Hi, It might be worth reusing/reimplementing SCIM or other multilingual dictionary system (http://www.jw-stumpel.nl/stestu.html) instead of T9. I have used SCIM with Gnome on Ubuntu Linux to convert pinyin to mandarin. I think SCIM also plays nice with X, and I assume it would not be too difficult to make it convert "number-speak" to English. So, the hardest part would probably be building the dictionary, and getting the whole thing to build and fit on the phone.
Regards. _bowerman > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Openmoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:17:13 +0200 > Subject: Re: Keypad for fingers, not stylus > Hi, > > Regarding T9 - I know it's a problematic area, but I'll try to figure > something out - and that solution is hopefully not patented :-). > > The modularization of an eventually dictionary is a good suggestion, > although it depends on quite a lot, e.g. word-lists, data structures with > words and so on. I won't promise anything here in the beginning, but I'll > certainly keep such architectural considerations in mind. > > Regards, > Mikkel > > Jim McDonald skrev: > > Tommi Virtanen wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:57:22AM +0200, Openmoko wrote: > >> > >>> So far I've only implemented the very basics, e.g. to write a "c" > three > >>> pushed on one butten is required. I've also plans for implementing a > >>> dictionary, e.g. T-9 or an alternative: the most common words appear > >>> based > >>> on the already entered letters (if "ba" entered manually by pressing a > >>> sequence such as (22,22,2) then the phone should propose for example > >>> "banana"). > >>> > >> > >> Do remember that T9 is patented, you'll need to make it different > >> enought that it isn't derived from T9. I'd suggest starting with > >> fresh ideas. > >> > > > > And also if you are making a dictionary system it would be great if it > > was standalone rather than integrated in to your own specific input > > system. That way every other input system that is written can use it > > with little effort (and more importantly without writing their own). > > > > Cheers, > > Jim. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > >
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