Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
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;
