摘要 |
A character selection method and a character selecting apparatus for use in electronic devices from a reduced keypad in which each key has a plurality of characters assigned to it, and the method comprise the steps of; detecting a key press; selecting one of the characters assigned to the key for display in dependence on the probability of that character appearing at that location in a character string; repeatedly selecting a further character assigned to the key for display if the first displayed character is not a desired character for that location, until the desired character is displayed; and, assigning the selected character to that location.
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