible personal computer; Tianma Chinese word processor; arbitrarily assigned techniques; keyboard input methods; shape-based; shape-sound mixed; sound-based; written Chinese; Dictionaries; Handwriting recognition; Information processing; Keyboards; Microcomputers; Natural languages; Text processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Potentials, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-6648
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/45.46820
  • Filename
    46820