| 摘要 |
KEYBOARD FOR A WORD TYPEWRITER Keyboard for recording and/or reproducing written information in a typewriter, word processor, printer, computer or in telecommunications equipment, according to the principle of the so-called word typewriter, which keyboard has a group of vowel keys in the centre, to the left thereof a group of initial consonant keys and to the right thereof a group of final consonant keys, and also facilities for reproducing capitals of the letters and also reproducing figures and punctuation marks, all keys being connected to an electronic processing unit which, by means of code signals, arranges the information from keys struck approximately or exactly simultaneously into syllables to be recorded or to be reproduced. The keyboard of the invention is characterized in that the group of initial consonant keys and the group of final consonant keys both contain substantially all the consonants. Preferably, keys are partly arranged in blocks containing both rows and columns and partly in rows or columns which are offset by half a space with respect to the adjacent row or column respectively in one of said blocks. The keyboard according to the invention is much more simple to operate than prior art word typewriter keyboards and it has a high speed of operation, which is further enhanced by a number of special features. |
