MXPA01007505A - Speed typing apparatus and method. - Google Patents

Abstract

A speed typing method and apparatus having multiple letters associated with each key of a keyboard. By utilizing multiple characters on each key, the number of keys would be fewer than the number of letters in the alphabet using this system (e.g., fewer than 26 letter keys for the English alphabet). Each key on the keyboard is associated with a numerical code. The system uses the numerical code associated with a typed word to access a dictionary or table of words stored in memory at a memory location corresponding to the input numerical code. The system may display all of the words available to the user in response to the input code. The user then selects one of the available words to be placed in the document. Alternatively the system may enable display of one or more preferred words. The keys of the keyboard may be contoured so that the user senses the position of his hand in relation to the keys of the keyboard. The typing system is also implemented by a finger-mounted input device having switches. The finger-mounted device may also be used in conjunction with one or more input selection panels. The panels have keys which are selectable by the user in conjunction with the switches.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEED CLICK FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method and apparatus that makes it easier to learn to type, improves the precision of typing, increases the speed of typing and reduces wear on the user. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for the rapid entry of text into a microprocessor-controlled word processing system by using a keyboard having multiple characters of letters of the alphabet assigned to at least one and up to as many as the total of the keys.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventional typewriters make use of twenty-six (26) letter keys, one for each letter of the English alphabet. One of the initial keyboard presentations is the "QWERTY" keyboard, which remains today as the industry standard. Other formats have been designed, such as the Dvorak keyboard, which places the keys on the keyboard ergonomically for ease of use and accessibility. These alternative formats mainly seek to increase typing speed and accuracy, as well as reduce user wear. Generally, all traditional keyboards provide a key for each letter of the alphabet. In addition to the letter keys, the function keys are provided, such as ALT, CTRL, SPACE, BAR, ENTER, and so on. Consequently, keyboards become congested with numerous keys and require a large amount of space. Similarly, these conventional keyboards require the user to memorize or be able to locate a particular key for each character the user wishes to select. Other keyboard layouts assign more than one character to a key, usually referred to as multi-letter or double-touch key systems. However, these systems require the user to operate multiple keys in order to select a single desired character. Systems that require concurrent or simultaneous operation of multiple keys, such as those shown in the U.S. Patent. No. 4,891,777, are sometimes referred to as rope systems. String systems require the user to invest twice as much effort for each letter to be selected. In addition, string systems require the user to be able to remember 26 key combinations, one for each letter of the alphabet. Other multiple key systems require the user to operate multiple specific keys successively. The U.S. Patent No. 5,062,070, for example, shows a system in which multiple characters are provided for each key. However, in order to select the desired particular character, the user must make at least two successive keystrokes. Therefore, the user must remember 26 different combinations of successive key presses, one for each letter of the alphabet. On the other hand, the US Patent. No. 5,007,008, provides a keyboard in which the user must scroll through each of the multiple letters assigned to a single key by repeatedly pressing that key. As a result of having to enter multiple keystrokes to select a single character, these double-trigger or multi-letter key systems are slow, heavy, and prone to typographical errors. According to the above, these systems are used mainly where a reduced keyboard size is of the utmost importance, contrary to the speed and precision. Another variation of typing, called abbreviated typing, involves only having to type part of a word. For example, the U.S. Patent. No. 4,459,049, shows an abbreviated typing system in which the user only needs to enter four or fewer characters. Then, the system will search for the abbreviated word in memory. When the abbreviated word is located, the complete word is entered from the memory to the document. All these keyboard systems are difficult to use and even difficult to learn. Consequently, the click is slower and prone to errors. In addition, these keyboards are the most difficult to operate by people who have not learned to use that particular type of keyboard. These "hunting and hitting" typists must search for the desired characters, which are often installed in non-alphabetical order and among a large number of keys. Another type of keyboard input is found in telephones used to access remote systems, called automated response systems. Generally, these automated response systems will recognize the alphabetic characters associated with a depressed key on a remotely located telephone keypad. Such a system, for example, is used by the US Supreme Court, in which users simply dial the Supreme Court telephone number in order to locate the order number or status of a pending case. The user must call the system from a conventional remote telephone location. Once the automated response system of the Supreme Court is accessed, the user is instructed by voicemail to specify the name of the desired case by pressing the keys on the remote telephone's keypad. According to the instructions in progress, the user then proceeds to enter up to ten alphabetical characters of the name of one of the parties of the desired case on the remote telephone's keypad. The conventional telephone keypad consists of twelve keys, 0-9, *, and Multiple letters are associated with each of the numerical keys 2-9, so that the 26 letters are counted except for Q and Z, which the system specifies as assigned to the numeric key 1. Then, the user presses ten keys numbers corresponding to the name of one of the parties. Or, the user can enter less than ten digits followed by the * key or a four-second delay. Once the name of the part has been entered, the system then searches for the order of the court clerk and provides a voice prompt for the three closest cases that have been located by case number, parts, and status. If the user is not satisfied with any of these cases, the user can then talk to a secretary. The automated response system described above is designed to accommodate conventional telephone keyboards, with limited words in memory and is not implemented in a word processing environment. As a result the system is extremely slow and not easily adaptable for use as a speed typing facility. In addition, the system is limited to use with voice communication systems and with conventional telephone keypads. Consequently, automated response systems are not provided to edit memory, define preferred terms, or define new word variations. In addition, phone keyboards are not designed to type, much less for speed typing. As an alternative to conventional keyboard, input devices have been installed in the hand and fingers. Such devices are shown, for example, in the US Patents. Nos. 5,581,484 to Prince, and 4,414,537 to Grimes. Basically, these systems place switches in various positions around the hand in order to simplify the entry of information to a computer. However, these systems are not aimed at speed typing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a system and method for fast typing using a keyboard having multiple characters assigned to at least one up to as many as all the keys, so that there is less than the number of letters in the alphabet using this system (for example, less than 26 letter keys for the English alphabet or the 33 letters of the Russian alphabet). For example, the 26 letters of the alphabet can be assigned to 4, 6, 8, or 17 keys. Each of these keys on the keyboard is associated with a numeric digit by which one or more series of digits form a code. The system uses the numeric code to access a dictionary or table of words stored in the memory of the computer in a memory location corresponding to the numerical code. The system can display all the words available to the user in response to the entry code. If more than one word is sensitive to the encoded numerical sequence, then the user selects one of the available words to be placed in the document. In addition, the user is given the option to select a preferred word or words to be associated with a specific numerical code. When that code is typed, the computer will display all the words, with the preferred words displayed in the sorted order. However, the user may optionally select to display only the word or preferred words (s). In addition, the user may be given the option to have the words associated with a given numerical code displayed differently, such as (1) according to an order or degree of preference that the user defines, (2) in accordance with a predefined preference list which provides a higher ranking for those words that are most commonly used, (3) in alphabetical order, or (4) according to predefined special use categories, such as legal or scientific terminology. The user # has the option to have the priority list 5 automatically adjusted based on the selection of words made by the user when the desired word is designated from the group of words with the same numeric code. An additional feature of the • The invention is that the user can select from a range of keyboard configurations, such as 4, 6, 8, or 12 letter keys to which the 26 letters of the alphabet are assigned. Also, the system will complete and will display long words before the user has finished typing them on the keyboard. The invention is preferably implemented on a traditional QWERTY keyboard, in which multiple letters to the row of number keys, 0-9, typically located along the upper row of the keyboard, or to the rectangular layout of numbers commonly located on the right side of the keyboard or rows horizontal keys to which letters are assigned conventionally. In addition, a specially designed keyboard, which is connected to a computer, is also shown to implement the invention. The provision of fewer keys makes the special keyboard particularly better suited for use by people with physical disabilities, and can be used instead of, or in conjunction with, the traditional keyboard. According to the foregoing, an object of the present invention is to provide a system for faster typing that uses a keyboard that is easier to remember and has as few or as many keys as the user wishes. A further object of the present invention is to provide a speed key system that can be used with a compact keyboard that is not congested with excessive keys, thus reducing the size and space requirements of the input device. Another object of the invention is to provide a keyboard that has multiple letters per key, only requiring a single touch to select a desired letter key. It is still a further object of the invention to provide a keyboard for typing • of speed that is ergonomic, reduce the Wear on the user, and easy to learn, and increase accuracy and efficiency. Another object of the invention is to provide a typing system that is easy to use by people with disabilities, • 10 such as arthritis. Another object of the invention is to implement a speed-typing system with an input device installed in the fingers. Still another object of the invention is to design contoured keys for a keyboard that allows the user to detect the relative position of his hand on the keyboard. Another object of the invention is to provide a quick and easy method for entering information for editing and typing using a speech recognition system. Another object of the invention is to provide a system for compressing data to reduce the memory required to store data and to increase the speed of transmission. These, together with other objects and advantages will become subsequently apparent when reference is made to the drawings and description set forth below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 shows a general preferred embodiment of the word processor system of the invention in a block diagram format. Figure (a) shows an 8-key configuration as implemented in the upper row of numbers on a keyboard Conventional QWERTY according to the preferred embodiment of the invention. Figure 2 (b) shows a configuration of 14 keys as implemented in the conventional string of characters of a conventional QWERTY keyboard according to the preferred embodiment of the invention. Figure 3 shows a 6-key configuration of a specially designed keyboard in an alternate embodiment of the invention for use with the system of Figure 1, Figure 4 (a) shows a flow chart according to the preferred method of operation of the system. Figure 4 (b) shows a flow diagram according to an alternative method of operating the system. Figure 5 shows the output of the invention for the monitor of Figure 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the invention. Figure 6 is a flow chart for an alternative embodiment of the invention. Figure 7 shows the output of the invention for the monitor of Figure 1 according to an alternative embodiment of the invention. Figures 8 (a) - 8 (d), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 (a) -17 (), 18, 19 and 20, show alternate keyboard configurations for your use with the keyboard of Figure 1. Figure 21 shows an alternate keyboard configuration for use with the touch screen monitor of Figure 1. Figure 22 (a) - (b) are a table showing the number of Word codes associated with more than one word when combining two letters of the alphabet on the same key. Figures 22 (c) - (d) are a table of keyboard configurations of five to twenty-two keys generated based on the table in Figure 22 (a), and showing the number of word codes associated with more than one word, and the total number of words associated with those word codes that have more than one word, for each configuration. Figures 22 (e) - (x) are alternate keyboard configurations, based on the table in Figure 22 (b). Figure 23 shows an input device installed in the fingers and input selection panels used in association with the speed key system of the present invention. Figure 24 (a) is a top view showing the contoured keyboard according to the present invention. Figure 24 (b) is a side view of the middle, lower and side upper keys shown in Figure 24 (a). Figure 24 (c) is a perspective view of the keys of the four corners of Figure 24 (a). Figure 25 is a block diagram of the word processor system in combination with a Voice Recognition System. Figures 26 (a) - (y), 27 (a) - (z) and 28 (a) - (m) show various alternate keyboard configurations. Figures 29 (a) -29 (l) are various alternate keyboard configurations.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED MODALITIES. In describing a preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, specific terminology will be provided for the sake of clarity. However, the invention is not intended to be limited to the specific terms selected in this manner, and is intended to understand that each specific term includes all technical equivalents that operate in a similar manner to accomplish a similar purpose.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 shows the velocity key 100 system according to the modality • preferred of the invention. Generally, the system 100 comprises a computer 10 having a microprocessor, internal memory 12, and associated inbound / outbound components well known in the field of word processors. A conventional expanded keyboard 14, printer 16, and screen 18 are provided • conventional way. In addition, a specially designed separate keyboard 50 can optionally be used in the manner to be described. The word processing system is controlled by instructions programmed into the computer which recognizes the keystrokes initiated by the operator and subsequently displays and prints the text. The software instructions will be modified from conventional instructions for performing functions of the present invention. The software to perform the functions of the present invention must be within the pre-programmed instructions of the system of word processing of the word processor system or stored on a disk, CD-ROM, or remotely stored and retrieved via the Internet or local network or other similar systems, for input to the computer and can be related by interphase techniques conventional to all major word processors well known in the art, such as by Dynamic Database Enhancement or Linking and Object Support or Standard Inferred. Although the system 100 is shown as consisting of separate components, the system 100 can be implemented in a variety of ways, such as in a laptop 10 with memory 12 which is integrated with a keyboard 50 and a screen 18. The laptop , or portable input device, can be remotely located with its output either directly wired or wirelessly transmitted to the computer. Accordingly, the portable input device can be used to access the system remotely, such as through a remote telephone, through conventional telephone lines, or wirelessly, using tone signals or binary code signals that are generated by the input device. The invention is designed in such a way that the user decides to use some of the letter keys of a conventional keyboard or the numerical keys of a conventional keyboard, which are generally located along the upper row of the keyboard or along the keyboard. Right side of the keyboard. Similarly, the invention may be implemented in a touch screen monitor, by a switch-type control lever which in appearance resembles a joystick, or by other similar input devices. The keys may additionally be installed on a portable keyboard in which the finger keys press inward in one direction and a thumb-operated key is installed on the side of the keyboard and pressed inward by the user's thumb. The thumb is especially useful for the function, spacing, rewind, or control controls of the cursor direction and to highlight.

Figure 2 (a) shows a traditional expanded QWERTY keyboard 14 used to implement the present invention in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention. The examples of the present invention are provided for the English language. The keyboard 14 has 10 numeric keys along the upper row along the right side of the keyboard 14, each identified from 1-9 and 0. A superimposed pattern 23 is shown above the upper row of the numeric keys, indicating the letter characters to be assigned to each of the corresponding numeric keys. In addition, stickers (not shown) having multiple letters can optionally be installed on the numeric keys located on the right portion of the keyboard 14 or on keys conventionally marked with a letter In one of the preferred embodiments, the standard keyboard is an 8-key configuration, in which the numeric keys 1-7 are assigned to each alphabetically 3 letters, and the numeric keys 8 are assigned 5 letters, as shown by the superimposed pattern 23. The assigned number to each numeric key is used as an element code • input or numeric code that is associated with the corresponding letters. Another mode, corresponding to a configuration of 14 letters, is shown in Figure 2 (b), where the conventional letter keys "a", "s", "d", "f", "r", "c " j 'u, ri, i,,,, and, are redefined as shown. The keys range from having a single letter, to as many as 8 letters for a single key. This modality preferably places a vowel with one or more consonants instead of a consonant with a consonant or a vowel with a vowel. The vowels and consonants are generally not interchangeable in a sequence of certain letters which are arranged to form a word, so that the configuration results in a lower incidence of words that have the same code. In addition, the most commonly used letters are sometimes provided to a separate key that is easy to reach. On the other hand, the less used letters are preferably grouped in a key or keys that are not usually placed so conveniently. Figure 3 shows an example of a specially designed keyboard 50 corresponding to a configuration of 6 two-handed keys. The keyboard 50 generally comprises letter or alphabetic character keys 52 and function keys 54. The letter character keys 52 are provided in the middle row of the keyboard 50, while the function keys 54 are provided along the lengths of the keys. upper and lower portions 56, 58, respectively, of the keyboard 50. In addition, a cursor controller 55 and selection button 57 are provided along the upper portion 56 of the keyboard 50. The keyboard 50 can be appropriately arranged in other keyboards, such as the keys that are aligned in an arched manner. The keyboard 50 interfaces with the word processor computer 10 in a conventional manner. The function keys 54 may correspond to any suitable function to be carried out. Preferably, however, the lower row of the function keys 54 comprise for example, the SPACEBAR 60, the TAB key 62, the SHIFT key 64, and the ENTER key 66. The upper row 56 of the keys of FIG. function 54 may correspond to numbers or characters, cursor movement keys, definable function keys, uppercase editing, backspace, or keys that have other similar operations. In addition, the keyboard 50 can be used in conjunction with the expanded keyboard 14. The expanded keyboard 14 will provide any of the function or numeric keys 54 not provided by the keyboard 50. Accordingly, the expanded keyboard 14 is optional, although complements the special 50 keyboard by providing the full spectrum of function keys and traditional characters. The letter keys 52 are divided into two groups 68, 70, each group having three keys. Three characters are assigned to each of the keys 52 of the left group 68, which are preferably printed on the key, although they can be located in a template or in a superimposed pattern on a top row of the keys, so that the fingers of the The user does not obstruct the letters placed on the keys themselves (not shown). The left key 52 has letters A, B, C, D; the intermediate key 52 has E, F, G, H; and the right key 52 has I, J, K, L. The right group 70 of keys 52 each has four to five characters: the left key 52 has M, N, O, P Q; the intermediate key 52 has R, S, T, U; and, the right key 52 has V-Z. Each letter key 52 is also assigned a numeric digit corresponding to an item or numeric code 72, which is printed on the lower right side of the key 72. The purpose of the numeric code, or entry element code, it will become more apparent then. The left group 68 of keys 52 is designed to be used by the user's left hand and the right group 70 is for use by the right hand. As represented in each of Figures 2 and 3, the letters are generally arranged alphabetically together with the letter keys 52, from left to right. This configuration makes it easier for a user to learn and memorize the location of the keys and for "hunting and hit" typists to find a desired key. However, letters can be formatted in any suitable manner, such as based on the frequency of use, with less frequently used letters either grouped together or int er-di sper s with the most frequently used letters. The letters can also be partially arranged alphabetically, such as by placing the vowels on separate keys in alphabetical order. The letters can also be arranged to reduce the number of words associated with a single word code. Also, the user or programmer can implement a program to locate the letters on the keys with as few or as many keys as the user decides. The computer can also be configured to maintain a record of the use of words and determine the letters and words most frequently used so that the user and the information can be used additionally to automatically place terms in order of priority classification in memory, as it will become more apparent below. For example, if the letters are to be arranged alphabetically, the letter "o" can be grouped with either "n" or "p". However, due to the frequent prolific use of the words "on" and "no", it would be preferable to place the letter "o" with the letter "p" or "m", which are close by in alphabetical order. In addition, the letters can be grouped together which have similarities in appearance in order to help the collection of location by the user. Also, additional keys can be concentrated around the index finger so that the keys are easy to reach. In addition, keyboard configurations may range in number of keys, such as from 5 or less to 21 letter keys or more (see, for example, Figures 22 (c), (d) and (e)), and The number of letters on each key can range from 1 to 8 or more letters per key. There are many other possibilities besides those shown in Figures 22 (c) - (e) that are equally practical and can be designed by the user and integrated into the computer program. As it will become more apparent next, the larger the number of keys, and with careful assignment of letters to the keys, will require less editing or other interaction on the part of the user. However, typing will be slower and harder to learn because there are many more key positions. Similarly, the lower the number of keys, the easier it will be to learn and type the system, but more editing will be required from the user. Referring now to Figure 4 (a), a functional flow diagram of the invention will now be described as implemented by programmed instructions stored in computer memory 12 or from a floppy disk. The system 100 starts in block 102, where the system is formatted itself. During formatting, each key is pre-assigned a particular set of letters and a digit or numeric code 72 according to the designated keyboard configuration. For example, the designated keyboard configuration is the 8-key configuration of Figure 2 (a), or a 10-key or 12-key configuration. According to the above, to eight input elements, here keys 52, are assigned the digits 1-8, from left to right, respectively. In addition, each of the letters A, B, C is assigned the numeric digit or entry element code 1; the letters D, E, F are assigned the numerical code 2; and so on. Accordingly, when the letter key 52 is pressed on the keyboard 14, the equivalent numerical code 72 is recognized by the computer 10 in step 104. The format of eight standard keys can be changed by the operator according to the system design . That is, the system can view format selections alternate to the operator, such as using 4, 6, or 13 keys, which the operator can select and the operator can select the letters assigned to each key. Each format can be accompanied by a corresponding overlay template or drawing 23. After the format selection, you can start typing. The operator types in a word and the key oppressions are read, step 104. A number is associated with each key that is read and stored as it is pressed until the operator presses a key that tells the user that he has reached the key. end of the word to be typed, step 106. For example, if the character is a punctuation mark, space or carriage return, the system will determine that the word is complete and proceed to step 108. Otherwise, the system returns to the step 104, where the system waits for the next character to be entered. As the word is typed, the display unit preferably displays each of the letters associated with each key that is pressed. For example, as shown in Figure 5, if the "1" key is pressed, a column or linear row displaying "ABC" is displayed. Alternatively, nothing can be displayed, or the number "1" can be displayed. Still further, only an asterisk or other symbol can be displayed. These display symbols will be automatically deleted when the system determines that the typed word is accepted or when the user deletes it so that another word can be entered. Once the complete word has been received, step 106, the system will search memory 12 by comparing the numerical value of the input code with a table of word codes stored in memory 12, step 108. An example of various Word or numeric codes, for example, in Table 1 for the configuration of 8 standard keys of Figure 2 (a). As shown in Table 1, each word code is stored in a specific memory location, each memory location having a list of one or more words. Word codes are formed from one or more numeric input element codes. According to the above, each word in the dictionary is stored in the memory of the table associated with a particular code. The memory can be configured from any standard word processor or system.

TABLE 1 Code Preferred words Words 5-5 no on 5-5-8 now now mow 5-5- mows In addition, less than each word in the dictionary can be stored in the table's memory. For example, the user can select a limited category of information corresponding to a more finite vocabulary, such as to write ness letters or scientific documents, or refer to medicine, biology, physics, proper names, philosophy and the like. The reduced dictionary decreases memory requirements, as well as the time required for the computer to search memory. Similarly, the user will require less interaction since there are fewer codes in memory, so that each code is more likely to associate with fewer words, thus increasing the typing speed. The user is able to select which dictionary will be used, and any dictionary can be combined with another dictionary, or used alone or with a basic dictionary of common words. Therefore, if a word is not found in a dictionary, the user can expand the search to another dictionary. Such a search may also be automatic. The user can also define a dictionary of frequently used words, and can add or remove words from any of the dictionaries. If the entry numeric code is located or found in the memory table, step 108, the system proceeds to step 118. In step 118, the system will check the memory location to determine if more than one word is associated, it is say, multiple words, with the particular entry code. However, if no words are found in the memory in step 108, the user will have the opportunity to correct any misspellings of the word, step 109. If the user determines that the code was entered incorrectly, step 109, the user you can go back and re-enter the code, step 104. The correction of a misspelling is carried out according to the standard operation of a word processor, such as deleting the typed code where necessary and entering the new text code . After making the correction, the system determines if a code has been found in the memory for the corrected word, step 108. On the other hand, assuming that there was not a typing error, the user can add words to the memory, step 110 , by adding a particular word to the dictionary memory corresponding to the selected numeric digits. The user selects the new word by highlighting the appropriate letters among the group of letters displayed above and / or below the initial row that is typed. Or, the letters can be displayed in a window placed anywhere on the screen. As the letters are highlighted and selected from the window, they are then entered into the initial row. Once all the letters of the word are highlighted, the user presses ENTER, and the computer stores the new word in the memory location corresponding to the associated numeric code. If the user chooses to add the word in the memory, the memory is updated, step 112. The selected word is then displayed in the text of the document, step 114, and then the system returns to step 104, where it waits for the input of the next key, step 117. On the other hand, if the user does not add any words to the memory, step 110, instructions are displayed, step 116, and the system returns to wait for the next key, steps 117, 104. The instructions may indicate , for example, that no word has been located and that the user must determine if there was a typo or that the user must reconsider if he defines a new word. Accordingly, the message may say "check spelling" or "code not recognized". Or, the system can display words corresponding to the closest code that is located in the memory and indicate that no correspondence was found. If there is at least one word stored in the memory that is associated with the entry code in step 108, the system will proceed to step 118. In step 118, if only one word is stored in the memory location associated with the entry code, the word, step 120 will be displayed. The user will have the opportunity to change (ie, add or delete) the word stored in memory, step 122, if, for example, the word in memory is not the word desired to be displayed. As in step 110, the memory is updated to include, or omit, the changed word, step 124, the new word, step 126, is displayed in place of the originally displayed word, and the system, in step 127, returns to step 104. If the words in step 122 are not modified, indicating that the word displayed is correct, the system, in step 127, will return to step 104. The process for changing words in memory, steps 110, 122 , 152 (as will be described below), allows the user to update the memory for specially defined words that are not normally included in a standard dictionary. For example, a proper name may not be in a dictionary memory and therefore the operator may wish to change or add the proper name to the memory for that particular code. Therefore, the user can incorporate proper names, technical terms, abbreviations, and so on, into the computer's memory. This is done in any suitable programmable manner, such as by adding the new word to the memory location associated with the given code. In addition, the user can modify the memory in order to later omit terms that were previously incorporated into the memory. Assuming that there is more than one word in memory, step 118, all words are displayed, step 142, displayed with any preferred word at the top of the word list. Then, the user has the option of selecting a step word 144, creating preferred words, step 148, or including a new word in the memory corresponding to the code, step 152. If the user selects a word among the words displayed, step 144 , the selected word is displayed, step 146, and the system returns to wait for the next input character, steps 147, 104. However, if no word is selected, step 144, the user may wish to create preferred words, step 148. In step 148, the user can define a word or words displayed by being a preferred word to be listed at the top of the list, step 148, or in some sort order. If the preferred words are modified, step 148, the memory is updated, step 150, the word is displayed, step 146, and the system returns again to step 104, step 147. Preferred words are those words that have been selected or designated previously by the user as terms that are used very frequently. The system can also be configured with the words given as preferred words. In addition, the system can be configured so that the 3: preferred word is the word that was selected the last time the user entered the same code. For example, as shown in Table 1, the term "now" is defined as the preferred term for code 5-5-8. Although the preferred terms are shown as a separate list in the memory of Table 1, they can be simply noted as a preferred term and stored with the other words for that memory location. Finally, if the user does not select a word, step 144, and does not change the list of preferred words, step 148, the user can change, that is, add or modify, the words in memory, step 152. For example, as described above, the desired word may be missing among the displayed words, or otherwise, the user wishes to include a new word to be associated with the numerical input code. If so, the memory is updated in step 150 to reflect the new information, and the new word is displayed, step 146. Then, the system returns to step 104, where the system waits for the entry of a new character, step 147.

If the user does not select a word, step 144, create a preferred word, step 148, or change a word, step 152, an instruction message will be displayed, step 154. The system will then return to step 104, where it will wait for the click of the next key step 147. For example, the message may indicate that the user must "verify the spelling" or that "the word was skipped". Referring now to Figure 4 (b), an alternate embodiment of the flow diagram of Figure 4 (a) will now be described. As a standard practice, the system will now display all words in the manner shown in Figure 4 (a), with the preferred words displayed at the top of the word list. However, Figure 4 (b) allows the user to first display a list of only the preferred words. If the desired word is not among the preferred terms, the user can then decide to see a list of all the words. According to the foregoing, steps 302-327 of Figure 4 (b) are similar to steps 102-127 of Figure 4 (a). However, proceeding to step 318, the user now has the choice to first display a list of only the preferred words. Accordingly, if there is more than one word stored in the memory location associated with the entry code, as verified in step 318, the system will then check a list of preferred words, step 328. If the preferred words are stored in memory, the system will display any preferred word associated with that input code step 330. An asterisk or message will be displayed along with the preferred words so that the user knows that the additional words are available apart from only the preferred terms displayed . The user can, after reviewing the list of preferred terms, step 330, decide to see the complete list of words, step 332, after which all block 342 words will be displayed, the operator offering various choices as will be described below. If all the words are not to be displayed, the system then determines if there are multiple preferred words stored in the memory, step 334, and, if so, the user can select among the preferred words, step 338. If a word is selected , the selected word is displayed, step 336, and the system returns to wait for a new key press, steps 337 and 304. If no word is selected, a message is displayed, step 340, and the system returns to receive the next key, steps 337, 304. Returning to step 332, if the user selects to display all the words stored in the memory, step 332, or if there are no preferred words with which to begin, step 328, all the words will be displayed, step 342 Accordingly, all words in the appropriate memory position are displayed on monitor 18, step 342. Once the words are displayed, step 342, the user then has the option to select a word, step 344, creating a list of preferred words, step 348, or including a new word in the memory corresponding to the code, step 352. Steps 342 through 354 are essentially similar to steps 142 through 154 of Figure 4 (to) . However, in step 348, the user may define a visual word or words as preferred words or otherwise view or modify the list of preferred words or create a new list of preferred words, step 348. Referring now to Figure 5, an example of the operation of the invention will now be described with reference to Figure 4 (a). The monitor 18 is generally shown having a main screen 22 on which the output is displayed. Suppose, for example, that the user wishes to type the phrase "Dear Tom, Now is the time for all good to come to the aid of their country.". After the computer performs the format, step 102, the user will start typing the word "Dear" when pressing the key sequence 2-2-1-5, which is recognized by the system in step 104. As each key press is made, the letters associated with each key are displayed on the screen 22. The letters are preferably displayed vertically upwards, above the initial row 25, which is shown as the starting line. The initial row is the line that is displayed. is typing. It is the row in which the most preferred word is displayed. If there are no preferred words, the word displayed in the initial row can be the first word listed alphabetically, or the word that was selected the last time that code was entered. Below the initial row, the list of words with the least priority is displayed, which can be listed alphabetically. When a word is selected below the starting row, it moves to the starting row. It may be preferable to visualize the letters and words horizontally, especially when there are fewer words to edit, so that most of the editing will only involve selecting one of two words. For a larger number of letters assigned to a particular key, the user can choose to have the system limit the displayed letters to the first three or four. An asterisk is then provided to indicate to the user that other letters to be moved are available.

Referring to Figure 5, for example, when the user presses the 8 key for the letter "w", the letters "v", "w", and "x" are displayed. An asterisk is also displayed, indicating that the additional letters "y" and "z" have not been displayed. Of course, the user can choose not to display the letters, and have the option of displaying the letters if a desired word is not displayed. Therefore, for example, only the letters can be displayed when no word code is found in the memory. If a word code is found in the memory, only the words will be displayed, and not the letters for the individual keys that are pressed. Suppose now that the user has finished typing the word "Now", by pressing codes 5-5-8. Once 5-5-8 is entered, the user will then press the space bar 60, telling the system that the word has come to an end, step 106. At that point, the system 100 will search the memory and recognize the code input 5-5-8 as corresponding to one of the codes in memory 12, as shown in Table 1, step 108. In a preferred alternative mode, the numeric code may be searched as the user presses each key. Therefore, when the user presses 5 for the "N", the memory will move back all the numeric codes that start with a value less than 5. When the user then presses 5 for the "o", the memory will move to the numeric code 5-5. (At this point, even if the user has not completed the typing of that particular word, the available words "no" and "on" can be displayed on screen 22). When the user then presses 8 for the "w", the system only needs to scroll down a small distance to locate the appropriate code, 5-5-8. Continuing with our example in step 118, the system will recognize that there are two words, "now" and "mow", associated with the code 5-5-8. At this point, the system can sound an audible signal to alert the user to edit the document. In addition, the system will then determine that the word "now" has been marked as a preferred word. Accordingly, the word "Now" is displayed on the screen 22 in the initial row 25 and is highlighted. In addition, the word "Mow" is displayed under "Now", as shown in Figure 5. The user can now view all the words in some appropriate way, such as selecting the function from a drop down menu . Words associated with the input code are preferably displayed downward starting with the initial row 25. Then, the user can scroll down to highlight one of the words displayed, such as "Mow" when using the scroll keys on the keyboard 14 or 50, mouse 20, or cursor controller 55, step 144. Once the appropriate term is highlighted and the user presses the ENTER key, the selected term is displayed on screen 22, step 146, and the system returns to wait for the next key, steps 147, 104. An example of a downward shift is shown in Figure 5 for the code 3-5-5-2. After the full code is entered, the words "gone", "home", and "good" are displayed down, with the term "gone" being placed in the starting row 25. However, at the point shown in the Figure 5, the user has moved down to highlight the term "good". Once "good" is highlighted, and the ENTER key is pressed, the words "gone" and "home", as well as the letters, are removed from the screen. In addition, the term "good" will be displayed in the initial row 25, without highlighting, as shown for the words "for all". Of course, instead of highlighting the desired word, the system can underline the desired word, provide the words displayed and / or selected in square brackets, or use some method or combination to distinguish selected words from the list of displayed words. As well, the word can be visualized side by side, contrary to being aligned vertically, and the letters can be visualized in a window and can remain in the window until the edition and placement of the desired word in the initial row. Still, the - 4 words can be selected by scrolling in the starting row 25 and pressing ENTER. Or, the user can select a number located after the words listed that will put that word in the initial row. Of course, the words can be displayed both above and below the starting row. Where there are three words, such that a word is above the initial row and a word below the starting row, the user will have the option to press the "+" and "-" keys to select the word above or below the starting row, respectively. In addition, the user can press a scroll key (which is preferably placed between the "+" and "-" keys) to see a next group of three words that will then be displayed in the same way. In addition, words can be displayed in a window anywhere on the screen. The user may also decide to add a new word (or, if no word code is located in the memory due to a misspelling) to the memory, step 152. Referring to Figure 5, suppose the user enters the code 7-5-5 for your name, "Tom." A standard dictionary memory may not have the word of its own name "Tom", but it has other words for those codes, which include "Ton" and "Son". As described above, all letters for code 7-5-5 are displayed on screen 22 as the respective keys are pressed. In addition, in the absence of any of the preferred terms, the words "Ton" and "Son" are also displayed on screen 22. In order to define the new word, the user can then exercise the option of displaying all the letters by pressing a function key and then the user highlights the letters used to form the new word, "Tom", either by vertically shifting the letters in the starting row 25, or by moving the cursor and clicking, as shown in the Figure 5. Once all the letters are highlighted, the user presses the ENTER key and the word is displayed in the starting row 25 step 114, and all the remaining letters and words on the screen are deleted. Of course, the user, instead of highlighting each individual letter, can change to a standard 26-key keyboard configuration (as will be described below), in order to directly type a word. In addition, instead of highlighting, the system can underline a letter, provide letters in square brackets, or use some suitable method, including the combination of underlining and highlighting, to distinguish a selected letter. The letters can also be viewed from side to side, contrary to being vertically aligned. However, once the letters are selected, and a word is formed, the system then updates the memory, step 150, so that the new word "Tom" is stored in the memory location corresponding to the numerical code 7-5. -5 (or a message can be displayed indicating that the word was not in memory). The system then returns to step 104, where it waits for the next key to be pressed. Once the operator has completed the typing, the operator can print the document in the printer 16, save the document to disk, or perform some other function common to the word processor systems. Referring now to FIG. 6, a flow chart is shown according to another alternative embodiment of the invention. Figure 6 differs from Figure (a) by allowing the user to finish typing a sentence, paragraph, page or complete document, before having to select the words to be displayed finally. further, the preferred words are now displayed in conjunction with the entire group of words, as in Figure 4 (b). Therefore, instead of just viewing the list of preferred words, the system now displays all the words, with the preferred words at the top of the list. Long lists can be moved in some appropriate way. As in Figures 4 (a) and 4 (b), the system begins by formatting itself first, step 202, and reading the keys, step 204. After a complete word is entered, step 206, the system will verify each code in the memory, step 208. If the entry code is not located in the memory, step 208, a message will be displayed, or the code, 210 will be displayed, and highlighted, to indicate that no word has been found . If the code is found, step 208, and there is only one word, step 212, that word is displayed, step 214. Assuming that there is more than one word in memory, the system will display all the words, step 216, with the word preferred classified as highest always displayed in the initial row and other words above and / or below. However, here, because there is only one word, the verification step for more than one word, step 212, can be eliminated, since the individual word will not necessarily be displayed in step 216. After the code has been displayed , word or words in steps 210, 214, or 216, the system will determine whether to edit or verify the document, step 218. Here, the user can select to edit the document following the entry of a line of text, a paragraph, or a page and the system will remind the user at the appropriate intervals. According to the above, after each line, phrase or paragraph of text is entered, the system will automatically invite the user to go back and edit that line, although the user can continue typing and editing that line, although the user can continue typing and edit the document on a later occasion. After subsequently editing the document, the system can proceed automatically from one word to be edited to the next, skipping all word codes that only have one word in memory. Or, the system can allow the user to jump between the words to be edited, using a TAB key, a function key, or the like. The user may also have the option of using the "+", "-" and "0" keys to select among a plurality of letters and / or displayed words. For example, assume that the user must select from among 9 words that are displayed on the screen for the typed word code. The words are displayed both above and below the starting row, in order to center around the starting row (with some preferred word in the starting row, and the remaining words listed alphabetically or in priority classification). The user can then press the "+" key in order to reduce the words displayed to those above the initial row (here, the top five words) and the remaining words on the screen will be deleted. The five visualized words are then centered around the initial row and the user can then press the "-" key to select the words displayed under the initial row, if that is the location of the desired word. Once the field is reduced to only three words, the "+" and "-" keys will select the word above or below the starting row, respectively. Of course, the word in the initial row can always be selected by pressing an ENTER key, or when the user continues typing. In addition, the system can be configured so that only three of nine words can be displayed each time and the "+" and "-" keys select the words above and below the start row, respectively, and that you can use the "0" to move to the next set of three words. Also, the user can press a number displayed next to the word to immediately enter that word or the user can use a cursor to select the desired word. In addition, the user can select to edit the document at any time during the text entry. Unless the document is to be edited, the system will return to step 204, where it waits for the next key to enter. In accordance with the above, the system will visualize alternative words and letters until the document is verified. Once the document is to be edited, the system will advance to step 220. Here, the system will proceed through each entry code for which there is more than one word in memory. Where there is only one word, that word is accepted and the document is displayed in the text. Where there is more than one word, the system will display the list of words, listing the preferred words first. Then, the system will prompt the user to select a word, enter a new word into the dictionary, or select a word, as preferred. This process is similar to steps 118 to 147 of Figure 4 (a) as described above. The most preferred word is displayed in the starting row and any remaining preferred word is displayed in the order of its priority. The order of priority can be defined by the user or pre-de ignar se in the system. This is done by the user who assigns a preferred order to the word list. Or, a sort order can be predefined by the system. Any word that has not been classified is also displayed in alphabetical order below the words that have a higher priority. The term with the highest priority is displayed in the initial row 25. The user can then scroll down (or up, if the words are displayed above the initial row) and highlight any term to be selected. However, if the user does not select a word (such as continue typing), the word in the starting row 25, here the preferred word, is displayed in the text of the document. The system can also be configured to allow the user to select all the highlighted words at the same time. As described previously, the first preferred word is highlighted by default, in the user's choice, and the user can select a different word by scrolling down or up to highlight the desired word, without having to press ENTER for each word individual. If there is no preferred word, the first preferred word is highlighted by default, which is in the initial row 25. All the operational steps of the invention are implemented according to well-known programming techniques. For example, the steps to indicate missing a word, steps 110, 122, 152, which select a preferred word, step 148, or that change the keyboard configuration, are implemented by methods that are well known in the art of programming , such as using an open menu or a viewing window. In this way, all the functions available to the user, such as selecting a keyboard configuration, adding a new word to the memory, and so on, can be implemented by an extracted menu or in a viewing window that can be accessed at any time during the operation of the invention or only at selected times. Other operations, such as updating the memory, steps 124 and 150, are also implemented by well-known programming methods, examples of which will be described below. An example is shown for implementing the invention through the use of windows, for example, in Figure 7, according to the operation of Figure 6. A function display window is provided for the user to select from the available functions, such as entering a new word that is not in memory, select a new keyboard configuration, create a preferred word, edit the document, create a preferred word, and so on. In addition, letters and words are also displayed in scrollable windows, with the most preferred term first listed and highlighted. Non-preferred or less-prioritized words are then displayed under the most preferred word. However, the preferred term in the user option does not necessarily need to be highlighted. Once a word is selected, the window disappears and the window is displayed in the text of the document, as shown for the "time" in Figure 7. Still as an alternative method to select words, each word or letter ( in case of defining a new word) it can be displayed adjacent to a number (not shown). The user can then select the word or letter by pressing the displayed number adjacent to the desired word. The user can then use a hand to type and a hand to edit or select words and letters, or otherwise control the operation of the system. Referring now to Figures 8-20, various alternative embodiments of keyboard configurations are shown. These configurations can be preprogrammed in the system, or they can be designated by the user. Figures 8-10 are examples of two-handed keyboard configurations and Figures 11-20 generally show examples of one-hand key configurations. These modes have the position of the user's fingers on most of the respective keys, thus reducing the movement of fingers and hand and fatigue. The configuration shown in Figure 10, corresponding to a keyboard of 14 keys (since the key 12 is repetitive), was tested with the phrase "Now is the time for all good to come to the aid of their country". It was discovered that only the word "aid" needed a bit of editing by the user because the rest of the terms were the only words for the code typed. Consequently, the number of keys is significantly reduced from the 26 standard keys, up to 14 keys, with a minimum amount of editing required. Where there are four or fewer keys for one or both hands, the user can always keep four fingers placed on the respective keys, such as for Figure 12. Or, as with Figure 11, the user can use two fingers, assigned each finger to two keys. For five to nine keys, the user can select to use 3 fingers of a hand when using two to three keys for each finger, such as for the configuration of Figure 13. For twelve keys, as with Figure 13, the user You can use four fingers of a hand. The keyboard is preferably configured in this manner to minimize fatigue in the user by reducing the movement of the finger. Figure 21 further shows another alternative embodiment of the invention, as implemented on a touch screen 22, such as is found on a conventional computer monitor 18. The key representations 80 are displayed on the monitor 18 around a general octagonal pattern , although any suitable form can be used, including a circle or hexagon. The letters and numeric codes are assigned to each key representation as with the manual keyboards, as shown. The user places a pointer (not shown) at the center of the octagon and slides the pointer outwardly along the screen 22 into one of the key representations 80. This movement is generally shown to correspond to the arrows 82. Customized that the pointer enters the representation of the key, the key is activated. The letters corresponding to the key are selected in this way and the user returns to the pointer to center the position of the octagon. This touch screen system is particularly suitable for people with disabilities, and can also be configured to recognize input from suitable input devices, such as those sensitive to light emitted from a pointer. With these "key" arrangements a "WRITING" technique can be used. There are well-known techniques that use a special writing instrument and / or tablet that can recognize the direction, the change in direction, and, if desired, the length of the route. The successive use of the same letter can be indicated by a circular movement, the length of movement or depression of a key.

The following methods can be used with the 6-key keyboard: (a) The user moved the pen in one of six directions and then lifted it at the end of the path. These directions include: (1) diagonally top left; (2) diagonally up to the right; (3) diagonally down to the left; (4) diagonally down to the right; (5) right up; or (6) right down. At the end of the word you can press a spade bar. (b) The pen remains in contact until the end of the word when it rises from the table which causes the bar to activate. The directions of the routes are as indicated in (a) above. It is necessary for the computer to determine if the same key is "pressed" twice or more in a row. There are several different methods to achieve this: (i) the user can press a key located on the pen with his index finger to indicate a separate activation of that key; (ii) a button may be pressed by a finger of the hand that does not hold the "pen". This key can be located on the tablet or elsewhere. If the next letter is on the same key, the user can either scroll the pen as in (a) as detailed previously or press the key (button) again. Or, (iii) the user can move the pen in a different direction to those listed in (a) as detailed above, for example, he can always move horizontally to the left - for the first repetition of the key - if the next If the letter is also located on the same key, the user can move the pen as in (a) as detailed previously. The entry code can be handwritten symbols read optically, each symbol representing a keystroke, or the entry of such handwritten symbols can come from a stylus and / or tablet which brings to the computer the shape of the symbols; that is, it can recognize the direction, change in the direction, and length of the route. The grouping of the letters is preferably based on a characteristic of the form that the letters have in common. As shown in Table 2, the letters shown in the first column have a common feature that is shown by the shape of the symbol in the second column, and therefore are easy to remember. Table 2 is only for illustrative purposes, and other variations may be used.

TABLE 2a Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 c b, d, h, I, k, t directions: "T" and addresses: "/" and "' ra, n '' V, w directions \ "and w // \ ' o, z, f, j, 1 addresses: "?" Y TABLE 2b S symbols Set 1 Set 2 Set 3"c", "= >" a, c, g, qa, c, g, q, da, c, g, d "|", "T" or "I" b, d, h, i, k , tb, h, i, k, ti, k, t / "," / "or" / 's, ps, ps, p "n" "m, n m, n, u m, n, u, h w \ n" \ "Q" ^ "u, v,, x, y, z v, w, x, y v, w, x, y o, z, f, j, l, z, f o, z, b "f", "l", "1", f 'i X J' 1 f, j, l "J" In each case shown in Tables 2a and 2b, the symbols shown in columns 2 and 1 are simpler, shorter, and faster to write on the tablet than the symbols in column 1, and sets 1, 2, 3, respectively. Therefore, the 26 letters of the alphabet can be represented by 6 to 16 symbols. Of course, there are many other possible choices for symbols such as those that use the "-" for the letter "t", or the symbol "n" for the letter "h" or the letter "d" can be represented by the symbol "c", or "|" for the letters f, j and 1. Also, other symbols can be selected to represent the letters and fewer or more symbols can be used. The writer can either (1) elevate the stylus from the tablet at the end of each letter, so that the end of a word is indicated by using a special symbol or pressing a key, or (2) the writer can maintain the stylet in contact with the tablet until the end of the word and when raising the stylet a space is signaled between the words. As well, if the stylus comes in contact with the tablet, in order to discern where a symbol ends and the next begins, it is necessary to reverse the direction of travel for some symbols that are used successively. Therefore, the word "bit" is written by a path "|" down, then it is redrawn upwards and then retraced downwards. On the other hand, if the stylus is raised after each symbol, the word "bit" would be written. Also, a mirror image or a head-down position can be used for some symbols, as in a word such as "fine". Therefore, after an upward travel, the "n" will be made by a downward movement which results in a "" to represent the same set of letters. The same can be done for the symbol "I" which will become "l". Accordingly, the input from such handwritten symbols may come from a stylus and / or tablet which conveys to the computer the shape of the symbol. The symbols can be selected to form general forms of associated letters, such as "c" for "abcd"; " \" for "efvwx"; for "ghijkl"; "n" for "rano"; "X" for "pqr"; "" for "your"; and, "/" for "yzs." The grouping of these letters is based on their alphabetic order and / or a characteristic of the shape of the letters they have in Column 3 shows that, when using different addresses (shown in Table 2 by the arrows), and mirror images, at least 16"symbols" are available.For the symbol "I", other similar symbols are available. they are "l", "]", and "J".

Placing more than one letter on the same key reduces the number of keys on the keyboard This makes it easier to remember the location of the letters. Also, because there are fewer keys, they are closer to each other. Therefore, the movement required by the hands and fingers to reach the keys is reduced, which makes typing faster and less fatiguing. However, placing more than one letter on the same key can result in word codes that are associated with more than one word. For example, if the letters B and M are assigned to the same key, the words "berry" and "merry" would have the same word code. The system will display both words, and the user must then "edit" the typed document when selecting the desired word. This editing step, which encourages typing, can be minimized by a recognizable selection of the letters to be combined on the keyboard. The number of word codes that are associated with more than one word when a combination of two letters is placed on a key and the remaining 24 keys that have each letter are referred to here as frequency # l, or F # l, for that combination of letters. The value of F # l for each letter combination provides the basic information that is required to select which letters should be combined on the keyboard in order to minimize the amount of editing required. To obtain this information, the following procedure was used. Two letters were first assigned to a single key on a keyboard, and the remaining 24 keys were assigned to each, one of the remaining 24 letters. Each key was then assigned an input element code, so that 24 input element codes were associated with one letter each, and an input element code with 2 letters was associated. These input element codes were then assigned to the letters of each word in a dictionary of 21,110 words and thus word codes were formed which were associated with each word. Then, the word codes with two or more words assigned to them were classified in numerical order with the words assigned to that word code listed adjacent to their word code. An account was then made of the number of word codes with two or more words assigned to them, and the value in the table of Figures 22 (a) and (b) is shown as F # l. This procedure was repeated for each combination of two letters in the alphabet, as represented by Figures 22 (a), (b). Each letter of the alphabet is listed from one side to the other of the upper horizontal row and down the left vertical column. For example, the number of word codes with more than one word assigned to them is found for the combination of E and F on a single key by following the upper row from one side to the other of the upper row until the letter is located E, then looking down that column until the corresponding letter F is found. As indicated, the study found that for the E-F combination, there are 11 word codes, each associated with two words, for a total of 22 words. Those 22 words are: (1) ear, far, (2) east, fact, (3) eat, fat, (4) eight, fight, (5) fief, fife, (6) chafe, chaff, (7) hale, half, (8) lief, life, (9) I will be, serf, (10) scare, scarf, (11) sure, surf. It was also found that, of the word codes that have more than one word assigned to them, more than 99% have two words, and only about 1% is associated with three or more words. Some combinations of letters, such as "EJ", "OV", "Bl", "AZ", and "Fl" are associated with very few word codes that are associated with more than one word, that is, they have a low F # l value. The selection of the letter combination is preferably made from those combinations of letters with the lowest F # l value. Combinations of letters with low F # l values, between 0-32, can be managed in a simple diagram, according to the F # l value, to help the selection and arrangement of the letters on the keys. It was also found that many combinations of letters with a low F # l value were alphabetical or approximately in alphabetical order. Accordingly, an alphabetic arrangement of the letters on the keys with a low F # l value is possible, so that an alphabetical order can be used without a significant increase in the amount of editing required. Such letter combinations include "AB", "EF", "Hl", "IJ", "IJK", "JK", "MO", "NO", "OP", "PQ", "QR", " SU "," YOU "," UV "," UW "," UX "," VW "," WX "and" YZ ". It is noted that most of these combinations comprise a vowel and a consonant. This result comes from the fact that vowels and consonants are generally not interchangeable in a certain sequence of letters that are arranged to form a word. Also, as indicated by the high F # l values, some combinations, such as "NR", "RT", "RP", "LR", "TN", "NL", "DT", "TL", should be avoided. "," PT "," TS "," RD ", and" RL ", which are each a combination of a consonant with a consonant. From the information in Figures 22 (a) - (b), various keyboard configurations were generated, from 2 to 21 keys. Those having between five and twenty-one keys are shown, for example, in Figures 22 (c) - (d). Each section of Figures 22 (c) - (d) represents a key on a keyboard. Each key has between one and six letters assigned to it. For example, the eight-key keyboard has six keys with three letters each and two keys with four letters each. Each letter is assigned the entry element code of the key to which it is assigned. The entry element code of each letter was then assigned to the letters of each word in the dictionary. For example, if the key with the letters ABC assigned to it has the code 1, then at any time that A, B, or C appears in the dictionary, code 1 is assigned to that letter. As a result, each word of the 21,110 word dictionary is assigned a word code. The word codes with two or more words assigned to them were then classified in a numerical order with the words assigned to that word code adjacent to them. Then an account was made of the number of word codes with two or more words assigned to them, and is shown in Figures 22 (c) - (d) as frequency # 2, or F # 2. An account was made of the number of words associated with each word code associated with more than one word for each keyboard configuration, as represented by frequency # 3, or F # 3. The number of keys to which letters are assigned in Figures 22 (c) - (d) range from five to twenty-one keys. The keyboard with twenty keys has four keys with two letters each, a key with three letters, and sixteen keys with one letter each. F # 2 is greater than F # l because the value of F # l is based only on two letters that are combined in a single key and the remaining 24 letters that each have a letter assigned to them, F # 2, in contrast, is broader than F # l because F # 2 includes some configuration that has more than two letters assigned to the same key. The increase in the number of words assigned to the same word code, from F # l to F # 2, is demonstrated by the following example. Assume the following letter and code combinations: G-l, E-2, N-3, R-4, 0-5, 1-6. Then, the word code for "goner" is 15324 and the word code for "inner" is 63324. If the letter "I" is then assigned the same key as the letter so that both letters have the code 1), then the word code for "inner" becomes 13324. Therefore, both codes are still different for those two words. But, if the letter "N" is then also assigned to the same key as the letter "O" (so that both letters have the code 3), then the word code for "goner" becomes 13324. Therefore, both words now have the same word code, and F # 2 is greater than F # l. F # l determines the minimum value of F # 2 and is for this reason a good first indicator of the probable value of F # 2. Figure 22 (d) shows the values of F # l and F # 2 for the various keyboards. For fourteen keys or more, F # 3 is approximately twice as large as F # 2 because any edition will have mostly only two words for a given word code. As the number of keys is reduced, more keys will have two or more letters and will increase the number of word codes with three or more words assigned to it. Therefore, with the eight-key keyboard, there is an average of approximately 2.33 words per word code. As seen in Figures 22 (c) - (d), two or more letters were assigned multiple keyboards. Sixteen different keyboards were derived, which have from 8 to 21 keys. As the number of keys that have two or more letters increases, so does the number of word codes associated with two or more words. For example, if you combine C and D on the same key, and the other keys have a letter assigned to them, then the words "calf" and "dale" will not have the same word code. Assuming that A has the entry element code 1; C, D is 2, L is 3, E is 4 and F is 5, then "calf" will have the word code 2135, and "dale" will have the word code 2134. However, if the letters F and E were both assigned to the same input element code of 5, then both words will have the same word code, namely 2135. The keyboard configurations of Figures 22 (c) - (d) are the preferred embodiments where it is important to keep subs tially an alphabetical order of the letters. To have a keyboard with a layout that is sub-alphabetically classified, each letter must be grouped on the same key or on an adjacent key with the letters that are close to it alphabetically. Therefore, for example, the letter "J" is preferably on the same key, or on an adjacent key, such as the letters "K" and / or "L". By using an alphabetical order, or a partially alphabetical order, it is easier to remember the location of the letters. Other criteria for arranging letters on the keyboard is the number of word codes that have more than one word, and the frequency of words or phrases commonly used with the same word code (such as "-tion", "-ing ", and" the "). Unless there is less emphasis on having an alphabetical order, several other keyboard configurations will become easily apparent. For example, consider the configuration of eleven keys, which has a total F # l of 412 word codes associated with more than one word. The first key contains the letters "A" and "B", which were determined by having 12 instances of word codes associated with more than one word. Similarly in the lower part of the table, the second "CD" key has 70 word codes, "EF" has 11, "GHI" has 42, "JKL" has 87, "MNO" has 109, "PQR" has zero, "SYZ" has 38, "TU" has 8, and "VWX" has 35, for the total of 412 word codes associated with more than one word. The value F # l for each key is based on the values derived in Figures 22 (a) - (b), when there are two or more letters on a key. For example, for the three letter "GHI" key, the combined values are taken from the combinations of two letters (ie, "GH" = 36; "GI" = 3; "HI" = 3; total of 42). Of course, as more than one key is assigned to more than one letter, the number of word codes associated with more than one word can be made larger than the number indicated in Figure 22 (a). The totals indicated in Figure 22 (a) provide a good indicator of letter combinations that have the least number of word codes associated with more than one word. The number of words with the same word code is greater for settings with fewer keys because the lower number of keys results in more keys having more than two letters. Of course, as the dictionary is reduced in size, such as a dictionary that has only medical terms and the like, fewer word codes are associated with more than one word. Figures 22 (c) - (d) (in the lower row) also show the approximate average number of lines that are typed before a word needs to be edited when the system is implemented with a 21,110 word dictionary. The amount of editing is directly related to the number of keys on the keyboard and the placement of the letters on the keys. The small keyboard with eight keys, approximately ten percent of the words, or approximately 1.1 words per line, requires editing. However, for a major keyboard there is very little editing to do, and in fact the keyboard of twenty-one keys requires only about one word to be edited per thousand lines of typing. The edition is further reduced by the use of preferred words. Also, where word codes are associated with only two or three words (which counts for most keyboard configurations), the desired word will be placed in the initial row 50% or 33 1/3% of the time, respectively. In such cases, editing is not required and the desired word is selected by continuing to type. The keyboard configurations shown in Figures 22 (c) - (d) were also implemented with a 230,000 word dictionary. It was determined that, for a ten-key keyboard, a user finds just about one word code per line that is associated with more than one word. However, the amount of editing decreases significantly as the number of keys increases. For an eighteen-key keyboard, only about one word code per page is associated with more than one word. Of course, the amount of editing required is dependent on the material to be typed.

A new typist can start typing with a keyboard that has fewer keys, and moves to a keyboard with more keys as he demonstrates typing skills. This method for learning to type in a graduated length makes it possible to progress from an eight-key keyboard or less to a twenty-two-key keyboard in a simplified manner, as desired. The assignment of letters to the keyboards in Figures 22 (c) - (d) is such that someone who learns to type begins with the five-key keyboard. After becoming proficient on that keyboard, the user can proceed to use a larger keyboard. Each keyboard is substantially similar to the next larger keyboard in order to facilitate the learning process by making it easier to memorize the location of the letters on the keys and the movement of the fingers towards the keys. Figures 22 (e) - (x), 26 (a) - (y), 27 (a) - (z) and 28 (a) - (m) show the arrangement of the letters for various keyboard configurations, although not necessarily corresponding to the arrangement of Figures 22 (c) - (d). Figures 22 (e) - (q) and 26 (a) - (r) are two-hand configurations, and Figures 22 (r) - (x), 26 (s) - (y), 27 (a) - (z) and 28 (a) - (m) are for one-handed operation. These configurations are by way of example only, and other suitable configurations may be used. For two-handed configurations, the left and right sides can be interchanged, and individual keys can be moved around or otherwise interchanged. For the configurations for a single hand, the position and location of the keys can also be moved around. In addition, the rows can be interchanged. For two-handed configurations, the left and right hand keys are displayed preferably on a simple keyboard. However, the keys on the left hand can be arranged on a keyboard separated from the keys accessed by the user's right hand. These configurations generally maintain an alphabetical order, while letters that minimize the amount of editing required are also combined. Although other configurations are suitable, the vowels in the configurations for one hand preferably have the following general arrangement with respect to each other: AEAEIAAEII 0 or 0 E 0 or 0 UUUIU For the two-hand configurations all the vowels are preferably accessed by one hand. In some keyboard layouts, several letters can be placed in more than one position (that is, placed on more than one key) in order to make them more accessible and, therefore, to make them one click faster. The vowels are preferably conveniently placed on the index and middle fingers in order to make them fast-typing since the vowels are used more frequently. At the same time, the order of the vowels is substantially alphabetic. As an additional feature of the invention, when entering long words, the system will recognize before the typist has typed all the letters, that there is only one word that begins with the code that has been entered accordingly. At this point, the word will be printed on screen 22 and an audible signal will sound. Then, the user will start typing the next word. The user will also be able to modify the word in the ways described above. For example, referring to Table 3, suppose that the user enters the code 1-3-2, At that point, there are several possible words that the user can select from, specifically "aid", "age", and " bid. " However, more -importantly, the user can continue typing to limit the word to several words that can not be determined yet, such as "aged", "ages", "a geles s", "bids", "bidding" , and else. However, if the user then press the letter key 4, the only option that remains available is the word "ageless". At that point, the word "ageless" can be displayed on the screen 22. According to the above, the user will not have the problem of typing completely the longer words, such as "ageless".

TABLE 3 Code Words 1-3-2 age aid bid 1-3-2-2 chef aged bidet 1-3-2-4-2-7-7 ageless As seen in Table 3, to determine if there are some other words that begin with the code 1-3-2, the computer 10 will have to search in codes that have at least that numerical order. However, as shown in Table 4, each memory location in memory 12 can be configured so that all available options are stored in the base code, 1-3-2. Therefore, once the user types 1-3-2, the limited number of options can be displayed in 8 - that time. That is, the words "age", "aid", "bid", "chef", "aged", "bidet", "ageless", and other variations such as "bidding", "chefs" and so on, are displayed on the screen 22. This mode is faster and reduces the memory space requirements, but it is only practical where there is a limited number of subsequent variations to the input code. TABLE 4 Code Words 1-3-2 age aid bid chef aged ageless 1-3-2-2 chef aged bidet 1-3-2-4-2-7-7 ageless 9 - As another additional feature of the present invention, the user can any time to return to a word, such as placing the cursor in any position within the word. When the user returns to the word, the numeric code associated with that word will be brought from memory. The user can then choose to display the preferred words, or all the words associated with that code. The user can also change the code to enter a new word. Another feature of the invention, as mentioned before, is that the user can be provided with the option to switch between the different keyboard configurations, which include the QWERTY format of twenty-six keys. Although not indicated in the flow diagram, the user can select to change the keyboard configuration at any point during the operation of the system. Essentially, the user can select any suitable number of keyboard configurations, such as a configuration of 4 keys, 6 keys, or 8 keys. The memory 12 stores individual tables for each of the selectable keyboard configurations. One way in which the appropriate memory location is accessed is to automatically and internally include a keyboard code as the first digit to the numeric code. For example, in order to identify the code as coming from the 6-key keyboard configuration, the code "6" is automatically appended to the beginning of each word as a word is started, as shown in Table 5. system will then be able to switch between keyboard configurations in the middle of a document, while still recognizing the input code as a correspondence of the particular keyboard configuration. According to the above, the next time the system operates, the system will have as default option, the last configuration saved when it is formatted, step 102.

TABLE 5 Code Words 6-1 6-1-3-2 age aid bid 6-1-3-2-2 chef aged bidet 6-1-3-2-4-2-7-7 ageless In addition, the user may also select to define their own keyboard layout of the keys in addition to the standard arrangements that have been predefined. As described above, each number key is used as a numeric input code that is associated with the corresponding letters. The user selects the numeric code that is assigned to particular letters and keys. This information is then stored in the memory, and the memory is further updated to reflect the new codes to be associated with the words in the memory. Then, the computer classifies and stores all the words associated with the same numeric code in a single memory location associated with that particular numeric code. However, the memory 12 shown in Table 5 will result in each word being stored several times, once for each keyboard configuration. In an alternative embodiment, the numeric code is stored for each keyboard configuration for each word, as shown in Table 6. Computer 10 will then search for the numeric code according to the specified keyboard configuration.

TABLE 6 Code Words 6 keys keys 2-5-5-5 2-5-5-6 door 2-5-5-5 2-5-5-6 drop As a further feature of the present invention, the user can at any time view the words in memory. At that time, the user can add, delete, or otherwise modify the words stored in the memory or verify the correct spelling of a word. The user can also list all the words in the database or memory that begin with the first letters of a typed word. In other words, a typist can type the first 4, 5 or 6 letters of a word and then select for the system to generate a list of all the words that begin with those letters. The typist can select this option while typing or editing the word. In this way, the system can be used to determine the correct spelling of a word. According to the above, the user does not need to finish typing long words, which can be displayed automatically after the user enters, for example, the first 4, 5, or 6 letters of a word. The user then selects the desired word by highlighting the word and pressing ENTER. Then the word is moved to the text of the document. As an additional option, the system can be configured only to display the words corresponding to the number of letters that the user clicked. That is, if the user pressed 7 letters, only 7 letter words with the first 4 keys will be displayed. The speed typing method of the present invention is compatible with conventional word processor programs, such as "WORD PERFECT" and "WORD", and can be used for either DOS, WINDOWS or Macintosh environments. In addition, the database of words and numerical codes can be searched in some appropriate way. By providing multiple characters in a single key, the present invention simplifies the how to learn to type. In addition, less movement is required for typing, thus reducing wear on the user while increasing speed. In addition, the keyboard is not congested, making it easier to use by people who have not learned to type. Also, there is more space on the keyboard so that the size of the keys can be made larger, thus helping people with arthritis or other physical disabilities. Because the keyboard 50 is significantly reduced in size, still maintains the full spectrum of characters, the invention has particular utility with laptops and handheld electronic devices, such as electronic agendas. Because there are fewer keys, it is easier to remember the position of each key and all the keys can be reached more easily and quickly and with greater precision security. Similarly, because the present invention reduces the number of keys required for typing, the conventional string system becomes more practical. According to the above, the system must be configured so that the user presses more than one key simultaneously or sequentially to select a particular code to which the letters have been assigned. In a sequential system, a nine-key keyboard can be reduced to three keys, since there are nine key combinations that can be accessed sequentially (ie, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2 , 2-3, 3-1, 3-2 and 3-3). Similarly, there are 16 combinations for a four-key keyboard that uses sequentially operated keys. For a four-key keyboard that uses simultaneous key selection, there are ten possible combinations (namely, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-3, 2-4 and 3). -4) • For purposes of illustration, a particular key may be associated with the letters "v", "w", "x". If the user then presses the key once, the system can recognize "v" and "w". After a second sequential activation of the same key in a set period of time (or after activation of a different key), the system can detect the same code "1" twice, which can be associated with a different set of letters , for example, with the letters "x", "y" and "z". Alternatively, it may be that the first activation of a key is associated with the code "1" for "v" and "w", and the second activation associated with the code "2" for "x", "y", and "z". There are a variety of methods in which a single code or plural codes can be assigned to a single key, such as by sequential activation of that key. Similarly, individual or plural codes can be assigned to plural keys, such as a simultaneous chordal-type activation of the plural keys. The invention can be configured in a variety of shapes and sizes and is not limited by the dimensions of the preferred embodiment. Similarly, the terms "key" and "keyboard" as used herein do not need to be limited to a group of mechanical components that are physically oppressed by the operator. The input code can be handwritten symbols read optically, each symbol representing a keystroke. The input can also be telekinetic, where the user focuses his eyes on a group of letters to activate that key. In addition, the entry code may be initiated by voice when a voice identification system can translate a verbal "key" to the coded entry. Accordingly, the operator can verbally set "5", "5", "8" (or the desired letter), whose symbols are detected converted to code 5-5-8 and displayed as "now" and • "mow" as described previously. 0, the user can set the letter or word to be displayed. In addition, the memory tables of the invention can be integrated with dictionary information and other existing editing techniques in a processor system. of words. The dictionary requires only to be updated with the appropriate numerical codes. In yet another embodiment of the invention, keys may be provided function (or the SHIFT keys can be used) to implement various functions. For example, a function can be provided to control a numeric keypad, such as the numeric keypad shown on the right side of the conventional keyboard of Figures 2 (a) and (b). The function key will allow the user to switch the operation of the keyboard to work either as a numeric keypad or as a letter keyboard. If the user designates that the keyboard If you operate as a numeric keypad, the function key can then be used to display a selection of punctuation marks, such as when you press the function key and the seven numbers (of the keyboard). Similarly, the function key can be used to operate a cursor directly. A mode or message indicator light may also be provided to indicate whether the keyboard is being used as a numeric keypad, or as a letter keyboard. For purposes of further illustration, the function keys can be used on a keyboard similar to conventional telephone keypads. Telephone keypads typically have three rows of three keys each, which are all numeric keys, and a lower row that has a key. number, an asterisk key, and a pound sign key. The three rows of number keys can be assigned to the letters of the alphabet, and the bottom row of keys can be associated with functions. In the lower row of the telephone keypad, the numeric key where 1 is usually zero) will be used to designate that a capital letter will be typed. The star key can be a spade bar, and the pound key will be a backspace key. The sequential activation of the function keys can be associated with several additional functions. For example, pressing the asterisk key followed by the pound key can toggle the remaining keyboard between letters, numbers, and symbols (including those punctuation marks). And, the sequential activation of the twelve numeric keys, in a pre-established period of time (and / or before the activation of some other key), can operate as a cursor control. In an alternative mode, the telephone keypad can be set so that keys 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8 are assigned letters; the pound keys and the asterisk keys are assigned the characters "-" and "+", respectively (which are used to move the words during editing, as described above); and the zero key is used to change to other keyboard configurations. It is further noted that the simultaneous activation of two keys can also be used to implement various functions. According to the above, there are numerous ways in which function keys that are within the spirit and scope of the invention can be used. As indicated above, the system can be configured on a portable computer, or portable input device, that is remotely located with its output either wired directly or transmitted wirelessly to the computer. A 3-bit binary code has 8 permutations, 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110, 111, 000. Six of them are assigned to the six keys in a 6-key keyboard configuration to which they are assigned groups of letters. Such assignments can be as explained below: Key # assigned binary codecode 1 ABCD 001 2 EFGH 010 3 IJKL 011 4 MNOPQ 100 5 RSTU 101 6 VWXYZ 110 For the entry of additional data (for example, punctuation marks, numeric data, cursor control and other functions) the system is configured to "change" to another binary code which will cause the additional code available after the entry of a specific 3-bit binary code (assume "000" for this purpose). For example, the "change" could be from a 3-bit binary code to an 8-bit binary code, which would make 256 binary eight-bit codes available. For word codes that are associated with more than one word (for example, ACT, BAT and CAT have the binary codes 001, 001, 101, for each word) a selection or identification code is necessary to distinguish the desired word. A method (previously described) is found to select a desired word (for example, ACT, BAT or CAT) so that the user enters a number that appears next to the desired word above the "starting row". Therefore, unless the user enters the number 1 for "BAT" or the number 2 to select "CAT" the word in the initial row, here "ACT", is entered automatically. If the user enters the number 1, the word BAT moves to the starting row and is displayed and can be printed. In order to store in memory or transmit or apply additional compression techniques to word codes made of 3 binary codes, it is necessary that each word has a unique code. To do this, an appendix, such as an identification code, is added to those words that do not have a unique word code. The word code that includes the appendix must be checked against the other word codes listed in the dictionary to confirm that no other word has that code. For example, if the 3-bit binary code 010 is appended to the word code for "BAT", it would also result in the word code for the word "BATH". However, another 3-bit word code, such as 110 (VWXYZ) may not cause any duplication. Wherever possible, a 3-bit binary code may be used to distinguish words that have the same basic word code; however, more than one 3-bit word code may also be used. Such multi-bit 3-bit appendices will make possible a unique word code for each word. Another solution to create a unique word code is to add a 3-bit binary code such as "000" to indicate a change from the 3-bit binary code to the 8-bit binary code and then an 8-bit binary code is appended to distinguish that word code from other word codes. The 8-bit binary codes selected for this purpose will also indicate that it is the end of the word. Therefore, the space will occur after that word and the change back to the 3-bit code will then occur automatically. The end of a word can be indicated by a specific binary code of 3 bits designed for this purpose, for example, "111" (or the binary code of more than 3 bits used as an appendix at the end of a word code, such as described earlier). The end of a word indication minimizes the transmission error to a word that is adversely affected. With a 3-bit binary code for each letter, approximately 12,712 bits are required for a 4-letter word. An 8-bit binary code requires 32 bits for a 4-letter word. The 12,712 bits arrive as explained below: using a 21,100 word dictionary, a 6-key keyboard has 17,008 words assigned to a unique word code and therefore does not require an appendix. The remaining words, 4092 words, which have not been assigned a unique word code are assigned a total of 1, 588 word codes. An appendix will not be assigned to a word in each of these word codes because they will be different from the other word codes to which appendices were assigned. The rest, 2,504 words, will be assigned an appendix. If an average of 6 bits is required for such appendices in the 2,504 words, then the appendices require an average of 0.712 bits per word in a 21,100 word dictionary (6 * 2504 / 21,000). If the average word is a four-letter word then 12,712 bits per word [(4 * 3) + 0.712] are required. An 8-bit binary code will require 32 bi t s. The 3-bit binary code has 8 binary codes available. The 4-bit binary code has 16 available codes. Of these, 14 codes can be assigned to keys to which letters have been assigned, a code (for example, 111) will be used to designate the space at the end of a word and a code (for example, 0000) for a change to another binary code for coding numbers, punctuation marks, function keys, cursor control, etc. If a 4-bit binary code is used for each letter, approximately 16 bits are required for a 4-letter word. An 8-bit binary code requires 32 bits for a 4-letter word. The 14 bits are explained as detailed below: a 14-key keyboard has approximately 590 words assigned to 251 word codes. Therefore, only one appendix is needed at 259 to have a unique word code for each word (590/251 = 259). A 4-bit binary code will add an average of 1/20 of a 4-bit binary code for each word in a dictionary of 21,101 words (4 * 259 / 21,100 * 1/20). If the average word is a 4-letter word, approximately 16.05 bits per word are required. In contrast, an 8-bit binary code will require 32 bits. Therefore, it is clear that the use of a 3-bit code, with a 6-key keyboard, and a 4-bit code, for keyboards with 7 keys for those with as many as 14 keys, requires less code than a binary code. 8 bits used for the code letters. As expected, the 3-bit and 4-bit binary codes for the word codes result in a significant reduction of the required code. The word code made from the 3-character binary code plus the appendices is transmitted to a receiver where the computer will compare the numerical value of the input code with a table of word codes in memory. Then the word stored in memory that is associated with the input code is displayed. The code change can be carried out by a special code sequence such as 000, 111, 000 to change to a 3-bit binary code (or 0000, 1111, 0000 to change to a 4-bit binary code) and then to moving the 4-bit binary code to a 3-bit binary code, a sequence of change code "0000" can be used. A change code sequence of "0000" may be used to change back to a 4-bit binary code. There are some other entry economies, such that when a punctuation mark is used (which is placed at the end of a sentence, such as a period or a question mark), a space between the words and the use of letters will be automatic. capitals of the next word. Each word in the dictionary will be assigned a binary code made of more than 3 binary characters so that each letter has a unique binary code (such as an 8-bit binary code). These two sets of binary codes (one with 3 and one with more than 3 binary characters for each input element) are placed adjacent to each other in the data bank. When the data is received, the data is decoded so that the 3-bit binary code can be used to locate the 3-bit binary code on file in the memory of the computer receiving the data. Stored adjacent to that code is the binary code that has a unique binary code assigned to each letter. Then the text can be displayed and / or printed at the position of the receiver. When this word is received, the specific word you want is next to the word code that is received in the transmission. Transmission errors are minimized by using the chain of about 111, which was previously described, represents the space between the word and can at the same time be used as a re-sequence key when the receiver sees 3 ones. The use of the 3 character (111) bit string minimizes the transmission error to a word that is adversely affected. The data can be further compressed by having the system automatically translate the text into a format to use a 3-bit binary code. The three codes will be stored in memory for each word: (1) a 3-bit code (the most compressed code), (2) a binary code that has a unique code for each letter (such as an 8-bit binary code) , and (3) the word code for the keyboard format used to enter the text. The 3-bit binary code can be compressed further by using well-known techniques. In another embodiment of the invention, to further reduce the dictionary of words stored in memory, prefixes and suffixes can be stored separately.

For example, instead of saving "necessary", "unnecessary", "published" and "unpublished", only the words "necessary" and "published" need to be saved. In addition, a common list of prefixes and suffixes will be stored separately in memory. When the user types "a", the system will recognize that a prefix was entered. When the remaining word is entered, the word will be located in memory and the prefix or suffix will be appended to the localized word. Similarly, the plural, the past, present and future tenses of the words will be stored in the common memory to a group of words. System 100 can be configured as a translation device, by including a translated word with each word listed in memory 12. Memory 12 can be administered, for example, as shown in Table 7, which is based on the configuration of 8 keys of Figure 2 (a). Here, the user can visualize the translated word along with, or instead of, the English word.

TABLE 7 Code Words Words Preferred words translated 53-5-7-2 house house Alternatively, a foreign dictionary can be stored in the memory separate from the English words. The user can then instruct the system to use the foreign dictionary in order to type in a selected language. For example, in order to type the word "house", which is the Spanish for "house", the user simply will type 1-1-7-1 (from the keyed configuration of Figure 2 (a)). The user then has the option to print the document typed in one or all of the languages. In addition to storing the words In the case of other memory ex, a pre-recorded or digitized speech signal may be stored in association with each word in the memory. In accordance with the above, the English word and / or the translated word may play audibly in the user's command. The word will be audible through the use of a horn or similar device (not shown) in accordance with well-known techniques. The system can be further combined with a speech recognition system, in which the system displays the words on a screen and pronounces them. This combined system has particular uses for people who have impaired or otherwise impaired hearing. The words pronounced by a third party can be visualized in a portable device carried by the disabled person. In combination with the audible reproduction, the disabled person will then be able to respond to the displayed message by typing a message that is then audibly pronounced by the device to the third party. By using a small size keyboard of the present invention, typing will be significantly simplified, making the device easier, faster and more portable. The system will also be integrated into or used in conjunction with a conventional telephone. The speech recognition system may include a microphone and may be implemented by conventional systems that are capable of receiving a speech signal and converting it into a recognized word for word processing. As shown in Figure 25, the speed typing method of the present invention may include an automatic speech recognition system (ASR) 400, which includes a microphone 410, so that the editing required for the typing system of word code (that is, the requirement to select the desired word when more than one word is associated with the same word code) can be done completely or partially by the speech recognition system. Although the ASR 400 system is shown separately from the system 100, it can be configured integral with the computer 10. Similarly, the microphone 410 can be configured integral with the ASR 400 system, or with one of the keypads 14, or directly connected to the computer 10. When, during the typing, the user is alerted by a distinctive audible signal that editing is required for the newly entered word code (because there is more than one word associated with the typed word code) the user will pronounce the desired word in the microphone 410. Alternatively, a user can return to a word to be edited, and place the cursor on the word to be edited, then pronounce the desired word. The system only needs to compare the spoken word with the words associated with the typed word code, and not the whole dictionary of words. In this regard, only a portion of the word needs to be typed in order to further increase the typing speed, even if the pronounced word had to be compared with more words in the dictionary. Referring to Figures 4 (a) and (b), ASR takes effect after steps 144 and 338, 344, respectively. That is, once the user wishes to select a word, 144, 338, 344, the word can be selected by pronouncing the word. The system will then search for those words in the memory that correspond to the word typed for a word that also has the information corresponding to the spoken word. Therefore, by reducing the number of words that correspond to the spoken word, the ASR becomes significantly faster and more accurate. For some keyboard configurations, especially those with 2 or 3 keys, the user will vocalize each word as the word code is entered because 45% to 85% of those word codes require editing. The 2-key keyboard will have, for example, the letters on Key 1-A to L and on Key 2 - M to Z. The 3-key keyboard will have, for example, Key 1 - A to H, Key 2 - 1 to Q and Key 3 - R to Z. The average number of words in the word codes is: 2.8 words per word code on a 5-key keyboard. 3.39 words per word code on a 4-key keyboard. 4.52 words per word code on a 3-key keyboard. 11. 25 words per word code on a 2-key keyboard. The amount of editing required and the time involved in editing increases as the number of words per word code increases. The number of words that will be required in the ASR vocabulary if each word that does not have a unique word code is included in that vocabulary. The value shown for F # 3 shown in Figures 22 (c) and (d), ranges from 5918 words for the 5-key keyboard, up to 13 words for the 20-key keyboard. With the 5-key keyboard the user can decide to use only the ASR system when there are more than 3 words per word code, which will result in the need to use the ASR system for one word per line. Of course, the user may decide to use the ASR system 100% of the time to edit. The user will be alerted by a distinctive audible signal where editing is required and then the user will vocalize the desired word. The word code, the words assigned to that word code, and the speech patterns for those words are stored in the database, or a plurality of databases that can be connected to, or integrated with, the system. The access to the databases is by entering the word code and / or by entering the word pronounced through the microphone 410. The word is selected by comparing the word pronounced to the microphone for voice patterns in the database that are associated with the word code typed according to well-known techniques. The selected word is then transmitted to the appropriate place in the fundamental document. If the system is not able to select a word, a message is displayed which indicates this and the user then invests to select the desired word in the manner described above for the speed typing method. Also, if the user determines that the new word must be entered, the user will proceed to do this in the manner previously described for the speed typing method. Also, if the new word has a word code that is not unique, that is, there are other words with the same word code that the user will also enter this new word in the ASR vocabulary already associated with that word code. The speech recognition component can be used with the speed typing device to do punctuation, capitalization, backspace and other types of function. The voice command will be recognized and the desired command will be executed. The process for analyzing the word uttered in the microphone is reduced in complexity by linking the ASR system with the speed typing word code method of the present invention because the number of words in the ASR system that requires analysis at any time is is limited to the number of words associated with the word code associated by the typist, when the typist pronounced the word in the microphone. It is not necessary to try to identify the word spoken outside the complete vocabulary of the ASR system, and it is only necessary to distinguish the word from the other words that have been assigned to the same word code. In addition, the input of the word code delivers information regarding the length of the word, information regarding the beginning and end of the word (when the user presses the space bar or punctuation marks) and because each key press has only a few letters associated with it some information as to the possible letters in each place in the word. The combination of the two systems can reduce the total amount of time needed to edit and with very few keys the typing speed can be very high. The speed typing word code method can be used as an attachment to the ASR system for the purpose of assisting the ASR system when the word uttered in the microphone can not be identified or typed in words that can not be identified, type new words to be entered in the ASR program, and type text with a vocabulary not included in the ASR system. In another embodiment of the invention, a key can be configured having 2 to 4 or more keys in an upper row, and an identical set of keys in a lower row, which is located immediately below the upper row. Therefore, each key in the upper row is identical to each respective key in the lower row, being associated with each key with the same letter or letters. Then, the user switches between the rows to indicate that a new word is being started, and that a space must be entered. That is, the user types a first word in the upper row of keys, the second word in the lower row of keys, and the third word in the upper row of keys. Each time the user switches the rows, the system will recognize that a new word is being entered and that a space must precede the first letter typed. Clearly then, this type of keyboard can be designated to any suitable configuration, and does not require limitation in size, shape, or number of keys. In another embodiment of the invention, the user can be typed without having to place a space between the words. This eliminates the need to press a spade bar or key, which on average explains approximately 25% of the entire typing. For most words and phrases, it is easy to decipher typed text in which the words are not separated by a space. For example, consider the phrase "the time for all". The system is designed to add a space as each complete word is typed. Therefore, as the words "the time for" are entered, the system will recognize that each was a word, and add a space. However, it may be frequent that the shortest word there is not the desired word. For example, when typing the phrase "now is the time", the first shorter word is "no". The "w" is then tested by adding a letter at a time to determine if there is a new code that sets such a sequence (that is, a corresponding word code is searched in the memory). Here, the word "wist" will be found in the memory, so that the phrase can be entered as "no wist be here". However, the user only needs to enter a space after the "w" for the entire sentence to be corrected by itself. Also, if the word "wist" was not found in the memory, the "w" with the previous word "no" will be tested, so the system will recognize that the word "now" was going to be entered. Therefore, the user will have to do a bit of editing as the typing continues. The elimination of the "spade bar" in the computer program can be proven and if there are no other decoding possibilities, some "spade bars" can be eliminated and the text stored or transmitted without those "spar bars". For example, the words, "IN THE" followed by many words, such as the word "compact ion", have no other possibilities. That is, the "bar" can be eliminated between the words "IN" and "THE" but could not be eliminated again until the end of the word "compaction" or the words will be read "compact ion" which, of course , has a different meaning.

Also, when in the text-typing mode the user can select to eliminate the spacebar between the words that the user can choose to be a specific number of words or in random mode. This will require more editing. For this group of letters the computer will visualize all the possibilities and the user will make his selection according to the above. For example, if the words "IN THE COMPACTION MODE" did not have a space until after the word MODE, the following possibilities will be delivered to the user: "IN THE COMP ACT ION MODE" "IN THE COMPACT ION MODE" "IN THE COMP ACTION MODE "" IN THE COMPACTION MODE ". The user will select one of these 4 phrases or the program could be designed only to show the shortest words as long as all the letters are used and then the user edits when moving the words conjunt amenté. A 6-key keyboard will result in approximately 2,500 words which require editing (that is, they will have to move to the starting row). By using syntax rules and statistical information regarding the frequency of using certain words with other words, the amount of editing required will be reduced. Some characters, such as an apostrophe, colon, semicolon, and hyphen, are recognized as being associated with a surrounding letter. For example, the apostrophe indicates that the preceding and following letters will be grouped together, with some exceptions (such as when they indicate possession of a pluralized word), while the colon or semicolon will be appended to the letter previous and followed by a space. The slash bar is eliminated very easily when implemented on larger keyboards, such as 15-18 key configurations, because there are fewer word codes that are associated with more than one word. Referring to Figure 23, system 200 also has particular advantages for use with conventional computer input devices installed on fingers or hands 220. The input device installed on fingers 220 is generally shown by block 220, which represents some device installed on the fingers 220 suitable, such as those described above in the section of the Background of the Invention. The input device 220 generally has switches 222 that are placed around the fingers or the user's hand. The system 100 can also be provided with a keyboard 210, one or more input selection panels 202, and other suitable components (such as a screen device shown in Figure 1). The input selection panel 202, as well as the input device installed on the fingers 220 are connected to the computer 10 according to well-known methods. Preferably, two input devices installed on fingers 220 are provided, one for each user's hand. Of course, the system 200 may have a unique input device installed on the fingers 220, as shown, so that the user has a free hand to operate the keyboard 210 and / or input selection panel 202. The system 200 it can be operated with an appropriate number of switches 222, such as providing only three or four switches 222 for each hand, or providing more than one switch 222 for each finger. One or more letters, characters, symbols, or commands are assigned to the selected switches 222, keys 206, 212, combination of switches 222 or combination of switches 222 and keys 206, 212. In addition, one or more codes are associated with each switch 222 and each defined combination of switches 222 and keys 206. The user, provided with the input device installed on the fingers 220, then presses a switch 222 against one or more of the keys 206 of a selection panel 202, the keys 212 210 keyboard, and / or of a flat surface (not shown), such as a table or desk. Preferably, however, the input device installed on the fingers 220 is used in association with one or more input selection devices or panels 202. The input selection panel 202 has a flexible keyboard 204 that covers several input keys 206 (It is usually shown in dotted lines). For purposes of illustration, the user can press a switch 222 of the input device installed on the fingers 220 that is installed on the right index finger of the user, and preferably the fingertip of the user's finger, by pressing the switch 222 against a table. The activation of only that switch 222 can be assigned the input code eight. The code eight, in turn, can be associated with the letters "m", "n" and "o". However, if the user presses that same switch against a first key 206 of a first input selection panel 202, that combination can, for example, be associated with a nine entry code. The entry code nine, in turn, can be associated with the letter "m" (which is a subset of the letters associated with the code eight), or the letter "q". On the other hand, the user can, instead, press that same switch 222 against a first key 206 of a second input selection panel 202. That combination can be associated with an entry code ten, which can be associated with a Instruction command to move up a displayed cursor. Of course, any suitable number of keys 206 and keyboards 202 may be used, and there is a vast combination of keys, and related characters or commands associated with any of the entry codes, which may also be selected. The system can be configured to allow the user to select from a variety of switches installed on the fingers 222 and key configurations 206, or to allow the user to define a configuration. Furthermore, as mentioned previously, the device installed on the fingers 220 can be used in conjunction with the keys 212 of a conventional keyboard 210. Here, for example, the activation of a switch 222 of the input device 220 is associated with a different code in the memory than if that same switch were pressed in conjunction with a key 212 of a conventional keyboard 210. In the preferred embodiment, the input selection panel 202 has four input keys 206 that are placed below the keyboard 202 The two input panels 202 are provided, which can be placed from side to side by the user, one above the other, or in some suitable arrangement. The input keys 206 may be any pressure activated mechanical key, such as that found in standard keyboards, a capacitance activated key, or some other well-known key. Each keyboard 204 may also be fitted with a coating (not shown) that identifies the characters or commands associated with the particular position in the input selection device 202. Referring now to FIG. 24 (a), another invention is shown in FIG. which keys 302 are contoured to assist the user in the position of their hand between fingers 302 of keyboard 300. Keys 302 may be used as part of the speed typing system described above, or with some device having keys. The contoured keys 302 are particularly useful with keyboards having a small number of keys, such as calculators, telephones, (and especially car telephones) and the like. Figure 24 (a) shows the contoured keys 302 used with a specially designed 9-key keyboard 300. The keyboard 300 has a top row 304, middle row 306 and bottom row 308. The contour of the keys 302 is generally represented by the contour lines. As shown, the intermediate keys 310, 312 of the upper and lower rows 304, 308, respectively, generally slope downwards in the direction of the central row 306 of the keyboard 300, as shown in Figure 24 (b). Similarly, the central side keys 314, 316 are tilted down in the direction of the middle column of keys. The intermediate keys 310, 312, 314, 316 preferably have a curved or parabolic tilt, but may be linear instead. Each of the corner keys 318, 320, 322, 324 also have a sloping face. The corner keys 318-324 are generally inwardly inclined and the keypad 300 is oriented toward the center. As shown in Figure 24 (c), the corner keys 318-324 preferably form a curved surface that is configured to the shape of a user's finger. However, instead, the corner keys can be molded with a linear face. The central key 326 is flat. The shape of the contoured keys 302 indicate the position of the user's hand on the keyboard 300 by the sense of touch. Each key 302 is generally oriented towards the central key 326, so that the user will be able to feel the relative position of his hand when touching a key 302. The user will become familiar with the characters assigned to each key 302, and will not have to look down on the keyboard 300 in order to know which key was pressed, or which characters were selected. The contoured keys 302 have particular advantages when used with the present system 100, which provides a reduced keyboard. According to the above, there are numerous ways in which the keys can be contoured in order for the user to detect the relative position of the respective keys. The contours are preferably a function of the general shape, size and arrangement of the keys. The contoured keys can be implemented on any keyed and shaped keyboard. For example, on a keyboard that has four rows and columns, for a total of sixteen keys, the top row will be configured as in Figure 24 (a), with a center key 310 added between the corner keys 318, 320. The lower row, and the left and right columns will be configured similarly, and the four intermediate keys can be flat, as with the center key 326. The keys of the pre-existing keyboards are typically molded with a downwardly extended tube that engages with an axis extended upwards from the keyboard. Therefore, the pre-existing (ie, non-contoured) conventional key can be easily removed by levering up the key. According to the above, the original keys of a keyboard can be deleted and replaced with contoured keys.

Alternatively, the inserts or contoured parts can be fixed to the keys of a pre-existing keyboard in order to shape the keys. The inserts can be fixed by any suitable adhesive, or the like. In addition, the keys or inserts can be made of any material, such as rigid plastic, rubber, and other materials conventionally used for molding keys. In addition, each key does not need to be molded. Other configurations for the keyboard are shown in the attached Figures and Tables. These settings have assigned letters, from 9 to 14 keys on those keyboards designed for an input that uses a hand, and from 12 to 18 keys on keyboards designed for an input that uses two hands. The other keys on the keyboard are used for the direction of punctuation, enter, control, the bar of change, the backspace key, numbers and the elimination and selection of individual letters and sequences of letters and other purposes found on the standard keyboard . The system described, in the present, can be implemented in the standard keyboard. Also, a change key can be designed to change a set of keys from one group of uses to another and consequently reduce the number of keys required on a keyboard; for example, such as a keyboard with 50 keys, is shown in Figure 50. Many of the keyboards shown in the accompanying figures place the letters most frequently used in the middle row (also referred to as the starting row or starting line) above. from which fingers are typically placed when you start typing. This results in a smaller amount of movement and contributes to a faster and less fatiguing typing. For example, the middle row of the keyboard shown in Figure 31a is assigned the letters that are used 67% of the time. The selection of letters placed in Figure 22a and 22b, in order to achieve a low frequency of unwanted words associated with the entry for a desired word and a review of the words resulting from the same entry so as to minimize the number of commonly used words that results from the same keyboard input. The layout of the letters on the keyboard and the number of keys to which the letters are assigned is such that their position is easy to remember. A test of an easy-to-remember keyboard is one that the user can easily remember without looking at the letters placed on the keyboard. An alphabetical order for the vowels that fits the general alphabetical order of the complete alphabet can make keyboard assignments easier to remember. (See Figure 31a). In the attached configurations, one or more constants are assigned to the key to which a vowel is assigned and those consonants are generally in alphabetical order to the vowel. In most cases the assignments are "ab", "ef", "i j k", "opq" and "you". When this set, from "ab" to "you", is in the order shown above, they are referred to in the present, as the "alphabetic set of vowels / consonants". The appended figures are divided into three groups based on a) the vertical or horizontal orientation of the alphabetical order of the "set of vowels / consonants" and the position of that set (for example, upper row or middle row) and b) the vertical orientation u horizontal alphabet order of full letters alphabet. Pattern # 1: In Figure 31a to e, and Figure 34a to d, the "alphabetic set of vowels / consonants" is placed horizontally in the middle row of keys and above and / or below each of those keys is find consonants in alphabetical order with the key in the middle row. The general alphabetic arrangement is in a vertical pattern. Pattern # 2: In Figure 32a to e and Figure 35a to e, the "alphabetic / consonant set" moves horizontally through the upper row of keys on the left side of the keyboard and then to the middle row in the right side of the keyboard. On the whole, the alphabetic pattern of the complete alphabet is in a vertical pattern. Pattern 3: In Figure 33a, and 33b, the "alphabetic set of vowels / consonants" has a vertical pattern. Together, the entire alphabet is in a horizontal position. With respect to being in an alphabetical vertical or horizontal position on the keys, the alphabetic pattern of the "set of vowels / consonants" and the general alphabetic pattern of all the letters in the alphabet are in opposite directions in Patterns 1, 2 and 3, that is, when one is vertical, the other is horizontal. Interlacing has an advantage in memorizing the keyboard. By remembering the position of the vowels, the user can locate the consonants in alphabetical order with the object of the vowel and vice versa. All the attached figures do not have the relation of the set of vocals / consonants and the complete alphabet previously described. However, they all have a general alphabetical order. The letters selected to be on the same key have been carefully selected to maintain an alphabetical order and to minimize the number of unwanted words.

The person who uses this system can select his preferred keyboard based on the following considerations: 1) The layout of the keys on the keyboard - a stepped pattern or a rectangular arrangement. 2) The preference concerning the click with both hands or only the right hand only the left hand and i. 3) The layout of the letters on the keys, that is, the preference of the user with respect to the preferred configurations 1, 2, or 3. 4) The number of keys to which the letters are assigned. See Figure 59 for a summary of keyboard layouts with respect to the above considerations. The table below describes the attached keyboard layouts.

F The user will decide which one he prefers. The user may wish to start with a small keyboard and gradually advance to one with more keys. For illustrative purposes, we provide the following example regarding the F click on a word and the screen observed by the user. When the word "FRIEND" is entered using the keyboard shown in Figure 31a, the keys are pressed with the letters shown in the middle part of the key. The display will then read EF, R, IJK, EF, N, D. If the user saw on the screen this F sequence of letters will have the difficulty of recognizing the word, FRIEND Also, if the display of the desired word appears after having entered the letters, the user will not know until after the word was typed if a spelling error was made. 25 However, if the user saw the series of displays shown in Figure 40, Case 5, for the word "friend", the operator could focus on the line beginning with the letter "f", and could see the word that is formed as each letter was entered and then had a better chance of finding an error. In addition, many typists may find it useful to see the typed word while typing and not only when the word has been completed.

Method I The first of four methods is described below for the user to see the word that is formed as each letter is introduced even though more than one letter is assigned to some of the keys. The term sequence is used in this description to describe a series of letters which may or may not be a word. The sequence of terms is used to emphasize that the user can enter any sequence of letters. In these explanations, it is assumed that the QWERTY keyboard is being used for the input of the letters. However, it can be a keyboard in which the keys are not staggered but in a rectangular arrangement. Also, some code other than ASCII may be used. In addition, switches that are closed when the key is pressed on the QWERTY keyboard may be closed by some other means, such as the focus of the eye; The main features of this description still apply. The QWERTY keyboard shown in Figure 31a, is the standard presentation for the letters of most typewriters and computer keyboards. The assignments of QWERTY keyboard letters, referred to as the "QWERTY letters", are shown in the upper right corner of the keys on the keyboard of Figure 31a. Other letters can be assigned to the keys, for example, the letters printed on the middle part of the keys in Figure 31a. The letters shown in Column I and Column II of Figure 38 are based on the letter assignments shown in Figure 31a. The letters shown in the middle part of the keys (as shown in Figure 31a) are the letters assigned to implement the typing method according to this description and are referred to herein as the "definite letters s" . When you press a key on the ^ 5 QWERTY keyboard, the SCAN code for that key which is determined by its position on the keyboard, is transmitted to the computer, where a program will normally translate the SCAN code into ASCII code for the letter QWERTY. 10 In order to display the "redefined letter", instead of the letter QWERTY, it is necessary to translate the SCAN code (or the ASCII code for the letter QWERTY) to ASCII code for the "redefined letters". 15 In order for the word to appear "friend" on the screen, as each key is pressed, the program (1) will cause each redefined letter to be displayed as it is entered, (2) determine where it should be. display each redefined letter and (3) to determine which of some previously entered letters or sequences should be removed so that there is space for the next line of text to be displayed. 25 Figure 39 shows how the letters are displayed when a word is entered. This is shown in the phrase, "He is very frail." The letter assignments shown in Figure 31a are used in the examples used for the explanation. The first key pressed to display the word FRAIL is the key to which the letters "E" and "F" are assigned. The first letter ("E") is placed on the initial line after the last word was first entered, (the word "very"), and the letter "F" is displayed under "E". Each word in the dictionary is placed in the memory using the ASCII code for each letter of the alphabet. When a key is pressed (such as a keyboard amplifier or keyboard handler device or macro program), a program monitors the SCAN code as it is received and translated into ASCII code for the "redefined letter" assigned to that key. At any time such terms as keyboard amplifier or keyboard handler are used, these terms include similar software programs that may be used for that purpose. The ASCII code is then used to search the dictionary to determine if a word exists in the dictionary with the same sequence of letters. However, the final letter (s) rede (s) for the first entered letter (s) can be displayed without such a search because each letter of the alphabet is the first letter of some word. The ASCII code for the redefined letters corresponds to the ASCII code used for the letters in the dictionary file. As the key is pressed after the first entry, the ASCII code is used so that the final letter (s) rede in order to determine if there is a word in the dictionary file with the same sequences of previously entered letters plus the entry in progress. The ASCII code that has been entered for the redefined letters corresponds to the ASCII code for the letters of the words in the dictionary. When a key is pressed with one or more redefined letters assigned to it, each redefined letter assigned to it is tested separately to determine if a word exists in the dictionary that corresponds to - 1 the previously entered sequences and the letter being tested. If a correspondence is found, the letter to be tested is displayed. For example, if you are entering the word "friend", the first letter "f" is entered without looking for a correspondence in the dictionary because each letter is the first letter of a word. A correspondence can be found for the second letter in the word "fail", and a correspondence for the third letter, "I", can be found in the word "friable". After that, the correspondences for the remaining letters are found in the word "friend". Because in this example there is a correspondence for each entry, the sequence will be displayed on the screen as it is entered. However, if a letter was entered and no match was found, a message will be displayed on the screen, such as "No MATCH found". When this happens the user must realize that (1) a spelling mistake has occurred or (2) he is 14 introducing a sequence of letters not listed in the dictionary. The user can decideIn any case continue typing. If the user then presses a key to which one or more letters were assigned then each of those letters will be added to the sequence entered prior to the display, "NO MATCH FOUND". The user can at any time select any other sequence to add the letters to the sequence until it is completed. The methods for doing this are described more fully in this description. After the user has completed the entry for a "desired sequence", (let's call this "sequence A"), there may be more than one sequence displayed.

(Refer to these as "sequence A, A1, A2, An ".) The user will then select the desired sequence which will be found in (a) the starting line or the" equivalent of existence in the starting line "or in (b) a row under the starting line as shown in the Figure 40, case # 3, if the desired word was "relax" and not the word "relay." The "existence equivalent in the initial line" means that there is no other word in the initial line and that the sequence desired by the user is at the top of the list of any sequence below the starting line, an example of the above is found in Figure 40, case 8, 5th column, the term, in the "starting line", or "starting row". , hereinafter, it includes the sequences which are in the "equivalent" of existence in the "initial line." If the "sequence A" is in the "initial line", the user will press the space bar. , (1) the sequence (s) below the initial line will be deleted and (2) will make the space (call this "Space X") required between "sequence A" and the first letter of the next sequence to be entered. If "sequence A" is below the initial line, "Input X", an input which is a result of pressing a key or other means described below, causes: (1) "Sequence A" to move to the initial line and (2) that the other sequences are eliminated (above and below the "sequence A") and (3) that the "space X" is made. "Input X" can be started by one of the six methods listed below. (1) By pressing the "selection key ^ 5 # 1": If" sequence A "is one row below the starting line, and" selection key # 1"is pressed once, each additional row that 10" sequence A "is below the initial line will require an additional press on the selection key # 1. (2) By pressing the "15 # 2 selection key": (a) If "sequence A" is two rows below the starting line and press "selection key # 2" once. (b) If "sequence A" is three rows below the start line, and press selection key # 2 twice. (c) Each additional row that "sequence A" is below the line initial will require additional oppression in "selection key # 2". 3) When pressing a scroll key. • 4) When highlighting "sequence A" or when using a pointing device. 5) By pressing a number listed near each sequence or at pronounce that number in a microphone. 6) By voice recognition: the program will provide that when there is more than one sequence listed, an audible signal will be delivered so that the user is informed that a selection must be made. These words can be made audible. The user may select the word or letters to the vowel i zar la (s). The voice recognition system will identify the word or letters with the help of the confirmation provided by the letters that had been entered.

The "X ENTRY" causes a space to be made between "sequence A" and the first letter of the next sequence (space X).

When a letter or sequence is moved from the bottom of the initial line to the initial line, the user may wish to have to move it to the initial line without making the "space X", in order to do the following (1) form a "New Word", (2) Complete a word after the message on the screen reads "No Match Found" or (3) in order to better focus the income that is made before completing it. The letter or sequence can move from below the line to the starting line without making "space X". The two methods to do this are referred to as "Input Y": (1) The user can first press a designated function key, for explanation purposes, call it "F (X)", and then use the "keys" selection # 1 and # 2". 2) The user may use a different set of selection keys, "selection key # 3" and "selection key # 4". "Selection Keys # 3 and # 4" will work in a similar way to "Selection Keys # 1, and # 2" respectively, except that they will not cause "Space X" to be made. Also, without first pressing F (X), the program can provide that the "selection key # 1 and # 2" can be used to move the first letter of a sequence from the bottom of the initial line to the initial line without make the "space X". For example, if you press "selection key # 1", you can cause the letter "F" on the line below the initial line in display # 1, case , in Figure 40, to move the initial line without making space X. Selecting the first letter, significantly reduces the number of unwanted sequences displayed. If the user presses the "selection key # 1 or # 2", to move the "sequence A", not yet completed, to the initial line without first pressing the Fl, the "space X" will be made. To correct this, the user can go back, either before or immediately after entering the next letter. The program will then recognize that "sequence A" continued. If the user causes the elimination of the letters or sequences below the initial line and it was an error to have done so, the user may place the insertion pointer so that it is located after the sequence entered in the initial line by mistake, and then by pressing a designated function key, we saw the deleted sequence (s) sual i zara. The user will then select the desired sequence. After the user has completed a desired sequence of letters, it is the preferred method to enter any desired punctuation mark before pressing the spade bar, or X ENTRY. However, if the user presses the spade bar and then enters the sign For the desired score, the program will recognize this series of entries and the program will provide that the desired spaces will be made between the "sequence A", the punctuation mark and the first letter of the following sequence, without any additional input required by the user. When the word "COLD D" is entered, F 5 Figure 40, CASE # 5, the following occurs. (Assume that the keyboard shown in Figure 31a is used). The user enters the first letter of the word "COLD D" by pressing the key assigned to the letter "F". The letter redefined "E" is also assigned to that key (see Figure 31a). The SCAN code for the key to which the redefined letters were assigned "E" and "F" is sent to the keyboard amplifier. This code is redefined by the amplifier keyboard for the ASCII code for the letter "E" and for the ASCII code for the letter "F". Because the first letter of the word that is F input can be any letter, both are displayed. The program is designed so that the first entered letters are displayed as shown in Figure 40 Case # 5, and in Figure 39. That is, and the letter "F" is displayed under the letter "E". 25 The user then presses the key assigned to the redefined letter "R". The SCAN code for that key is sent to the computer and redefined by the keyboard amplifier to the ASCII code for the letter "R". It looks for later ^ ßr the ASCII code in the dictionary for a correspondence with the sequences "ER" and "FR". Both are found so that the letter "R" is then displayed as shown in Figure 39 and 40. The user then presses the key assigned to the redefined letters "I", "J", and "K". The SCAN code for that key is sent to the keyboard amplifier. This code is redefined to the ASCII code for the letter "I", the letter "J" and the letter "K". The search is then ASCII code in the dictionary file for the sequences "ERI", "ERJ", "ERK", "FRI", "FRJ" and "FRK"; and only the "ERI" and "FRI" sequences are found. The letter "I" is displayed as shown in the third column in Figure 40. The sequences not found ("ERJ", "ERK", "FR", and "FRK") are not displayed. The following entries, the redefined letter E and the letter redefined F, cause the ERI sequence to be deleted because the sequences "ERIE" and "ERIF" are not found in the dictionary. However, it is known that the sequence "FRÍE" has a correspondence sequence in the dictionary. Also, when the subsequent keys are pressed, the entries are processed as described above and the correspondence sequences for those subsequent entries, the letters "N" and "D" are found in the dictionary and viewed sual izan. Because the "COLD D" sequence is the only sequence displayed, the user can press the space bar, and the system is ready for the next word. At any time, during the process described above, the user can select the first letter or a sequence below the starting row and cause it to move towards the starting row and consequently cause the other letters or sequences to be deleted. For example, in case # 5, Figure 40, the user may have selected the letter "f" after the letters were displayed (see Col I). Some words such as "revile" Figure 40, case 4), are entered without displaying an unwanted sequence, that is, only one word is displayed after all the letters are entered. The entry of the word "revile" is described below. The first entry in the word "revile" - the redefined letter "r" can be entered without checking in the dictionary file that there is a "correspondence", because each letter of the alphabet is the first letter of a word. Therefore, when the SCAN code is translated into ASCII code for the first redefined letter of a word, that letter is automatically displayed. The second letter, the redefined letter, "e", is found on the same key as the redefined letter "f". Therefore, the sequences, "re", and "rf" should be searched to verify that there are words in the dictionary with one or both sequences. In this case, only one sequence with "re" is found. Then the letters are displayed (see Figure 40, Case # 4, 2nd column). The next letter entered is the letter redefined "V". Search for the sequence "REV" in the dictionary and find a correspondence Therefore, the third column in Figure 40, Case # 4, shows the letters "REV". The fourth entry when entering the word "revile" is the letter redefined "I". The redefined letters I, J, and K are on the same key. The sequence "REVI" is in the dictionary, but "REVJ" and "REVK" are missing. The fourth column, of Figure 40, Case # 4, then shows "revi". The letter redefined "L", the fifth entry, does not have another letter on the same key. In this way, only the "revil" sequence is verified to verify that a correspondence sequence exists in the dictionary. The sixth entry, the letter redefined "e", has the letter redefined "f" on the same key. There is a correspondence sequence for the letter "e" but not for the letter "f". This completes the visualization for the word "revile". The user can visually verify that the entries made are correct. Then, the user enters a punctuation mark, if one is desired, and presses a space bar, and the system is ready for the first letter of the next sequence.

In Figure 40, Cases 8 and 9 show the same sequences treated in two ways. In case 8, each sequence remains on the same line until it is selected or deleted. In case 9, each sequence moves upwards to the space closest to the initial line and the initial line, if that space is available. The program can be written so that the user has the opportunity to select one of these two methods as the preferred method. The preferred method will always be used, unless, the user chooses to change that selection. As seen in Figure 40, a keyboard input which has more than one letter associated with it results in the requirement that each of the sequences of letters then displayed must be tested with each additional letter (separately) to determine which of those sequences results in a sequence for which a correspondence is found in the dictionary. (If parallel processing is used, more than one letter can be tested at a time). If a correspondence is found, the sequence with the tested letter is displayed. A correspondence with a sequence is found if the dictionary word has the same letters in alphabetical order. The dictionary word may be longer but not shorter. The sequences to be visualized or eliminated are explained by the following example: if the letter "t" and the letter "u" are each tested (as in Figure 40, Case # 1) and a correspondence is found for the sequence "grea" "but not for the sequence" greb "then the sequence" great "is displayed and the sequence" greb "is deleted. If no match is found for any sequence, then all possible sequences will be displayed as described earlier in this description. Figure 40, Case # 110, the word is selected in the initial line, ARID, by pressing the space bar. The beginning of the word "bride" has been entered, but the "BRID" sequence is deleted because the word "ARID" is selected by the user. If the user decides to enter the "BRID" sequence, he can do it too. In Figure 40, Case # 2, the "babe" sequence was eliminated because there was no correspondence in the dictionary for "babe" plus the letter "t" or the letter "u". The user may prefer not to make an immediate choice between the displayed sequences (call this edition) but to perform such editing later. When in this "delayed selection mode", each sequence below the start line is moved near the beginning line sequence each time the end of a sequence is indicated by a "key selection input". delay". These sequences ("a, al, a2 An") are placed in square brackets or underlined or both and / or appear in color on the screen. The "delay selection key entry" can be either: 1) a dedicated key for this use, that is, it is not assigned to any other function, and / or a key that is not dedicated for this use, such as the spacebar or "selection key # 2", provided that a designated function key is first pressed. (For explanation purposes, call this key, F-3). After F-3 is pressed all entries will be in the "delayed selection mode". If F3 has been pressed and the space bar is designated as the "delay selection key", then the "selection key # 1 and # 2" can continue to be used to make the selections. If, instead, the "selection key # 2" is designated as the "delay selection key", then the space bar and "selection key # 1" can continue to be used to make selections. The oppression of a delay selection key indicates that "X space" must be made and that the sequences in the start line and under the start line must be kept in memory and displayed as required for the "delayed selection program". When in the "delayed selection mode", it is required (as in the immediate selection program) that the sequence must correspond to a word in the dictionary. This requirement can be changed to make it easier for the number of letters in the sequence to correspond to the number of letters in the dictionary word when the end of the sequence is indicated. For example, in Figure 40, Case 10, the word "and" will be displayed and the "brid" sequence will be deleted. If there is no corresponding word found for "arid" or "brid", then the screen will show a symbol or display the message "word not found", and an audible signal will sound. All the possibilities for the sequence will be listed either in the text that is typed or in a window at the bottom of the screen. When the operator wishes to make a selection between such words listed in the initial line, the insertion pointer will be placed immediately after the word in the initial line where the editing would begin. If the sequences that require selection are listed from one side to the other, the user can select the desired sequence by using the "selection keys # 1 and # 2". The program will provide that the user can select the desired word by pressing "selection keys # 1 or # 2", or by entering a number or highlighting or clicking on the desired word or some other method described above. At any time, the user can return to a place that requires editing, by placing the insertion pointer after (or before, if the program is written that way) the word for which a selection of words is desired and then select the desired word. If a text section is edited for such selections, the insertion pointer will automatically move to the next group of words, which requires a selection to be made. By pressing a designated function key, the user can return to the preferred program that facilitates selection before entering the next sequence. This editing method applies to all the programs described in this description. The letters assigned to the QWERTY keyboard (the standard keyboard), listed in Column I of Figure 38, are referred to as the letters QWERTY. These letters are in the upper right corner of each key in Figure 31. In the methods described in this description there are other letter assignments to the QWERTY keys which are shown in Column II of Figure 38 and are shown in the intermediate part of each key in Figure 31a. Methods II and III are the same as Method I, except as explained below.

Method II Column II of Figure 41 is a section of the list of words in the dictionary. The list is stored in the dictionary file in ASCII code. Column I of Figure 41 is a list of the same words found in Column II. However, the binary code found in Column I is formed of code which will be received if the code for the letter QWERTY is displayed in the upper right corner of the key shown in Figure 38a was sent to the computer as the code for the letter shown in the middle part of the key in Figure 38a. Therefore, the word "cat" in Column I is stored in ASCII code for the letters "wsk" because the letter "C" (shown in the middle part of the key) was assigned to the key on the QWERTY keyboard which when pressed it transmits a code to the computer that is translated as the letter "w". The letter "A" was assigned to a key (as shown in the middle part of the key in Figure 38a) on the QWERTY keyboard which when pressed transmits a code to the computer which translates as the letter "s" " The letter "t" in the word "cat" is explained in a similar way. Consequently, Column I and II of Figure 41 are formed. The ASCII code is used to locate in Column I, from the dictionary file, Figure 41, the corresponding letter. When the letter is in Column I of the dictionary file (Figure 41), the ASCII code is read for the letter on the same line, in the adjacent column of the dictionary file, Column II, and that letter is displayed. The position (ie, Ia, 2a, 3a ... n letter) of the letter in the word in Column I is in the same position (ie, Ia, 2a, 3a, ... Na letter) as the letter in the word in column II.

If the user enters the word "CAT" the following occurs: the letter "c" will be entered and it will be displayed as previously described. However, because each letter is the first letter of a word, the first letter of a word can be determined by redefining it instead of searching the dictionary as described below for subsequent letters. The information in Figure 38, Column I and Column II, will be placed in a memory. When looking for Column I of Figure 38 for the ASCII code which is received after a key is pressed, and then visualize the letter found in Column II of Figure 38, the dictionary search becomes unnecessary for the first letter. The user then presses the key assigned to the letter "A". (as shown in the middle part of the key in Figure 31a). The letter "A" and the letter "B" are assigned to the same key as the letter QWERTY "S" (See Columns I and II, Figure 38). This results in the SCAN code for that key that is transmitted to the computer and that code that is translated to the letter "S". Column I of the dictionary file is then searched for the ASCII code for the letter "S". The search is done in the dictionary file for a word with the second letter, "S", since such a word starts with the ASCII code for the letter "W". This sequence is found for two cases (1) The sequence "CA" in Column I and the sequence "CB" in Column II (Assume that abbreviations are included in the dictionary). The user then presses the key assigned to the letter "T". (as shown in the middle part of the key in Figure 31a). The letter "T" and the letter "U" are assigned to the letter QWERTY "K". (See Column I and II, Figure 38.) Similar to the one described for the letters "A" and "B", a search is then made in Column I of the dictionary for QWERTY sequence "WSK". (See Figure 41). The sequence "CB" is eliminated because neither "CBT" nor "CBU" are found. However, we find the sequence for two cases (1) where the sequence in Column II (near the WSK sequence in Column I) is "CAT" and (2) where the sequence of letters is CAU (near of the WSK sequence in the Both column are displayed because "CAU" are the first letters of longer words, such as "CAUSE". The user selects "CAT" and "CAU" is deleted.

Method III The selection of letters and data sent from the keyboard to the computer is the same as that of Method II. However, as an additional method to implement the invention, the dictionary file in Column I (Figure 42) has asterisks placed after the ASCII code for those letters assigned to the same ASCII code. Therefore, each letter has a unique code. The letter "A" and the letter "B" are assigned to the "S" key on the QWERTY keyboard. The letter "A" in the dictionary file is assigned the ASCII code for the letter "S" plus an asterisk, the letter "B" in the dictionary file is assigned the ASCII code for the letter "S" plus two asterisks. The assignments of the code and the asterisks assigned to the format used in the examples cited below are shown in Column I and Column II of Figure 43.

A section of the dictionary book is shown in Figure 42. Method III is now described using the example to enter the word "CAT". The operator presses the key assigned to the letter "C" (as shown in the middle part of the key in Figure 31a) and the SCAN code for that key would be sent to the computer where it is translated into ASCII code for the letter "". The ASCII code for the letter "W" is found in Column I of the dictionary file. However, because this is the first letter of a word, the ASCII code will be searched for the letter "W" in Column I of Figure 42 where it is located. The ASCII code in Column II, on the same line as the ASCII code for the "W" in Column I, is the ASCII code for the letter "C". Then the letter "C" will be displayed. Then, press the key with the letter "A" in the middle part of the key. The SCAN code for that key will be sent to the computer where it is translated into ASCII code for the letter "S", which will be searched in Column I of the dictionary (Table 11). "s *" and "S **" will both be found in the sequences that began with the letter "W". Those sequences are "WS *" and "WS **". The "S *" and "S **" will be redefined after using Column I and II of Figure 43, similar to the one used for the letter "W" and the letters "CA" and "CB" will be displayed . Then the key assigned to the letter "T" will be pressed and the ASCII code for the letter "K" will be sent to the computer and it will be searched in Column I of the dictionary file for the sequences that start with the ASCII code for "WS" * "and" WS ** ". The sequences WS * K * and WS * K ** will be found. K * and K ** will be redefined as described below for the letter "A" and the letters "CAT" and "CAU" will be displayed. The operator will then press the space bar and the word "CAT" will be selected and the "CAU" sequence will be deleted. The program is ready for the next word. This same program will allow the user to substitute a different keyboard format, which includes some of the formats shown in the attached Figures and the variations in these formats described in this description. According to the above, this will result in changes in Column I and Column II of Figure 42. Method III includes a program to process the dictionary words in order to create a word code list for Column I of the dictionary. To do this, each letter of the words in Column II of the dictionary, Figure 42, is redefined according to the assignments made for each letter such as those shown, for example, in Figure 43. If a new format is defined, the dictionary list must conform to that format. Method II includes a program to process the dictionary words in order to create a list of words for Column I of the dictionary. To do this, each letter of the words in Column II of the dictionary, Figure 42, is redefined in accordance with the letter assignments such as those shown, for example, in Figure 43. It will be noted that the sequences of letters are entered if a correspondence sequence for a word in the dictionary is found or not. If the user presses a key to add a letter to a sequence, for example, to add the letter "R" to the "REL" sequence, and no correspondence is found in the dictionary for that additional entry, an audible warning will be delivered (an audible signal) and / or a message will be displayed on the screen that reads "No Match Found". The cause of this will be either that you were entering (a) a misspelling or (b) a word not listed in the dictionary (a "new" word). To determine the cause, the user may find it useful to access the dictionary to check the spelling and to examine the words listed. The user will then press a designated function key and highlight the sequence of letters, "laugh" on the screen. The list of words in the dictionary, starting with the last sequence of correspondence found in the dictionary for the entered sequence, in this case "REL", will be displayed in the rows below and directly below the sequence of letters "laugh" (or in a window at the bottom of the screen). The words in the dictionary can be moved. The user can select the desired word from that list so that it moves towards the initial line. If one of the words is highlighted on the screen and the assigned assigned function key is pressed, a list of synonyms or antonyms of the highlighted word will be displayed. The user can correct spelling errors in the usual way. If there are sequences of letters displayed, then a letter correction will be made at the top of the list of such sequences. Then all the sequences below that line will be corrected. The user can press a function key designated FX, which changes the program of the format used to the used keyboard format of 26 letters, that is, one letter per key. Then, the word can be entered without any ambiguity. The user can move from one format to another at any time. When Method I, II or III is used, if no correspondence is found for an entry in the dictionary, all possible combinations of the subsequent entries to not find a correspondence are appended to the sequence then displayed and a message is displayed to the user, such as, "Word Not Found" ("word not found"). Figure 44 shows the screen that will appear if the sequence "COLD D" is not found and all the possible sequences of the letters entered are displayed. (Note: The screen shows 12 sequences after the entry of the last letter). After the last letter is entered in the sequence, the user can enter a punctuation mark, if one is desired, and then if the desired sequence is below the initial line, the user will then press a selection key, or use some other selection method, to move the desired sequence to the initial line. The sequences under the initial line will be eliminated, the required space will be made between the "sequence A" and the first letter of the following sequence and the user will be able to enter the first letter of the following sequence.

If the user presses the "selection key # 3 or # 4" or if the user presses the designated function key, Fl, and the "selection key # 1 or # 2", the user can select a sequence before is complete and will cause it to move towards the starting line. The other sequences will be deleted and the user will continue typing and the subsequent entries will be added until the sequence moved to the initial line. The process described above may continue until the desired sequence is selected. An example is shown to select a sequence before its term, using the example shown in Figure 44, where all the possible combinations of the sequence "FRIEND" were displayed. Table 8 shows the screen if after the third screen, in Figure 44, the sequence "FRI" is moved to the initial line by pressing a selection key. The screens after that entry will be as shown in Table 8. (By entering the last letter there are two displayed sequences).

Table 8 • The word "FRIEND" is displayed on the initial line in screen VII. If the user then presses the space bar, the sequences below the initial line will be deleted • and the program will be ready for the first letter of the following sequence. In this example, all the remaining desired inputs were immediately displayed on the initial line i If this had not been the case and the desired sequence was displayed by the user under the initial line, then the desired sequence will have been moved to the initial line by pressing the appropriate selection key and the other sequences above and below the starting line, if any, will have been removed. The program is then ready for the first letter of the following sequence Method IV The following rules are followed to enter a desired sequence of letters according to this Method referred to as Method IV. This Method may be used independently or in conjunction with Methods I, II or III. For example if Method IV is used with Method I, then the process is used to look up a correspondence sequence in the dictionary as well. See Figure 45, for example of words that are visualized using Method IV by itself, Method I by itself and a combination of Methods I and IV. Method IV is particularly useful when entering a word "New". The number of times the selection key should be used with this method depends on (1) the number of keys to which the letters are assigned (2) the selection of letters assigned to those keys and (3) the use of statistical information , described below, regarding which sequence should be placed on the initial line. A selection key should be used about once every two words with the letters assigned to the keyboard as shown in Figure 48. (Based on Figures 46, 47 and 48a and b). The following explanation refers to using Method IV without using Method I, II, or III (that is, without looking for a correspondence sequence). Method IV is explained in the six "Rules" described below and with reference to Figure 45. (1) A designated function key, F-2, is pressed to implement the program for this method. If the user then presses a key with a letter assigned to it, that letter will be displayed on the initial line. If the user presses a key with two or more letters assigned to it, those letters will be displayed vertically, one in the initial line and the other (s) in the row (s) below it. See Figure 45, Column 3, Method IV, for the word "Fourth". If the desired letter is displayed in a row below the start line, a selection key or one of the other methods described above will be used to move it to the start line. Because the function key F2 was pressed, the "Selection keys, 1 and 2" are available for this purpose. However, F2 will not be pressed if a key dedicated to this program, selection key # 5, is used instead of the "selection keys 1 and 2". 2) If the desired letter is displayed on the initial line, as on the screen # 1 to 6, Figure 45, in the "desired" sequence, and in screens 2, 4, 5 and 6 for the sequence "fourth", no entry is necessary via the selection key. 20 3) In this program, Method IV, if the desired letter is displayed below the initial line, it is required to select that letter (such selection is shown by an asterisk in Figure 45) before entering the next letter.

If it is not selected, it will be deleted when the next key is pressed. For example, if the user is entering the word "FOURTH", the letter "f" must be selected, which is under the initial line in the first screen, otherwise, the program will assume that the letter "E" is correct. (which is displayed above the letter "F") in the initial line and when the next entry is made, the letter "f" will be eliminated under the initial line. If the letter has not been selected, "f", the entry of the next letter (s) confirms that the selection of a line below the initial line will not be made and any sequence displayed under the initial line. 4) If a single letter is entered, it is displayed only in the initial line because before entering that letter, the sequences under the initial line or moved the initial line For example, for the word "fourth", after the entry of the letters "t" and "u" in the 3rd screen, press • the selection key and "FOU" is selected. Therefore, before the only letter "R" was entered in the fifth screen, it was determined that the initial line was "fou". If the desired sequence, when completed, is on the initial line, the user can enter any punctuation mark, and then press the space bar and the system is then ready for the first letter of the following sequence. If the desired sequence is • found under the initial line, moves to the starting line through the using the selection key assigned to that line or to one of the other methods described above After a sequence has been entered, the program will rewind automatically to the user a level in the menu structure to Method I, II, or III. However, if the user wishes to remain in the program for Method IV, the user may do so by pressing another function key des ignada. The above method can also be used to enter text. This selection method can apply for one-hand or two-handed keyboards. An asterisk has been used in the accompanying figures, which show the keyboard layouts, to designate the position of the selection keys and / or the designated function keys, Fl and F2. The position of these selection keys is important if the IV method is ineffective for entering text. If the IV method is used to enter text, no more than two selection keys will be required if no more than two letters are assigned to each key. Some keys that can be easily reached can be designated as selection keys. For example, the keyboard shown in Figure 31a, the keys assigned to the letters QWERTY "G" and "H" can be designated as "Selection Keys # 1 and # 2", respectively, and the keys assigned to the letters QWERTY " And "and" B "can be the designated function keys, Fl and F2, respectively. If a letter is assigned to a key that is pressed with the right hand, the QWERTY key with the letter "G" can be pressed with the left hand, either simultaneously or sequentially with the input of the key with the letter. The letters assigned to some keys can have an alphabetical order. However, the order in which the letters are displayed on the screen can be placed in a non-alphabetical order to improve the probability that the desired word is placed on the initial line in Methods I through IV. For example, even though the letters K and L are on the same key, when that key is pressed, the letter "L" can be displayed above the letter "K" due to its higher frequency of use and, therefore, the desired word in the initial line is more likely to occur. Also, the letter "S" is the first letter of words approximately twice as often as the letter "R" and the letter "S" is used about twenty-five percent more than the letter "R". Therefore, the sequences with the letter "S" should be displayed on the initial line rather than the sequences with the letter "R" when they are on the same key. (See Figures 47 and 48a). The sequence with the highest frequency of use can be determined as each key is pressed. As noted, the decision on which sequence should be placed on the initial line or closest to it can be based on some statistical information regarding the letters that have been entered. The goal is to obtain the most probable sequence in the initial line and the next most probable sequence in the line below the initial line. Each letter and each sequence can obtain a classification as to the probability of being used based on the number of words that sequence has. (Call this, the "classification"). When a key is pressed with two or more letters assigned to it and a search is made in the dictionary for a correspondence sequence, the search can include not only verifying that a correspondence is found, but the "classification" of both sequences. The user can play a role in determining the classification by means of a program that allows the user to deliver a "weight" to the competent words that result from the same entry, for example, such words as "aid and bid", "care and daré" "and" might and night ". The "classification" will determine the order of the displayed words. However, if the user prefers an alphabetical order of the display, he can adjust the program in that way. Figure 48 shows the frequency of use of each letter of the alphabet for the first letter of words in a dictionary. The letters I, J and K are placed on the same key on most of the designated keyboards attached. The letter "I" is the first letters of 983 words, the letter "J" is the first letter of 179 words, the "K" is the first letter of 147 words. Also, based on a dictionary of 21,110 words, of 106,000 letters, the letter I is used 8,000 times, the letter "J" is used 400 times, the letter "K" is used 800 times. It is obvious that the letter "I" must have priority over the letter j and k for the first letter of a sequence and in any other part in the sequence. The letters "0" and "P" can be located on the same key. The letter "P" is used as the first letter of 1772 words, while the "0" is the first letter of 509 words, of 21,110 words. Therefore, if the first key pressed in a sequence is assigned to the letters "0" and "P", the letter "P" must be placed on the initial line because the desired word is more likely to start with a "P" . However, for letters other than the first letter, the most likely letter will be the letter "0". Of 106,400 letters, the letter "0" is expected to occur 8,000 times and the letter "P", 2,000 times, (see Figure 47). This generality will not apply if the letter that comes is a vowel. The statistical evidence regarding the use of letters and sequences should also be weighted by the frequency of use of the words with which they are associated; such as for the sequences "ste", "sue" and "suf". There are approximately 70 words that start with the letters "ste" and 3 words that start with the letters "sue" and 13 words that begin with the letters "suf". A word that begins with the letters "ste" has a higher probability of being the desired word than words that begin with "sue" and "suf." At the beginning of the words or syllables, the vowels usually follow consonants and vice versa. This factor will also be a determining factor in selecting which sequence should be placed on the initial line. For example, if the first and second entries are "aa", or "ab", the sequence "ab" will be placed on the starting line. There is a word that begins with "aa", there are many words that begin with "ab". The use of statistical information regarding the frequency with which letters and sequences are used, combined with the use of the selection key for the initial entries of words, can reduce the number of unwanted words and thus make keyboards more acceptable with only eight to ten keys. A keyboard could be wired to send the SCAN code to the computer for the letters referred to the redefined letters assigned to those keys (ie, the letters in Column II, Table 8) instead of the letters QWERTY. Also, the keyboard does not need to be separate from the computer but can be integrated with it, such as with a laptop, or manual computers. In the attached figures, the letter in the upper right corner of each key is the letter assigned to that key by the QWERTY keyboard format. In the middle part of each key is the letter of the alphabet assigned to that key (ie, the letter redefined). Figure 31a also indicates which finger is to be used and the initial position for the index finger. One point index finger Two points middle finger Three points ring finger .. Four points pinky finger The symbol O, indicates the initial position of the index finger. The single point in the middle part of the circle indicates that the key is assigned to the index finger and that it is the "starting position" of the index finger.

The Keyboard Letter Assignments can be displayed for Revis ion and Selection by the User The user indicates, by pressing a designated function key, that the user wants to see the screen that shows the keyboard assignments that are available. The key assignment in progress is also displayed. Next to each assignment is a keyboard number. The user can click on that number (or enter that number) and the letter assignments of the designated keyboard are then entered into the typing program.

Assigning Letters to the QWERTY Keyboard Keys A function key can be defined to cause the following message to be displayed as detailed below: "This program allows the user to assign letters to each key of the QWERTY keyboard". This can be implemented in a variety of ways. For example, the letters of the alphabet are listed in alphabetical order. When the cursor is placed near a letter, then the user presses a key that you want to assign to that letter.

Dynamic Window The letters that are entered to form a word can be displayed in a dynamic window. The upper row of this window is in line with the line you type (that is, the starting row). The left side begins at the point where the next letter will be entered into the text. The lower and right side of the window expand as required. The window starts with a size and shape sufficient to accommodate at least four letters across and two lines vertically and expand as required. The dynamic window can be moved to any position on the screen by moving the insertion pointer. If the user presses a designated function key, the letters may also display a space after the last letter was entered without being in a window.

Use of blank space While typing a word, the user can insert "blank" spaces either to increase their typing speed or because the user is not sure of their spelling. The word (s) in the dictionary that is (are) candidate (s) for that entry is displayed. The entry for the blanks is either 1) a key designated for that purpose or 2) a space bar. If the spacebar is used, the sequences are displayed in the lower part of the screen. For example, the word "kaleidoscope" is desired. The user enters KAL _ _ _ _ SCOPE or KAL __ _ _ _ PE and "KALEI DOSCOPE" is displayed. If the user enters KAL_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (the number of spaces on four spaces does not need to be exact) then the words "KALASHNIKOV" and "KALE I DOSCO PE" will appear. The user will select the desired word, and will delete "KALEIDOSCOPE" and "KALASHNIKOV".

Add a word to the dictionary After a new word is selected by one of the methods described here the user can choose to add it to the dictionary. The letters of the code are kept in the memory and the selection of each letter associated with that code is also kept in memory. The word is entered into the dictionary unless the user chooses otherwise by selecting the option "do not add to memory" which appears on the screen after the completion of the selection of each letter associated with the word code. In another embodiment of the invention, the keyboard can be integrated with a mouse. Because the keyboard can be small, for example, 12 to 15 keys, there will be space on a mouse for all the keys. Accordingly, the user can type and control the mouse with one hand. The change keys can be used to put punctuation and other functions. That is to say, if the change key is used, the keys to which letters have been assigned can in turn place numbers or punctuation marks, or address, or enter or safe uppercase, or other functions found on the keyboard. In this description, the designated function keys are used to call several programs. The escape key or other function key will be used to exit such programs. When the user is entering a sequence of letters the program can detect that there is only one base word that satisfies the sequence entered in this way. The program will then cause the words with that base to be automatically listed in rows directly below the sequence that is entered in the initial line. The user can then select the desired word. An example of this is the words "prefer", "preferable", "preferably", "preference", "pre ferential". Figure 38 is an assignment of letters to the keyboard as shown in Figure 31a for Method I and II. Figure 39 are examples of the method for displaying words as a letter is entered. Figure 40 shows the screens when entering the sequences for Methods I, II and III. Figure 41 is a sample of the dictionary file for Method II. Figure 42 is a sample of the dictionary file for Method III. Figure 43 is an assignment of the letters to the keyboard for Method III. The screens in Figure 44 show • 5 all the possibilities of entering a word "New". Figure 45 are examples of Method IV, Method I and Method I and Method IV combined. Figure 46 shows the frequency of requirement for the selection keys for the • Method IV. Figure 47 shows the frequency of use of letters in words. Figure 48A shows the frequency of use of the letters for the first letter of the words. Figure 48B shows the keyboard assignment for calculations. Figure 49 shows the letter assignments 20 to the keyboard with 9 to 17 keys.

This invention applies the method for typing with a keyboard, which has more than one letter assigned to some or all of the keys yet the user requires only one key press to select the desired letter. In addition, the user is able to see the word (s) that are formed as each letter is entered and if an error is made when typing, it can be corrected immediately in a similar way to conventional typing, that is, when going back and type the correct letter (s) as well as some other methods. With the preferred assignment of letters to fourteen keys, when the entry of the letters is completed and only the spacebar is used to enter the word, the desired word will be displayed in the upper line of the window in more than 98% of the words when a dictionary of 84,532 words is used and only the entry of the spacebar is required to enter those words into the Word document. Eighty percent of the remaining two percent will be displayed on the second line of the window and can also be entered into the Word document with a total of one key press. When using one of the preferred keyboards with 13 or 14 keys the user can select the letters for words that are not in the dictionary with an average of less than one and a quarter keystrokes per letter. In other systems when more than one letter is assigned to the keys, the user presses a delimiter key to indicate that the word is complete. The word or words, which correspond to the entry, are then displayed and those below the upper line will require an additional entry. There is no opportunity to see the word while it is being entered and for that reason, the bug fix should wait for the word code to end or a careful evaluation of each string of letters to determine if an error was made. If the groups of letters associated with each entry are displayed side by side or vertically it is very difficult to identify the entered letters to verify that they are correct. With this system, a typographical error is more likely to be identified after the entry was completed and the desired word was not displayed. The system described in this description has the advantage that the user has the opportunity to see that the current word is formed as each letter is entered. Therefore, when you press the spacebar you can move the first letter of the next word without hesitation. On the other hand, the person who is typing and can not see the entered words until after the spacebar is pressed, may tend to doubt after pressing the space bar to verify that the entered word is correct before proceeding with the next word and this will encourage entry. With the system described in this description the user can on a screen, due to the way in which the letters and sequences are visualized, to relate the letters with the sequences which facilitates the input required for corrections. Also, selections can be made by moving a desired letter or sequence to the top line before completion, which removes the unwanted sequences and places the desired sequence on or near the top line while continuing to click. The system described here is very similar to conventional typing because the user has the opportunity to see the letters that make up the desired word. When the user presses the space bar in this system, indicates the acceptance of the letters that are displayed as well as the term of the word. To further facilitate the typing process, a section of the dictionary is displayed starting with the words that are in alphabetical order up to the desired word. (displayed on the upper line of the letter lines). These words can be displayed, in the lower section of the dynamic window. This allows the user to check the spelling or enter long words when typing the beginning of a word and then select the word from the dictionary list and cause it to be entered directly from that list in the Word document. These advantages along with typing with fewer keys make the typing process faster and easier. In this invention, a window is used to display the sequences for which the correspondence words are found in the dictionary. When the user begins the process to enter text, use the cursor controls to move the cursor to the position on the screen where you want to display the following letter (s) or word (s) on the screen. The user then clicks on an icon or presses a function key which causes the window shown in Figure 59a to be displayed. Figure 59a shows the dynamic window before entering any letters. In this figure, the arrows on lines 1, 6, & 11 each point to a rectangular space, 101, 102 & 103 in Figure 59a, referred to as the "grid area" (the area for the sequence lines, the letter lines and the dictionary lines, respectively). When the first letter of a word is entered when a key is pressed, the letter (s) assigned to that key will be displayed (n) in two sections of the grid area, the sequence lines and the lines of letters described below. As you enter the letters in the grid area, the window becomes longer by expanding enough space to the right so that the letters associated with that entry are displayed in the grid area. Each letter that is entered in a small box will be displayed. This helps the user to see the alignment of the sequence lines, the lines of letters and the dictionary lines. Figure 60 a, b, c, d & e show the changes in the grid as each letter is entered. (The dictionary lines are not shown in Figure 60). It should be noted that the words "The man is" remain in the same position as each letter is added to the word, "able", which is being entered. Also, the left side of the window remains in the same position until the full word has been entered in the window. As each letter is added, the grid area in the window becomes wider. After the word has been completed, the user clicks on the desired word or presses a key which causes the desired word to move from the window to the Word document. Figure 60E shows that the word "able" has been moved to the Word document to a position to the left of the cursor, (104 in Figure 60E). The cursor continues adjacent to the edge on the left side of the window, and the window has moved to the right of the space required for the letters and symbols to be entered into the Word document. The grid area is then reduced to the width required to enter the first letter of the next word, (See Figure 59a). The four upper lines (Lines 1 to 4, Figure 59F) of the window to the left of the horizontal arrow, 105 in Figure IF on line 1 are used to display the sequences and are referred to as the "Sequence Lines" or the "S" lines. When the control keys focus on these lines, they are referred to as the "Sequence Mode". Lines 6, 7, 8 & 9, to the left of the horizontal arrow on line 6, are used to display the letters associated with each entry and are referred to as the "Letter Lines" or "L" lines. When the control keys focus on those lines, they are referred to as the "Lyrics Mode". Lines 11, 12, 13 & 14, to the left of the horizontal arrow on line 11 are used to display the dictionary words in alphabetical order to the sequence displayed on line one. Those lines are referred to as the "Dictionary Lines" or "D" Lines and when the control keys are focused on those lines, they are referred to as the "Dictionary Mode". After the word is typed in the window, there are words displayed on lines 1, 2, 3 & 4. When in sequence mode, the letters entered in the sequence lines are letters that form the sequence (s) for which (s) were found correspondence sequences of letters in the dictionary (which is in the memory) starting with the initial letters entered (See Figure 60A through 60E Lines 1 through 4). The letters associated with this entry are shown in Lines 6 & 7 of Figure 60A-60E. As each entry element is entered, the series of letters for which a correspondence sequence was found in the dictionary are displayed in the sequence lines. The letters displayed in the Figure 60B on Line 1, 2, 3 & 4 may be words such as "aardvark" or "able", "bale", or "BBC" and in Figure 60C for words such as bay, able, abyss, bale. As each letter is entered, the number of words found in the dictionary that corresponds to the entries is reduced. For example, when you enter the fourth entry element with the letters, E and ^ B F, assigned to them, all words except "able" and "bale" are eliminated as possible candidates for the word that is entered. By pressing the space bar, "able" is entered in the Word document. ("Bale" will have required the entry of the selection key # 1 or that the user moves the word to the upper line and presses the space bar). In Figure 60C it is observed that the shortest word (in this case the word "bay") is placed at the top of the Sequence Lines. The program will provide that the sequences that are completed will determine a higher priority, those sequences that show the highest statistical probability of being the The desired sequence is determined by the next higher priority order to be at or near the top line. Between words of the same length, the most frequently used words are determined as the highest priority This requirement increases the opportunity to enter more words with only one entry. If more than one correspondence is found in the dictionary for a sequence, they are displayed in the sequence lines. If a letter is entered, and at least a correspondence sequence is found, those sequences for which a correspondence is found after a letter associated with that entry appended to it, will remain displayed and the sequence (s) will be eliminated. (s) for which (s) no correspondence was found. If no correspondence was found for any of the sequences for which a correspondence was found before the last entry, then such sequences will remain displayed and continue to be displayed in black type up to but not including the last entry. The last entry and the additional letters will remain red. If the user presses the space bar, then the sequence in the upper line of the sequence lines will move from the window to the Word document and will be displayed in black if a correspondence sequence is found in the dictionary and in red if it is not find a correspondence sequence. If the user presses selection key # 1, the sequence in the line below the suprior line will move from the window to the Word document. If the desired sequence is more than one row below the top line, the user can move it to the top line and then press the space bar. The sequences moved to the Word document from the lines below the top line will also be displayed in red or black in the Word document depending on whether a correspondence sequence was found. Also, it is noted that the letters associated with each entry are displayed in the lines of letters and these letters and the other sequences are removed from the displayed window when the space bar or selection key # 1 is pressed. Therefore, the user can enter a "new word", such as "balf", when it does not appear in the sequence lines. (See Figure 60D) by (1) clicking on the letter "F", on the line of letter # 7 which causes it to scroll in the lines of letter and appear in the sequence lines or 2) to cause the letters "E" and "F" move when you press the Scroll Key # 2. Also, it is observed that the letters entered in the Sequence Lines when in the Sequence Mode, cause the order of the upper line of the letter lines to change so that the upper lines of the sequence lines and the lines of letters correspond. In a similar way, the letters entered in the Sequence Lines will cause the letter displayed in the upper line of the sequence lines to change so that the upper lines of each one correspond. For example, Figure 60 shows the screens when the word "able" is entered. By means of the third entry of that word, Figure 60C, it is found that the word "Bay" is a corresponding word for the entry thus entered. As a result, the letter on Line 6, column # 3, Figure 60C is a "Y". The "L" is usually placed above the letter "Y" because the "L" is used most often. By keeping the upper line of the Sequence Lines and the Lines of Letters equal, the user can observe in the upper line in any way and be assured that if you press the space bar enter the correct word regardless of whether the controls are focused on the Letter Lines Sequence Lines If a correspondence sequence is found, it is displayed on the upper line of the sequence lines. If more than one correspondence sequence is found, they are displayed in an order based on certain statistical information (this will be explained below). In Figure 59A, four lines are shown in area 101, the Sequence Line area. More lines can be assigned to the sequences on a fixed basis, or the window can be made dynamic vertically as well as horizontally so that lines and columns can be added or deleted. The user can select the desired word and move it to the Word document by clicking on it. This allows the user to move the word of lines 1, 2, 3 or 4 to the Word document with an entry.

The number of lines required for the letters depends on the largest number of letters assigned to any key. If no more than two letters are assigned to a key, then two lines will be required for the "letter lines", and not 4 lines as shown in Figure 59a through 59f. When you press the selection key # 1, the word one below the top line in the sequence lines will move to the Word document and the desired sequences under that line can scroll to the upper lines and move to the Word document when you press the bar spacer If the sequences are moved to the upper line of the Sequence Lines before being completed, the input of the next letter, after such displacement will confirm that, the correct sequence was now on the upper line and the sequences below the upper line will be removed from the screen. If the user realized that an error was being made and wanted to show the previous screen again, the user could press the backspace key and delete the last letter entered. The previous screen will then be displayed on the screen. The ability to recapture previous screens by retraction is always available to the user. This ability makes it possible to correct an entry by going back and consequently delete letters from the screen starting at the end of a word. The user can then enter the correct letters. Also, you can enter the balance of the word previously typed automatically to press a function key. The spacebar, scroll key # 1, and selection key # 1 may have their focus switched to dictionary lines when you press the sequencing / dictionary mode key (S / D Key), which functions as a toggle switch. change. After pressing the S / D Mode Key, pressing the spacebar (which can be a key) will cause the word in the top line of the dictionary lines to move to the Word document. Pressing Scroll key # 1 will cause the words in the dictionary lines to scroll down in a circular motion and scroll key # 1 causes those words to move circularly in the opposite direction. The fifth line of the grid area, Figure 59F, to the left of Section 108, shows a Vertical Arrow, Figure 59C, 109, when this arrow is placed on a column, the letters in that column will scroll if the arrow key is pressed. displacement # 2. Pressing the Vertical Arrow Key will cause the Vertical Arrow to move above the column selected by the user. The Vertical Arrow will remain on any grid that is adjacent to Section 108 in Figure 59F until the Vertical Arrow Key is pressed. As the letters are entered, a column of grids is added to the left of section 108 (Call this the # 1 position). If the Vertical Arrow is moved during the entry of a word, it will move back to position # 1 when that word is added or deleted. When entering a series of letters, the arrow will remain on Line 5, adjacent to Section 108, Figure 59F. It is then above the column of grids in which the letter (s) is entered. Therefore, it moves from left to right as each letter is pressed. The user can select a letter displayed immediately after it is entered, in position # 1, by pressing the scroll key # 2 which causes the desired letter to move to the upper letter line. When you enter a sequence, if you select a letter that is on the upper line of the letter lines by scrolling, or the insertion of a letter or by default in the selection process, the letter selected for the lines of letters and letters remains the sequence lines, unless the user changes by selecting another letter that is on the top line of the letter lines or is deleted. This can be done by using the Scroll key # 2 or inserting another letter. Such selected letter (s) will be displayed in a distinctive color until the word is completed and moved to the Word document or the sequence is deleted. The Vertical Arrow will remain in Position # 1, see Figure 59F, 109, unless the user presses the Vertical Arrow key. The first press of that key will cause the Vertical Arrow to move to Line 5, so that it is above the grid of the first entered letter of that sequence. It is the grid column furthest to the left and identified as Column 1 in Figure 59F. Starting from that position, each press of the Vertical Arrow Key will cause the arrow to move one column to the right. The arrow moves from left to right, which is the natural direction to check and correct the spelling. If the desired letter is not on the top line of a column of letters, the user will press the Vertical Arrow key so that the Vertical Arrow moves to the top of the next column that requires editing and then moves the desired letter to the top line. When all the letters on the top line are found, the user will press the spacebar and the word will move to the Word Document. The following program will allow the user to enter a word that is not in the dictionary when using scroll key # 2 while in position # 1. If the user is entering a word that is not in the dictionary, the letters will be displayed either on the top line or below the top line of the letter lines. At any time that the desired letter is on the top line, the user will enter the next entry element. Because the user did not press the scroll key # 2, it is confirmed by default that the desired letter is on the top line. As described previously, the vertical arrow will be in Position # 1, above the letters associated with the second input element. If the desired letter associated with the second input element is below the top line, the user will move the letter to the top line and then enter the next input element and the Vertical Arrow will move again so that it will be on top of the letter (s) that were displayed. The only entry required to select the correct letter (s) is (1) the selection of the key associated with the letter and (2) if the desired letter is below the top line, the offset of scroll key # 2 moves the letter to the top line. With the preferred keyboard assignment, which uses fourteen keys, the desired letter will be on the top line approximately eighty percent of the time (see description below). Also, with this keyboard format, no more than two letters are assigned to each key. Accordingly, only a press of the scroll key will be required approximately twenty percent of the time. If the user used the mouse to move the letters, only a click on the mouse will be required. Therefore, the input of the next letter or the oppression of the spacebar confirms that the offset is complete, this method can be used when there are no more than two letters assigned to a key.

The letter that appears in the upper line of the lines of letters also appears in the upper line of the sequence lines. When the desired word is on the top line and the space bar is pressed, the word will move from the window to the Word document. If letters have been removed from a column of letters, the user can place the Arrow Key on that grid column and can press a key to which the letters are assigned and therefore cause those letters to be entered in the column where the letters have been removed. The letter (s) could have been removed by right-clicking on that grid or by pressing a function key when the vertical arrow was on top of that column. The horizontal arrows in the lines 1 & 11 are used as icons to cause the control keys to focus on the "S" or "D" lines, respectively, if the user clicks on one of those arrows the mode changes as described below and changes the color of the the arrow to pay attention to the mode in use. (The Horizontal Arrow will be used on line 6 if an S / L mode key was used as described on page 13). When the Vertical Arrow Key is located above a column, the user can manipulate the letters in that column as explained below: (1) the user can make the letters move to the top line by pressing the scroll key , (2) the user can have the letters in a column deleted by pressing a designated function key. The program can provide a procedure to insert letters in a sequence. For example, the word "Glazer" may be corrected by "Glazier" by inserting the letter "I" after the letter "Z". To do this, the vertical arrow is placed above the column of letters, immediately after the last corrected letter (in this case, after the letter "Z"), the user then presses a designated function key and then presses the key assigned to be inserted. If a sequence has been entered and the user determines that the letters displayed in the upper line of the window require changes, in some or all of the letters, he can do this by the method described in the bottom of page 8 and top on page 9, or you can use the following alternate method that begins when you press a designated function key. This entry causes the sequences and letters on the screen to be deleted. The computer program will then cause the letters associated with the first input element to be displayed. The user then proceeds to move the desired letter to the upper line of the letter lines or insert another letter. When that change is completed, the user then presses the same function key and the second letter is displayed. This process continues until the user moves the word to the Word document or removes the sequence from the screen. When the user decides to move the letters when left clicking on a column, it is not necessary for the vertical arrow to be above that column. When the user deletes letters by right-clicking on a column of letters, the vertical arrow moves up that column of letters by the computer program and s? then insert the letters in that column by pressing an input element assigned to 1 a () desired letter (s). The program for the dynamic window can be implemented using only the sequence linings, (lines 1, 2, 3 &4) that is, the letter lines can be eliminated and their function can be achieved sub- tionally by using only the sequence lines. In that case, the vertical arrow key, on line 5, will point to the sequence lines. If the user used the release key # 2, the letters in the sequence lines will scroll and any of those letters will include the letters that were removed from the screen because no correspondence was found. For example, when the fourth entry was entered in the word "able", (see Figure 60) the letter "Y" was deleted. If the fourth column containing the letter "L" is moved, the letter "Y" (assigned to the key with the letter "L" will appear if a letter is moved to the upper line of the sequence lines, it is shown that The letter will then be displayed in a distinctive color, and any preceding letter will also be considered "firmly selected." The user can change a previously considered letter firmly selected by scrolling with the scroll key # 2, or by deleting it and / or rec-.clear with another letter The Arrow key Viewing tical will control the position of the vertical arrow in the same way as described for use in letter lines. The function if the scroll key # 1, the selection key # 1 and the spacebar will remain the same. When you are in the Mode of Dictionary, there are three Control Keys: 1) if the space bar is pressed, it causes the sequence displayed in the upper line of the Dictionary Lines to move to the Word document, 2) if the scroll key # 1 is pressed , will cause the words stored in the dictionary to move in a downward direction so that they are displayed in that way in the Dictionary Lines, 3) if the key used as Selection Key # 1 in the Sequence Mode is pressed, will cause the dictionary to • 5 Memory moves in an upward direction. Dictionary Lines can be programmed to display all words of more than "x" letters without the requirement that the user press the Mode Key first S / D. • Any control that the user can access in this invention can be controlled or activated also by using the mouse pointer and mouse buttons ("clicking on" ".) Clicking the Up and Down arrow keys on lines 10 &11, Figure 59f, will cause the translation of the Dictionary Lines. is programmed to be displayed in the dictionary lines without the user pressing the change in the mode key, since there has been a delay of "x" amount from the moment in which the last letter was entered. The program can provide for the user to adjust this time interval. If the user switches to "D" mode, the program will automatically switch back to "S" Mode after it is selecting the • 5 word input if the user had not already changed again by pressing the appropriate Mode Control Key or by using the mouse. The words displayed in the dictionary lines can be displayed in order strictly alphabetical or in alphabetical order • but at the same time based on the number of letters in each word, that is, all words of the same length will be found in separate alphabetic groups. By pressing a designated function key, synonyms or antonyms, related to the word in the upper line of the dictionary lines will be displayed in the dictionary lines. The user may cause (by pressing f (x)) that the definition of the word is displayed in the upper line of the dictionary lines in an "open" window. The dictionary list can be administered in sections such as, 1) the words that are commonly used (call this one, Dictionary # 1), and 2) the other words (call this one, Dictionary # 2). The search to match words in the dictionary can be done in different ways and the method used can be the user's choice. Such methods are: 1) the words are searched in Dictionary # 1 and if a correspondence sequence is found, the correspondence sequences are displayed but if a correspondence sequence is not found, the words in Dictionary # 2 are searched and yes a correspondence sequence is found, then they are displayed, or 2) if the correspondence words are not found in Dictionary # 1 the user will press a function key to cause the words in Dictionary # 2 or 3) to be searched for. Search is done in Dictionary # 1 & # 2 simultaneously, that is, they are treated like a dictionary. The display of the words in the dictionary lines, (lines 11, 12, 13 and 14, Figure 59F) can be 1) part of the standard program, or 2) be available at the user's option or 3) be eliminated. In the method of controlling the sequence lines and the lines of letters described above, no change was made in the mode to change the focus of a set of controls from the sequence lines to the lines of letters. Instead, the Scroll Key # 1 and the Selection Key # 1 were used for the sequence lines and the scroll key # 2 and the Vertical Arrow Key were used for the letter lines. If a mode key is used, two keys can be assigned to the controls assigned to the four keys listed below. More keys may be required if the required input is carried out without the mode key. However, by having separate keys assigned to the sequence lines and letter lines, the user can cause the change that he wants with fewer entries. For example, if no mode key was used, you can scroll a letter in the letter lines by pressing scroll key # 2 but if a change in mode is required then the user will have to press the Mode S / key N and then the scroll key. The change in mode can be designated with: 1) a mode key which will be circularly shifted between the sequence mode, the letter mode and the dictionary mode or 2) two keyboard keys can be used • 5 mode: one key to switch between the sequence mode and the letter mode and the other to switch between the sequence mode and the dictionary mode. If the user wishes to enter a punctuation mark, it may cause enter the word displayed on line one • when entering the punctuation mark or if the desired word is a line below the upper line, the user can, (a) move the desired word below the line above the top line and enter it after entering the punctuation mark or (b) you can move the word from the window to the Word document by pressing the Selection Key # 1, and then enter the sign of score directly to the Word document; that is, without entering through the window and without the need to switch outside the dynamic window program. In Figure 59F in section 108 it is find icons on which the user can click to enter punctuation marks and various functions. In addition, if the user clicks on the change icon punctuation marks and additional functions are available. Then, the user can enter text by using only the keys assigned to letters, and only those control keys that he wants. It is possible to type with one hand and use the mouse with the other hand with this typing system. The user can edit the document as the entries are made or the document is subsequently edited. "Edit" refers here to (1) making sure that the desired word was selected when more than one word was listed in the window for the same entry, (2) correcting spelling, and (3) making other changes in the text, such as inserting additional words. If a sequence is entered and "no correspondence" is found in the dictionary, the letters that were entered for which no correspondence was found will appear in red or in another color in the window. If that word is entered in the Word document it will appear in red or it will have a serpentine red line under it, or in some other distinctive color to indicate that no correspondence was found. Also, the user can observe some words not in red, that require editing. The user will proceed to edit when placing the insertion pointer after the word which requires editing. The user will click the mouse button and then enter the "Edit Mode", by clicking on a designated function key. This entry causes the selected word to be highlighted for editing (call it, "word x") and the highlighted word to appear in the dynamic window in the upper line of the sequence lines, the other sequences that were displayed in the window when the "word x" was entered in the Word document, will be displayed under the upper line of the sequence lines and will appear the letters associated with the input elements that were typed when the word was entered in the lines of letters .

The user will proceed to edit the word using the methods available and described in this description, for example, the user can move the letters or add letters or select the sequence in the sequence lines. The user can then cause the desired entry of the dynamic window to move to the Word document. The user, when copying text or at other times, may prefer to do the entire edition after entering a section of text. To do this, you will first press a function key so that it is in the "Delayed Editing Mode." While in this mode, the user can (1) select the sequence in the upper line of the sequence lines by pressing the space bar or (2) can choose to delay the selection of the displayed sequences and press the selection key # 1 after the last letter is entered for any sequence. This will cause all the words that the user entered when pressing the selection key # 1 to appear in a designated color, for example, green. Also, if any letter was in red on the top line of the sequence lines or letter lines (which will occur due to misspellings or to the word not finding a ^? correspondence in the dictionary) will appear in red in the Word document. When the user is ready to edit the text, he will press the "Edit Text" key. Then move the insertion pointer to the first word you want to edit and after editing that word, the program will provide the insertion pointer to move to the next word that requires editing, cause it to highlight and that word and the words other words and letters associated with that entry will appear in the window. After editing that word, this automatic process to move to the next word to be edited will continue until that section is completed. text, unless the user decides to interrupt that editing process. If there were more than one sequence in the sequence lines when the user pressed the selection key # 1, the program may provide that only the upper sequence line is displayed in the Word document. However, the user will have the option that the two upper sequences in the window when the "x sequence" was entered into the Word document are displayed in color in the Word document. The user can then edit such words either in the window or in a Word document. The user will be able to use the QWERTY keyboard, the mouse, the delete key, and the backspace key in the usual way to edit in the Word document. While in the "Delayed Editing Mode", the user can place the insertion pointer after any word and edit it. After such editing, the automatic movement to the next word that requires editing will continue. The concept to visualize the possible sequences as they are entered and displayed using a keyboard with more than one letter assigned to some or all of the keys can be implemented without the dynamic window. Instead, the display of a certain number (perhaps, not exceeding four at any time) of sequences that were entered for which correspondence sequences were found in the dictionary, will be displayed directly in the Word document either one above of the other or horizontally. If the sequences are displayed horizontally, the insertion pointer must be moved in such a way that more than one possible sequence can be displayed as each input element is selected. For example, if the letters "a" & "b" are on the same key and "r" and "u" are on the same key and the letter "t" is the only letter assigned to a key, then the words "art" & "" but "will be the result of the same input The display will show" a "," b "after the first entry with a comma between" a "and" b "The display will show" au "," ak " , "bu", "br", after the 2nd entry and after the 3rd entry shows "art", "but", "aut", sequences that are complete words, such as "art" &"but" "are placed in front of sequences such as" aut "which are the first letters of a longer word (for example," author "). The order of the presented sequences is based on the statistical approach detailed in this description. You can select the desired sequence by pressing the space bar for the sequence farthest to the left, by pressing the selection key # 1 for the second sequence and pressing the scroll key once, if there are only three sequences displayed. display more than three sequences then the scroll key will be pressed that number of times to move to the position of the first presented sequence. The number of displayed sequences will be limited at any time, the preference being no more than four. Pressing the scroll key will cause the other sequences to be displayed. After a sequence is selected, the others are deleted and the space is automatically closed. If the sequences are displayed vertically or horizontally, the letters may be the same size as the other letters displayed in the Word document or may be displayed in larger sizes and when the spacebar or selection key # 1 or punctuation is entered, the letters may be reduced in size . The insertion pointer will be programmed to move as required to enter the letter in the upper line associated with the input element just entered and then the letter in the row exactly below. This will continue until each letter associated with that input element is displayed. After the letter is entered in the lower row, the following letters associated with the next entry element will be entered, starting at the top line. The user can select one of these rows by using the space bar, the selection key # 1 or by moving the desired row to the top line and then pressing the spacebar or a punctuation mark. The sequences for which a match was found will be displayed in black and the balance in some other color (or alternatively, the entire word will be displayed in another color). The letters can be deleted or other letters can be added by placing the insertion pointer where that change should occur in one of the displayed sequences and then pressing either the delete key, the backspace key or a letter key ( s) assigned. The user will select the sequence in which to make such changes and the other sequences on the screen will be deleted. If more than one letter is assigned to the input element when the letters are inserted then the other possibilities resulting from that input will also be displayed.; since a corresponding word was found in the dictionary for that sequence. If the user knew that he was entering a word not located in the dictionary, he may select the desired letter from each group of letters associated with the same input element by the same method described for such selection when the dynamic window is used. That is, after the letters are displayed, if the desired letter is on the top line, it is selected by the user who enters the next letter. If it is below the top line then it moves to the top line and then the next letter is entered. When the spacebar is pressed, the letters below the top line are removed.

If the user decides to edit the words, then he can press a function key, then only the upper sequence associated with each sequence ^ 5 entered and that sequence will be displayed in a designated color. If the user returns to edit that word, the user may place the insertion pointer after the sequence, click on it and then press a function key. The screen will show the selection that would have been presented if the user had not selected the Delayed Editing Mode. The user will select the letters desired. The same program for the delayed editing mode will apply to the sequences displayed horizontally. Other aspects described for the method that uses the dynamic window will apply to the method without the window. 20 The determination of which correspondence sequences should be displayed on the upper line can be explained by the following example. Assume that the user is entering the word "FACE" and that the The combination of letters assigned to the keys is as follows: ab, ef, ck, dj, gx, hz, im, ly, n, ot, pq, ru, s, vw. The first letters entered for the word "face" are "e" & "f", Figure 48a, show that the "F" is the first letter for words 46 percent of the time while the "" E "is used for the first letter 40 percent of the time. For this reason, the first screen will show the "F" on the top line and the "E" on the second line. The second group of anglicized letters are the letters b 'the possibilities for the entered letters are "FA¡", "EA", "EB", "FB". The number of words in I the dictionary for each of these is approximately: for "FA" 300 words; "EA" 70 words; "EB" 7 words; "FB" 2 words (abbreviated). Based on this, the order of the words listed must be "FA", "EA", "EB", and "FB". The third entry has the letters "C", "K" ¡. The number of words in the dictionary for each possible combination (after that enerada) is approximately as follows: - "FAC" 37; "FAK" 3; "EAC" 1; "EA" 0; "K;" EBC "0;" EBK " 0; i "BCF" 0; "FBK" 0 The sequence "FAC" has much more chance of being the desired sequence than "FAK" or "EAC" because there are more words that start with "FAC" and include words such as face, facing, facility, factor, factory, tactual, faculty , (the only words that begin with the letters "fak" are the words "Fake", "Fakery" and "Fakir", and the only word with the letters "EAC" is the word "EACH".) A "EAC" it will be given priority over "FAK" because "EACH" has a higher frequency of use than "FAKE" and "FAKERY" combined. The order of the displayed sequences will then be: "FAC", "EAC", and "FAK". There will be a program available for the user to change the order of priority. This type of analysis will be done for all letter combinations and that analysis will determine the order in which the sequences are displayed. Here various favorite keyboards are described for typing with the left hand, a hand with the right hand and for typing with both hands. Keys that have more than one letter assigned to them have substantially the same set of letters. Also, the assignment of the letters to the keys are substantially in alphabetical order for vowels, consonants (except for a keyboard described below). The vowels are assigned mainly to the middle row of keys and are also largely alphabetized. The selection of letters assigned to the same key is selected so that the frequency of unwanted words to be displayed when the user selects desired words it is low in number. Letter assignments were mainly based on keeping this number low. No more than two letters are assigned to the same key which reduces the number of unwanted words and reduces the offset when selecting letters. The frequently used letters are located on the same key with the letters used infrequently. Frequently used letters are placed above the infrequently used letters in the lines of letters This reduces the amount of displacement required in the lines of letters.

This system applies to keyboards of any size. A person with limited use of their fingers may find this method useful with only 6 keys or a person may wish to eliminate only 6 if the keys are more difficult to reach on the QWERTY keyboard. Also, the system may be used for some purposes with a very limited dictionary list. There can then be very few unwanted words even with only six keys on the keyboard. A keyboard is attached, Figure 61A, which shows an assignment of the letters to 17 keys. The nine keys that were removed were some of the hard-to-reach keys on the QWERTY keyboard. Seventeen assignments of letters to keys on the QWERTY keyboard remained unchanged. The nine letters were reassigned each to the seventeen QWERTY keys that remained unchanged. In most cases, they were adjacent to the key to which they were reassigned. Such a keyboard can also be used in the process to learn the full QWERTY keyboard. Figure 61B is a two-hand keyboard with 15 keys. Figure 61C is a keyboard for the right hand with 14 keys. Figure 61DC is a keyboard for the left hand with 14 keys. Figure 61E is a keyboard for the right or left hand with 14 keys if used with the right and left hand, 14 keys if used with the left hand. * denotes the position of the function keys: - Vertical date key Scroll key # 1 Scroll key # 2 Selection key # 1 Mode key s / d Spacebar

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1. CLAIMS Having described the invention as an antecedent, the content of the following claims is claimed as property: 1. A method for entering letters of an alphabet using a system that includes a computer that has a memory storage, a display device and a an input device that includes a plurality of input elements selectable by the operator, characterized in that it comprises: assigning letters of an alphabet to a set of input elements in such a way that at least one of the input elements is associated with a plurality of letters; assigning no more than a single computer recognizable code for at least one of the input elements associated with a plurality of letters; store in memory storage a list of words that have words formed from letters of the alphabet, formed the list from a series of one or more unique codes recognizable by computer; generate at least one unique code recognizable by computer for each input element selected by the operator and form a series of unique codes recognizable by computer; search the list of words, and locate at least one word associated with an initial input element selected by the operator and associated with a unique computer-recognizable initial code of the word list and immediately visualize the associated letter (s) (s) with such initial unique code recognizable by computer, and searching the word list and locating at least one word associated with each successive input element selected by the operator and associated with initial series of unique codes recognizable by computer; visualize, immediately as each entry element is selected by the operator, the letter (s) associated with the unique computer code (s) recognizable by computer and ( s) letter (s) associated with each successive entry element located in a word in the word list as a result of the search; and append, one at a time, each generated unique code recognizable by computer to the series formed of unique codes generated recognizable by computer as each input element is selected by the operator and to form a series appended of unique codes generated recognizable by computer and repeat the steps to search and display the attached series of unique codes generated by computer recognition as each input element is selected by the operator. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step to assign unique computer recognizable codes further comprises assigning no more than a single computer recognizable code to each input element associated with a single letter. 3. The method according to the claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises the steps for detecting an input element selected by the operator, and generating comprises generating a unique code recognizable by computer for each input element selected by the operator. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that it further comprises the step for storing the detected input element in memory storage. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises the steps to eliminate the unselected letters of the screen. 6. The method according to the claim 1, characterized in that if no word is located as a result of the search, then displaying all the letters associated with each of the selected input elements in such a way that for each input element one of the letters displayed in a The initial line and the remaining displayed letters are displayed below the initial line in such a way that the operator can move any of the letters displayed to the initial line. 7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that it also comprises selecting all the letters in the initial line and eliminating all the unselected letters of the screen. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that if no sequence of correspondence is found for a sequence appended in this way, that sequence is removed from the display, and a sequence corresponding to at least one of the sequences above is located. visualized, appended with one of the codes recognizable by computer, being the result of the same input element selected by the operator. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises the steps to allow the operator to visualize a letter or letters associated with a series of unique codes generated recognizable by computer, in response to computer-recognizable non-unique codes that are located in the word list. 10. The method according to the claim 1, characterized in that the unique code recognizable by computer is an ASCII code. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that each time a new input element is selected by the user, a unique computer-recognizable code is appended to the unique code series recognizable by computer to form updated series of recognizable unique codes by computer, and further comprises the steps for removing the letters of the display device previously displayed and not associated with words associated with the updated series of unique codes recognizable by computer. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises assigning two or more unique computer recognizable codes associated with a letter or letters to a plurality of input elements. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises assigning a unique code recognizable by computer to each letter assigned to an input element. 14. The method according to the claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises allowing the operator to select at least one of the letters or series of letters displayed and to eliminate some letters or series of letters not selected from the screen. 15. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises allowing the operator to define a new word to be stored in the word list. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the input device is located remotely from the memory storage. 17. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the search step comprises locating a word or words in the word list which has series of letters beginning with a first letter corresponding to the series associated with the series. of unique codes selected by computer, having the words located initial series of unique codes recognizable by computer that correspond to the unique code series selected recognizable by comput adora entered in this way. 18. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the input device comprises a QWERTY keyboard. 19. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step to assign no more than a single computer recognizable code comprises assigning no more than a single computer recognizable code to all the input elements associated with a plurality of letters. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises determining the term of a word and adding a space after the term of the word. 21. The method according to claim 20, characterized in that the step for determining the term of a word includes the actuation of an actuation mechanism. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises the steps for defining a new word to be stored in the word list in response to a designated function key that is selected, where a new word is defined when all the words are displayed. letters associated with selected input elements and allow the operator to select the displayed letters to form the new word to be stored in the word list. 23. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises allowing the operator to select a series of letters displayed and eliminate all the series of letters displayed not selected. The method according to claim 23, characterized in that a series of letters is displayed in an initial line, and additional series of letters are displayed outside the initial line 25. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that the step to allow the operator to select displayed series comprises selecting the series of letters displayed on the initial line when selecting a space. 26. The method according to the claim 25, characterized in that it further comprises allowing the user to delay the selection of series of letters displayed for a group of words and to subsequently select series of letters displayed for the group of words, one word at a time. 27. The method according to the claim 26, characterized in that it further comprises indicating with an insertion pointer a position in the text during the selection of displayed letter series, by moving the insertion pointer manually or automatically from one word to a next word as the selection of the word is made. operator The method according to claim 26, characterized in that the group of words includes a phrase, paragraph, page or document. 29. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that the step to allow the operator to select displayed series comprises moving one of the series of letters additional to the initial line and selecting a space. 30. The method according to claim 29, characterized in that the space selection selects the series of letters in the initial line, eliminates all the series of unselected letters, and inserts a space after the series of selected letters. 31. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that the step to allow the operator to select displayed series comprises displaying a numeric text in each series of letters and selecting the number associated with the series of letters desired. 32. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that it further comprises delaying the selection of series of letters displayed after the selection of a designated function key. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises highlighting a displayed word and displaying a list of synonyms or antonyms for the highlighted word. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises allowing the operator to define the input elements so that only one letter is assigned to each input element after the selection of a designated function key. 35. A method for entering letters of an alphabet using a system including a computer having a memory storage, a display device and an input device that includes a plurality of input elements selectable by the operator, characterized by the method because it comprises: assigning the letters of an alphabet to a set of input elements in such a way that at least one of the input elements is associated with a plurality of letters; assigning no more than a single computer-recognizable code to at least one of the input elements associated with a plurality of letters; storing in memory storage a list of words having words formed from the letters of the alphabet, also including the list of word series of one or more unique codes recognizable by computer, each series associated with a word; generate a unique code recognizable by computer for each input element selected by the operator to form series of unique codes generated recognizable by computer; search the list of words for a word or words associated with the series of unique codes generated recognizable by computer as each input element is selected by the operator; and visualize on the display device the series of letters as each entry element is selected and that the letter or letters are added to a previous entry and searched in such a way that the displayed letters correspond to the words found by the Search step in the word list. 36. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that an audible or visual alert indicates that no word is located as a result of the search. 37. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that the step to assign unique computer recognizable codes further comprises assigning no more than a single computer recognizable code to each input element associated with a single letter. 38. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that the step to display comprises displaying a letter, letters, series of letters, word or words that correspond to the series of unique generated codes recognizable by computer. 39. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that it comprises the step to detect an input element selected by the operator, and to generate a unique code recognizable by computer for each input element selected by the operator. 40. The method according to claim 39, characterized in that it further comprises the step for storing the detected input element in the memory storage. 41. The method according to the rei indication 35, characterized in that it also comprises the step to eliminate the unselected letters of the screen to the. 42. A method for inputting the letters of an alphabet using a system including a computer having a memory storage, a display device and an input device that includes a plurality of input elements selectable by the operator, characterized by the method because it comprises: assigning the letters of an alphabet to a set of input elements in such a way that at least one of the input elements is associated with a plurality of letters; assigning no more than a single computer-recognizable code to at least one of the input elements associated with a plurality of letters; generate a unique code recognizable by computer for each input element selected by the operator; display in the visualization device all the letters associated with the selected input element such that for each selected input element, one of the displayed letters is displayed on an initial line and the remaining displayed letters are displayed under the initial line; and allow the operator to move any of the letters displayed on the initial line. 43. The method according to claim 42, characterized in that it also comprises the step to select all the letters in the initial line and eliminate from the screen all the series, words and / or letters not selected. 44. The method according to claim 43, characterized in that it further comprises the step for displaying, for each input element selected by the operator, each letter associated with the input element selected in the initial line. 45. The method according to claim 42, characterized in that it further comprises the step for detecting an input element selected by the operator, wherein the generation step comprises generating a unique computer recognizable code for each detected input element selected by the user. operator 46. The method according to claim 45, characterized in that it further comprises the step for storing the detected input element in the memory storage. 47. The method according to claim 42, characterized in that it also comprises the step to eliminate unselected letters from the screen. 48. The method according to claim 45, characterized in that if no letter or series of correspondence is located as a result of the search, the operator selects between changing one of the selected input elements, locating a word in the word list, adding a new word to the list of words and visualize the letters without correspondence. 49. The method according to claim 35, characterized in that the step to determine the term of a word includes the actuation of an actuation mechanism. 50. The method according to claim 42, characterized in that the step for determining the term of a word includes the actuation of an actuation mechanism. 51. A method for entering letters of an alphabet using a system including a computer having a memory storage, a display device, and an input device that includes a plurality of input elements selectable by the operator, characterized by method because it comprises: assigning the letters of an alphabet to a set of input elements in such a way that at least one of the input elements is associated with a plurality of letters; assigning no more than a single computer-recognizable code to at least one of the input elements associated with a plurality of letters; • 5 generate a unique code recognizable by computer for each input element selected by the operator; display, immediately as each entry element is selected by the operator, each letter or letters associated with the • selected input element, in which a first letter is displayed on an initial line and one or more second letters are displayed outside the initial line; 15 allow the operator to move one of the second letters to the initial line; and selecting, in response to the operator selecting a next entry element, the letter in the initial line and eliminating all the unselected letters from the screen and repeating the steps for generating, visualizing and enabling each input element selected by the user. operator. 52. The method according to claim 25 51, characterized in that it further comprises: storing in memory storage a list of words having words formed from letters of the alphabet, also including the list of words a series of one or more recognizable unique codes by computer, associated each series with a word; generate a unique code recognizable by computer for each input element selected by the operator and form a series of unique codes recognizable by computer; search the word list, as each entry element is selected by the operator, and locate at least one word associated with a series of unique computer-recognizable codes that have initial series of unique computer-recognizable codes the same as the series of unique computer-generated generated codes; Y. wherein the step to display only displays the letters associated with a series of computer recognizable codes stored in the memory storage as a result of the search. 53. The method according to claim 51, characterized in that it further comprises the step for detecting an input element selected by the operator, wherein the generation step comprises generating a unique code recognizable by computer for each input element selected by the operator . 54. The method according to claim 53, characterized in that it further comprises the step for storing the detected input element in the memory storage. 55. The method according to claim 53, characterized in that it also comprises the steps for eliminating unselected letters from the screen. 56. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that it further comprises selecting a series of letters displayed in a first line below the initial line when selecting a first selection key. 57. The method according to claim 56, characterized in that the first selection key automatically inserts a space after the series of selected letters. 58. The method according to claim 51, characterized in that the step to determine the term of a word includes the performance • of an action mechanism. 59. A method for entering the letters of an alphabet using a computer that has a display device, storage of memory and input elements selectable by the operator, including the • method assigning more than one letter to at least one input element in such a way that it may result in more than one series of letters from individual series of elements 15 selected input, store words in memory storage, and display on the display device, as an operator selects each input element that forms the input element series 20 selected, those series of letters for which there is a correspondence between the words stored in the memory storage for the sequences of letters associated with the input elements of 25 this way selected. 60. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that it further comprises displaying series of letters associated with the selected input elements corresponding to a word or words stored in the memory storage and selecting one of the displayed words. 61. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that when a correspondence is found in the memory storage, the series of letters associated with the input elements selected by the operator are removed from the screen, for which no correspondence was found. with the words in memory storage when the operator subsequently selects an input element. 62. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that it further comprises defining a new word and storing the new word in the memory storage. 63. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that at least one of the input elements is associated with a single letter. 64. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that most of the input elements are associated with no more than two letters. 65. The method according to the claim 59, characterized in that all the input elements are associated with two letters. 66. The method according to the claim 59, characterized in that the step to assign comprises allocating vowels alphabetically in the input elements most adjacent to one another in alphabetical order and the consonants are placed in such a way that the vowels and consonants are substantially in alphabetical order. 67. The method according to the claim 59, characterized in that if there are no words placed in the memory storage formed by the series of selected input elements, then each of the letter or letters associated with each selected input element is displayed. 68. The method according to the claim 67, characterized in that it further comprises selecting the letters displayed to form a word not previously stored in the memory storage and storing that word in the memory storage. 69. The method according to claim 68, characterized in that it also comprises appending the letter or letters associated with input elements subsequently selected only for the series of letters previously selected and displaying those series appended to selected letters. 70. The method according to the claim 59, characterized in that the step to visualize comprises viewing in a dynamic window. 71. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that a correspondence is found when the letters associated with the input element (s) are read in this manner, correspond to the letter or letters of a word stored in memory storage in an identical order, starting correspondence with a letter associated with the first selected input element of the selected series of input elements through a last selected input element of the selected series of input elements. 72. The method according to claim 71, characterized in that if an input element is associated with more than one letter, each letter corresponds separately. 73. The method according to the claim 59, characterized in that if a correspondence is found in the memory storage, then each letter associated with an input element subsequently selected separately is appended to each series of letters displayed immediately before the selection of the subsequently selected input element, and are displayed in the display device the series of letters associated with the input elements selected in this way. 74. The method according to claim 59, characterized by if there are no words located in the memory storage formed by the selected series of input elements., then one or more series of closer letters are displayed. 75. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that it further comprises selecting one of the series of displayed letters and eliminating the unselected series of letters of the display device. 76. The method according to claim 75, characterized in that it further comprises the review in the display device of the series of unselected letters eliminated. 77. The method according to claim 75, characterized in that it further comprises appending the letter or letters associated with the input elements subsequently selected only for the previously selected series of letters and displaying those series appended to selected letters. 78. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that it also comprises selecting one of the displayed letter series, eliminating the unselected series from the screen, and also attaching the selected input elements only for the selected series of letters. 79. The method according to the rei indication 75, characterized in that a series of letters are selected by default after the operator selects a spacebar or punctuation mark. 80. The method according to the rei indication 79, characterized in that a space is inserted • 5 automatically after displaying the series of selected letters by default. 81. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that one of the series of letters displayed is displayed in a line 10 initial, and the other series of displayed letters are displayed in successive rows below the starting line. 82. The method according to claim 81, characterized in that a series of letters 15 displayed below the start line can be moved to the start line. 83. The method according to the claim • 81, characterized in that it also comprises displaying an adjacent number for each series 20 of letters displayed below the initial line and select a series of letters by selecting the number adjacent to the series of letters. 84. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that it also comprises adding a space after the series of selected letters and eliminating from the screen the series of unselected letters. 85. The method according to claim 83, characterized in that it also comprises removing from the screen the series of unselected letters. 86. The method according to claim 81, characterized in that it further comprises selecting a series of letters displayed in a first line under the initial line when selecting a first selection key. 87. The method according to claim 86, characterized in that the first selection key automatically inserts a space after the series of selected letters. 88. The method according to claim 86, characterized in that the first selection key automatically adds a space after the series of selected letters only when the selected series of letters comprise more than one letter. 89. The method according to claim 81, characterized in that the operator can move a letter or series of letters from the lower part of the initial line to the initial line. 90. The method according to claim 96, characterized in that it further comprises selecting a series of letters displayed in a second line below the initial line when selecting a second selection key. 91. The method according to claim 81, characterized in that it also comprises the step to allow the operator to select one of the series of letters displayed. 92. The method according to claim 91, characterized in that it also comprises adding a space after the series of selected letters. 93. The method according to claim 91, characterized in that it also comprises selecting a series of letters when using a mouse. 94. The method according to the claim 91, characterized in that it further comprises the step to allow the operator to enter a delay mode in which a selection of a series of letters is delayed. 95. The method according to claim 94, characterized in that the delay mode allows the operator to edit a series of previously selected letters. 96. The method according to the claim • 91, characterized in that the series of letters displayed in the initial line is based on statistical use. 97. The method according to claim 96, characterized in that the statistical use is based on a certain number of possible words associated with a series of letters selected in this way. 98. The method according to claim 96, characterized in that the statistical use 15 provides that after a consonant is selected by the operator, a vowel has a higher priority than another consonant. • 99. The method according to claim 96, characterized in that the statistical use 20 provides that after a vowel is selected by the operator, a consonant has a higher priority than another vowel. 100. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that the step to assign 25 comprises assigning indicators to the input elements, showing the indicators which finger is to be placed in each input element. 101. The method according to claim 81, characterized in that the series of letters displayed in the initial line is selected by default after the entry of a space bar, punctuation mark or selection of an entry key. 102. The method according to claim 101, characterized in that the series of letters displayed on the initial line is selected by default after the operator selects a spacebar or punctuation mark. 103. The method according to the claim 102, characterized in that it also comprises the step of adding a space after the series of selected letters, by the selection of the space bar, punctuation mark or input element selection key. 104. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that if no series of letters possibly forms a word, then each letter associated with each input element of the selected series of input elements is displayed, either from the beginning of the series of letters or from the last input element selected in the series of letters associated with a possible word in memory storage. 105. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that none of the words displayed is a desired word, then each letter associated with each input element of the selected series of input elements is displayed, either from the beginning of the series of letters or from the last entry element selected in the series of letters associated with a possible word in memory storage. 106. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that when no correspondence is found, a displayed letter is selected for each of the selected input elements to form a word. 107. The method according to claim 106, characterized in that it further comprises storing the word formed in the memory storage. The method according to claim 104, characterized in that for each selected input element one of the letters displayed in an initial line is displayed and the remaining letters are displayed in the successive rows below the initial line. 109. The method according to claim 108, characterized in that the operator can move any of the letters displayed to the initial line. 110. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that the step to assign comprises assigning more than one letter to at least one input element so that more than one possible word can be obtained as a result of a simple series of input elements. selected. 111. The method according to claim 59, characterized in that the step to determine the term of a word includes the actuation of an actuation mechanism. 112. A method for entering words characterized in that it uses a computer having a display device, storage of memory and input elements selectable by the operator, at least one input element selectable by the operator associated with more than one letter of a alphabet, the method comprising selecting input elements, displaying the series of letters as each input element is selected even though more than one letter may be associated with one of the selected input elements, and when more than one letter is displayed series of letters, select one of the visualized sequences of letters when entering a single input element. 113. A method for enabling text formed from the letters of an alphabet, to be created using a word processing system that includes a computer having a memory storage, a display device and an input device that includes a plurality of input elements selectable by the operator, the method characterized in that it comprises: defining a set of plural input elements, assigning a plurality of letters of an alphabet to the input elements of the set such that at least one of the input elements is associated with a plurality of letters, assigning no more than one input element code to at least one of the input elements associated with a plurality of letters, storing in the storage memory the words formed from letters of the alphabet and word codes, each of the word codes formed from a series of one or more codes of input elements, each of the word codes associated with at least one of the words, detecting at least one input element selected by the operator, creating a word code formed from a series of one or more input element codes, associating each entry element code with each selected entry element, searching for memory storage and locating all complete word codes associated with each word code created as well as full word codes including at least an initial portion of each word code created, display on the display device the words associated with each complete portion and each initial portion of the word code created, located in the memory storage, and select one of the words as a desired input to the word processor with word codes created from the selected initial portion, displayed on your tot ality when it was selected as a desired word code. 114. A method for enabling text formed from the letters of an alphabet to be created using a word processing system that includes a computer having a memory storage, a display device and an input device that includes a plurality of elements input signals selectable by the operator, the method characterized in that it comprises: defining a set of plural input elements, assigning a plurality of letters of an alphabet to the input elements of the set such that at least one of the input elements is find associated with a plurality of letters, assign no more than one input element code to at least one of the input elements associated with a plurality of letters, store in the memory storage the words formed from letters of the alphabet and word codes, each of the word codes formed from a series of one or more codes of input elements, each of the word codes associated with at least one of the words, detect at least one input element selected by the operator, create a word code formed from a series of one or more element codes input, associating each input element code with each input element being selected, searching for memory storage and locating at least one complete word code that has at least an initial portion of each word code created, displayed on the device display a number of letters equal to the number of selected input elements of words associated with the created word code, located in the memory storage, select one of the words as a desired word processor entry, and display the selected word In its whole . 115. A method for enabling text formed from letters of an alphabet to be created using a word processor system that includes a computer having a memory storage, a display device and an input device that includes a plurality of elements of speech. input selectable by the operator, characterized in that the method comprises: defining a set of plural input elements, assigning a plurality of letters of an alphabet to the input elements of the set such that at least one of the input elements is associated with a plurality of letters, assign no more than one input element code to at least one of the input elements associated with a plurality of letters, store in the memory storage the words formed from letters of the alphabet and codes of words, formed each of the word codes from a series of one or more codes of the input elements, associated each of the word codes with at least one of the words, detecting at least one input element selected by the operator, creating a word code formed from a series of one or more input element codes, associating each input element code with each selected input element, searching the storage of memory and locating at least one complete word code having at least an initial portion of each word code created, displaying on the display device a number of letters equal to the number of selected input elements of words associated with the code of created words located in the memory storage, as well as displaying a sequence of selected input elements even if memory storage is omitted, selecting one of the sequences of input elements as a desired word processor input, and displaying the selected sequence of input elements. SUMMARY A speed typing method and apparatus having multiple letters (Figure 1) associated with each key (52) of a keyboard (50). When using the multiple characters on each key (52), the number of keys (52) will be less than the number of letters in the alphabet used by this system (100) (for example, less than 26 letter keys for the English alphabet) ). Each key (52) on the keyboard (52) is associated with a numerical code. The system (100) uses the numerical code associated with a typed word to access a dictionary or table of words stored in the memory (12) in a memory location corresponding to the input numeric code. The system can display all the words available to the user in response to the entry code. The user then selects one of the available words to be placed in the document. Alternatively the system (100) allows the display of one or more preferred words. The keys (52) of the keyboard (50) can be contoured so that the user senses the position of their hand relative to the keys of the keyboard. The typing system (100) is also implemented by an input device installed on the fingers that has switches. The input device installed on the fingers can also be used in conjunction with one or more input selection panels. • The panels have keys which are selectable by the user in conjunction with the switches.