Method for inputting and outputting a text consisting of characters
AssigneeCaretec International GmbH
InventorDietmar Litschel
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Abstract
A method for inputting and outputting a text comprising characters is disclosed, wherein the text is input via an input unit and/or output via an output unit in the form of a combination of full text and short text. The short text is input and/or output including at least one abbreviation in the form of characters or combinations of characters, to which predefined full text contents are allocated.
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A method for inputting and outputting a text comprising characters, said text being input using an input unit in the form of a combination of full text and short text, said input unit comprising a reduced alphanumeric keyboard, said short text containing at least one abbreviation in the form of characters or character combinations to which predefined full text contents have been allocated, wherein, when inputting the text, a space bar (L1) is actuated after each full text word and a predefined key (L2) that is different from the space bar (L1) is actuated after each abbreviation to separate each full text and each short text from any other full text or short text, the text, when output using an output unit, being optionally output in the form of a combination of full text and short text and the output short text containing at least one abbreviation in the form of characters or character combinations, wherein the predefined key (L2) is a tactile key, the predefined key (L2) having a fixed location on the keyboard that is different from the space bar (L1)), thereby enabling a person to blindly locate and select the predefined key (L2) in order to separate each short text from any other full text or short text that is input.
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