Patent ID: 8286104

Claim:
A method, comprising: displaying, at a touch-sensitive display, a plurality of characters in a corresponding plurality of selectable objects, wherein each character represents a distinct consonant included in a language script; receiving, at the touch-sensitive display, a touch selection of a first selectable object displaying a first character from the plurality of selectable objects, the touch selection being received at a location on the touch-sensitive display at which the first selectable object is displayed; and in response to receiving the touch selection: subsequent to the selection of the first selectable object, precluding selection of each of the other selectable objects from the plurality of selectable objects that display other characters from the plurality of characters displayed in the touch sensitive display during a gesture input that is dependent on the touch selection; detecting the gesture input within a region of the touch sensitive display that displayed the first selectable object and at least one other selectable object from the plurality of selectable objects; selecting a vowel marker based at least in part on an association of the gesture input with one or more vowel markers; and displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, an updated representation of the first character based at least in part on the selected vowel marker.