Language module and method for use with text processing devices
AssigneeZi Corporation
InventorRoland E. Williams
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Abstract
A verbal interface appliance uses an attachable language-specific processing module to perform language-specific tasks. The language module implements an API by which the appliance can submit language-specific processing requests. The appliance submits data representing a user input gesture and receives both data representing appropriate feedback to the user in the language implemented by the language module and one or more candidates selected as likely interpretations of the user's input gesture. The language module also provides font data lookup service to the appliance. The language module can support more than one written language and can support more than one textual input mode.
Claims10
A language module (i) which is attachable to an appliance, (ii) which is configured to communicate with the appliance when so attached, and (iii) which is configured to perform language-specific tasks at the request of the appliance by:
- receiving an instruction for language-specific processing from the appliance;
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- sending resulting data of the language-specific processing to the appliance.
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