Patent Document ID: 4724285
Application ID: 06942068

Base Claim:
1. A steno translator system for translating lexical stroke symbols into language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology, each lexical stroke symbol defined by at least one character from a character set comprising consonants and vowels, the system comprising: stroke symbol means for providing a sequence of lexical stroke symbols, each lexical stroke symbol defined by at least one of a left consonant part comprising at least one consonant character, a vowel part comprising at least one vowel character, and a right consonant part comprising at least one consonant character; processor means coupled for receiving the lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means, comprising: a scan chart memory for storing a selected list of chart entries, the list comprising a left consonant sublist, a vowel sublist and a vowel/right consonant sublist, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry; and translator means comprising comparing means for comparing the left consonant part of selected lexical stroke symbols having a left consonant part against the left consonant sublist to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the left consonant sublist defining a a left consonant translation, comparing the vowel part of selected lexical stroke symbols having a vowel part but no right consonant part against the vowel sublist to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the vowel sublist defining a vowel translation, and comparing the combined vowel part and right consonant part of selected lexical stroke symbols having a right consonant part against the vowel/right consonant list to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the vowel/right consonant sublist defining a vowel/right consonant translation; and means for combining the left consonant, vowel and vowel/right consonant translations to define a stroke symbol translation from the scan chart memory; and means for combining the stroke symbol translations of the lexical stroke symbols according to a predefined identifier rule set to define complete words in the language format.

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Claim 14:
14. The steno translator system of claim 1 wherein the means for comparing comprises means for comparing the left consonant part against the left consonant sublist first, comparing the vowel/right consonant part against the vowel/right consonant list next, and comparing the vowel against the vowel sublist last and then only if there is no right consonant part of the lexical stroke symbol.