Input method editor

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an input method editor receives input in a first writing system and presents input candidates in the first writing system or a second writing system. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving input in a first writing system; presenting the input in the first writing system in a first interface element of an interface as content input; automatically identifying one or more candidates in a second writing system based on the input in the first writing system; and presenting the one or more candidates in the second writing system in a second interface element that is separate from the first interface element.

Description

technical field [0001] This manual refers to the input method. Background technique [0002] Writing systems use symbols, such as characters or graphemes, to represent the sounds of language. The set of symbols in a writing system may be called an alphabet. For example, the Latin writing system (which includes one or more sets of Roman characters in the Roman alphabet) can be used to represent English. The Latin writing system may include block Roman characters (eg, uppercase character "B"), typed Roman characters (eg, plain character "b"), and script Roman characters (eg, script character "b"). Each visual representation of the character "b" represents the same grapheme in the Latin writing system. [0003] As another example, Chinese language may be represented by multiple writing systems. For example Chinese may be represented by a first writing system such as Pinyin (or Romanized Chinese). As another example, the Chinese language may be represented using a second wr...

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Problems solved by technology

Ease of using an input method editor may decrease as the amount of user input or interaction required to select a particular language or writing system (such as switching between modes) increases

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