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34 Section 5: Entering Text
Section 5
Selecting Text Input Mode
Therearefourdifferentcharacterinputmethodsavailable.
Theyare:
•
Block Recognizer
•
Keyboard
•
Letter Recognizer
•
Transcriber
Eachofthesemethodsallowyoutoinputalphanumeric
characters and symbo lsintothei830.In additionto the input
methods,thereisWordCompletionandotheroptions
associatedwiththeinputselected.
ToaccesstheInputsettings:
1.
Tap Start located in the upper left corner of the screen.
2.
Tap Settings.
3.
Tap the Personal tab.
4.
Tap the Input icon.
Block Recognizer
Thisinputmethodusesthetraditionalwritingareaboxsplitin
themiddle.Theleftsideisusedtowritelettersandtheright
sideisfornumberentry.Symbolsandcommonfunctionsare
locatedinothersmallerboxeslocatedtotherightofthewriting
boxarea.Thereareno
optionsassociatedwiththistypeof
inputmethod.
Keyboard
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Keyboard
Thisinputmethoddisplaysanon‐screenkeyboardthatcanbe
usedtoinputcharactersbytappingthescreenusingthestylus.
Thekeyboardentrymethodhasthefollowingoptions:
•
Large Keys
•
Small Keys
•
Use gestures for the following keys and remove them from the key-
board.
Toselectlargerorsmallerkeys,simplytapthebuttonnextto
thedesiredoption.
Thegesturesfeatureallowsyoutoreplacekeysusedonthe
keyboardforspace,backspace,shift+key,andenterbydrawing
agestureormotion.Thelargekeyoptionmustbeselectedfor
thisoptiontobe
available.
Letter Recognizer
Thisoptionallowsyoutoentertextusingyourown
handwriting.Thescreenisdividedintothreedifferentareas.
Acapitolletterarea,smallletterarea,andanumberarea.
Charactersareenteredbyprintinglettersineacharea.The
characteristhenanalyzedandtypedonthescreen
automatically.The
followingoptionsareassociatedwiththis
method:
•
Quick stroke
•
Right to left crossbar
•
Allow accented characters