| 摘要 |
<p>In a method and apparatus for producing ideographic texts, such as those utilizing Chinese characters, a twelve-key keyboard (10) permits construction of a shape identifier code utilizing indicia which represent the shape of a character to be reproduced. Preferably, the four corners of the character are utilized to effect the coding. Alternatively, a phonetic identifier code utilizing a phonetic alphabet can be constructed to represent the character. The identifier code is used to select from a memory file (32) all the characters corresponding to the keyed-in identifier code. If the word to be typed comprises a single character, means are provided for manually resolving ambiguities in the characters selected by the identifier code. If the word consists of two characters, means are provided automatically to resolve ambiguities in the word in accordance with permissible character pairings. If more than one possible pairing exists, additional means are provided for manually resolving ambiguities in the pairs. Means are provided for storing and/or displaying the unique character or character pair which results from the selection process, whereby text material in symbolic language characters may be rapidly and accurately produced. The text material thus produced may be used to control the operation of a printing device (44). </p> |
