Method and system for character insertion in a character string

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code being adapted to be executed to implement a character input method in a digital device comprising a touchscreen, the touchscreen comprising a recognition area and an insertion area, the character input method comprising:

• firstly scrolling a string of characters displayed at least in the recognition area so as to select a position between a first character and a second character consecutive to the first character within the string of characters;
• detecting at least one input stroke entered manually in the insertion area;
• performing handwriting recognition to convert the at least one detected input stroke into at least one recognised character;
• inserting, at the position within the string of characters, the at least one recognised character;
• and
• secondly scrolling the string of characters in the recognition area so as to display, in the recognition area, at least part of the at least one recognised character that was inserted into the string of characters.

A system for inputting characters, the system comprising:

• a touchscreen comprising a recognition area and an insertion area for accepting character input;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions;
• and
• a processor, operably connected to the touchscreen and the non-transitory computer readable medium, that executes the instructions to perform operations comprising:
• firstly scrolling a string of characters displayed at least in the recognition area so as to select a position between a first character and a second character consecutive to the first character within the string of characters;
• detecting at least one input stroke entered manually in the insertion area;
• performing handwriting recognition to convert the at least one detected input stroke into at least one recognised character;
• inserting, at the position within the string of characters, the at least one recognised character;
• and
• secondly scrolling the string of characters in the recognition area so as to display, in the recognition area, at least part of the at least one recognised character that was inserted into the string of characters.