INPUT SUPPORT DEVICE

摘要

Disclosed is an input support device for improving operability by considering vagueness of word breaks to present expected candidate predictions even if word breaks registered in a dictionary and word breaks of input differ, and furthermore, considering vagueness of transcription even if a transcription that differs from words registered in a dictionary is selected to present an intended predicted conversion candidate. The disclosed input support device receives an input reading string or presented candidate selection result of a user by an input device. Thereupon, a candidate search means searches for a presentation candidate using a reading based on an input or a selected presentation candidate; a word break matching candidate generation means generates a presentation candidate list of matches between selected results of a candidate screening step and word breaks on the basis of search results; a word break matching candidate number determination means determines whether the number of elements of the presentation candidate list is less than the maximum number that can be displayed, and if the result is less than the maximum number, a word break mismatching candidate generation means extracts candidates for which the selected results of the candidate screening step and the word breaks are different even though the transcriptions of the selected results match and adds the following string to the segmented presentation candidate list; and the display means displays the presentation candidate list.