Computer-assisted transcription apparatus
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1. A data processor system, said data processor system including an alphanumeric character data entry device and a display screen, and said data being representative of words from a predetermined set of alphanumeric vocabulary words, comprising:
- A. storage means for storing vocabulary data representative of said vocabulary words, and for storing associated frequency data representative of a predetermined frequency of occurrence for each of said vocabulary words,B. list means responsive to the entry of a succession of characters by said data entry device on a character by character basis for determining a succession of ordered lists of candidate words from said vocabulary words, each word in said list having an initial character sequence corresponding to the succession of characters entered at said data entry device, wherein said candidate words in said list are ordered in decreasing order of frequency of occurrence as determined by said stored frequency data,C. display means for displaying at least a portion of said list on said display screen, andD. entry means for selecting one of the candidate words from said list.
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A system for entering data to a data processor, such as a word processor. The system stores a set of vocabulary words in a storage device, and may assign frequency data values to each word in the vocabulary. A display list based on the stored reference vocabulary words is generated, and displayed in a ranked order based on the assigned frequency values, in response to the keyboard entry of data, or characters, by the user.
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1. A data processor system, said data processor system including an alphanumeric character data entry device and a display screen, and said data being representative of words from a predetermined set of alphanumeric vocabulary words, comprising:
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A. storage means for storing vocabulary data representative of said vocabulary words, and for storing associated frequency data representative of a predetermined frequency of occurrence for each of said vocabulary words, B. list means responsive to the entry of a succession of characters by said data entry device on a character by character basis for determining a succession of ordered lists of candidate words from said vocabulary words, each word in said list having an initial character sequence corresponding to the succession of characters entered at said data entry device, wherein said candidate words in said list are ordered in decreasing order of frequency of occurrence as determined by said stored frequency data, C. display means for displaying at least a portion of said list on said display screen, and D. entry means for selecting one of the candidate words from said list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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