Patent Document ID: 20080114590
Application ID: 11558542
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device, said handheld electronic device including an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a linguistic source stored on a memory, said input apparatus having a number of input members with at least some of said input members each having a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto with at least a portion of said number of linguistic elements including a non-diacritical version assigned thereto and a diacritical version assigned thereto, the method comprising: detecting an input of text into said handheld electronic device; responsive to detecting an input of text, outputting as a first output said text; detecting as a linguistic element input a number of input member actuations comprising an actuation of one of said input members having assigned thereto both said non-diacritical version and said diacritical version; employing said linguistic source to make a determination that said text has a predetermined characteristic; responsive to said employing said linguistic source, identifying as a preferred output a linguistic output from among a plurality of linguistic outputs that correspond with said linguistic element input; and outputting as a second output said preferred output.