Patent ID: 6351726
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G06F,G09B

Abstract:
A method for translating Braille input into characters of a multi-byte language in a computer system having the Braille input and having a database of entries containing mappings of Braille to phrases containing at least one character of the multi-byte language, comprising the steps of:attempting to match the Braille input to at least one of the entries in the database to translate the Braille input into the multi-byte language; when the Braille input does not match at least one of the entries, reducing the Braille input by an amount sufficient to represent a character and attempting to match the reduced Braille input to at least one of the entries in the database; and when the reduced Braille input does not match at least one of the entries in the database, repeatedly performing said reducing step until the reduced Braille input matches at least one of the entries in the database to translate the reduced Braille input into the multi-byte language.