User-tailorable romanized chinese text input systems and methods
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorJoseph D. Becker
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Abstract
Methods and systems for romanizing Chinese ideograms allow a user to create a personalized spelling dictionary that converts a user's desired roman-alphabet spelling to an equivalent Chinese character. A phonetic combination from a standard Chinese dialect is selected. The user defines a roman alphabet equivalent of the selected phonetic combination that fits the way the user pronounces the phonetic combination in the user's own dialect or idiolect.
Claims35
A method of romanizing Chinese ideograms against an implemented dialect, comprising:
- selecting a phonetic combination;
- and
- defining a first roman alphabet equivalent of the selected phonetic combination.
A computer storage medium having executable software code, the executable software code including:
- instructions for selecting a phonetic combination from an implemented Chinese dialect;
- and
- instructions for displaying a user interface usable by a user to define a first roman alphabet equivalent of the selected phonetic combination.
A method of romanizing Chinese ideograms, comprising:
- selecting a Chinese ideogram;
- and
- defining a roman alphabet equivalent of the selected Chinese ideogram.
A system for romanizing Chinese ideograms against an implemented dialect, comprising:
- a phonetic combination selecting circuit, routine or application that identifies a selected phonetic combination from the implemented dialect;
- and
- a romanization information analyzing circuit, routine or application that defines a roman alphabet equivalent to the selected phonetic combination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.