Stenographic translation system

Claim 2

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 predetermined identifier rule set to define complete words in the language format.

Claim 3

A steno translator system for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predetermined stenographic methodology comprising: stroke symbol means for providing a sequence of lexical stroke symbols; 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, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, the chart entries in the scan chart memory being selected as those whose translation is a literal translation according to a predefined reference chart, the stored language part for each chart entry in the scan chart memory defining the literal translation of the stroke entry according to the reference chart, comparing means for applying each lexical stroke symbol to the scan chart memory to find a match between the lexical stroke symbol and a combination of one or more chart entries, and means for combining the translations of the chart entries combined to match the stroke symbol to define a stroke symbol translation; and means for combining the stroke symbol translations of the lexical stroke symbols according to a predetermined identifier rule set to define complete words in the language format.

Claim 4

A steno translator system for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predetermined stenographic methodology comprising: stroke symbol means for providing a sequence of lexical stroke symbols; 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, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, the chart entries in the scan chart memory being selected as those whose translation is a literal translation according to a predefined reference chart, the stored language part for each chart entry in the scan chart memory defining the literal translation of the stroke entry according to the reference chart, comparing means for applying each lexical stroke symbol to the scan chart memory to find a match between the lexical stroke symbol and a combination of one or more chart entries, and means for combining the translations of the chart entries combined to match the stroke symbol to define a stroke symbol translation; and means for combining the stroke symbol translations of the lexical stroke symbols according to a predetermined identifier rule set to define complete words in the language format.

Claim 5

A steno translator system for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology, the lexical stroke symbols 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 plurality of subparts in accordance with predetermined grouping criteria, each subpart having an identified grouping criterion associated therewith; 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 entires, the list comprising a plurality of sublists, the chart entries in each sublist selected to conform to one of the grouping criteria, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, translation means comprising comparing means for comparing each subpart of a lexical stroke symbol against the sublist having the conforming grouping criterion associated therewith to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the sublist defining the translation for that subpart of the lexical stroke symbol, and means for combining the translation of all the subparts of a lexical stroke symbol to define a stroke symbol translation; and means for combining the stroke symbol translations of the lexical stroke symbols according to a predetermined identifier rule set.

Claim 6

A steno translator system for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology, the lexical stroke symbols 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 plurality of subparts in accordance with predetermined grouping criteria, each subpart having an identified grouping criterion associated therewith; 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 entires, the list comprising a plurality of sublists, the chart entries in each sublist selected to conform to one of the grouping criteria, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, translation means comprising comparing means for comparing each subpart of a lexical stroke symbol against the sublist having the conforming grouping criterion associated therewith to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the sublist defining the translation for that subpart of the lexical stroke symbol, and means for combining the translation of all the subparts of a lexical stroke symbol to define a stroke symbol translation; and means for combining the stroke symbol translations of the lexical stroke symbols according to a predetermined identifier rule set.

Claim 7

The steno translator system of claim 1 or 2 or 3 wherein the processor means further comprises: an exception dictionary memory for storing a list of dictionary entries, each dictionary entry comprising a subsequence of at least one lexical stroke symbol and an associated language part defining a translation of the subsequence for each dictionary entry; and searching means for comparing selected subsequences of lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means, according to a predefined searching methodology, first against dictionary entries to identify a match, said match defined as a subsequence translation, and if no match is located in the exception dictionary memory next applying individual lexical stroke symbols to the scan chart memory to define a stroke symbol translation.

Claim 8

The steno translator system of claim 1 or 2 or 3 further comprising: means for defining each stroke symbol translation, derived from the scan chart memory as a suffix, prefix or word root by applying the predefined identifier rule set to the lexical stroke symbol.

Claim 9

The steno translator system of claim 5 wherein the means for combining comprises: means for combining a stroke symbol translation defined as a suffix with the stroke symbol translation of the immediately preceding stroke symbol translation in accordance with a first predefined language rule set; and means for combining each stroke symbol translation next succeeding a lexical stroke symbol in accordance with a second predefined language rule set.

Claim 10

The steno translator system of claim 1 wherein the stroke symbol means comprises: a steno keyboard having a plurality of keys for generating the lexical stroke symbols in response to manual depression of the keys; a printer coupled to the steno keyboard for printing a written representation of each generated lexical stroke symbol; a visual display coupled to the steno keyboard for displaying a visual prepresentation of each generated lexical stroke symbol; and storage means coupled to the steno keyboard for receiving and storing the lexical stroke symbols generated by the steno keyboard.

Claim 11

The steno translator system of claim 4 wherein the exception dictionary memory comprises: a personal dictionary memory; a job dictionary memory; a fix dictionary memory; and a master dictionary memory, the hierarchy of searching through the exception dictionary memory by the translator means being first the personal dictionary memory, next the job dictionary memory, next the fix dictionary memory and next the master dictionary memory.

Claim 12

The steno translator system of claim 1 wherein the stroke symbol means comprises a recording means for storing the lexical stroke symbols in the order generated and selectively outputting the lexical stroke symbols in accordance with said order.

Claim 13

The steno translator system of claim 1 wherein the stroke symbol means comprises means for generating a series of stroke symbols, the series including the sequence of lexical stroke symbols, each being from a defined set of lexical stroke symbols, and at least one control stroke symbol, each from a defined set of control stroke symbols, difference from the set of lexical stroke symbols, defining an instruction set for controlling operation of the steno translator system; and the processor means further comprises means for identifying the stroke symbols as either lexical stroke symbols or control stroke symbols and applying the control stroke symbols for controlling operation of the translator system.

Claim 14

The steno translator system of claim 10 further comprising utilization means coupled to the processor means to receive and utilize the translated language parts, the processor means further coupled for controlling the operation of the utilization means in response to the application of control stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means.

Claim 15

The steno translator system of claim 11 wherein the utilization means is a word processor.

Claim 16

The steno translator system of claim 11 wherein the utilization means is a voice synthesizer.

Claim 17

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.

Claim 18

The steno translator system of claim 1 wherein the character set further comprises a flag symbol and wherein the vowel sublist includes a sublist of short vowels and wherein the means for combining the stroke symbol translation comprises: means for associating a first flag with the stroke symbol translation of each lexical stroke symbol which includes a flag symbol character, means for associating a second flag with the stroke symbol translation of each lexical stroke symbol having a left consonant part; means for associating a third flag with the stroke symbol translation of each lexical stroke symbol having a vowel part which is a short vowel; means for associating a fourth flag with the stroke symbol translation of each lexical stroke symbol having both a vowel part and a right consonant part; and means for defining the stroke symbol translation as a suffix, prefix or word root in response to the associated settings of the first flag, second flag, third flag and fourth flag.

Claim 19

The steno translator system of claim 15 wherein the identifier rule set comprises: ______________________________________ Firstflag Secondflag Thirdflag Fourthflag I.D. ______________________________________ not set not set not set not set invalid not set not set not set set prefix not set not set set not set invalid not set not set set set suffix not set set not set not set word not set set not set set word not set set set not set prefix not set set set set word set not set not set not set invalid set not set not set set prefix set not set set not set invalid set not set set set prefix set set not set not set invalid set set not set set prefix set set set not set word set set set set prefix ______________________________________

Claim 20

The steno translator system of claim 4 wherein the processor means further comprises: means for altering the exception dictionary comprising: means for generating a first control stroke symbol different from a lexical stroke symbol, the processor means being responsive to the first control stroke symbol to enable alteration access to the exception dictionary; means for entering a selected language part; means for generating a second control stroke symbol to define the end of the entered selected language part; means for entering a subsequence of at least one lexical stroke symbol defined to correspond to the entered language part; means for generating a predefined third control stroke symbol to define completion of the entering of lexical stroke symbols; and means for storing the entered language part and the corresponding entered lexical stroke symbols in the exception dictionary means in association with each other.

Claim 21

The steno translator system of claim 15 or 16 wherein the character set further comprises a defined double symbol and the defined vowel sublist is further defined to include a sublist of vowels whose translation ends in a "Y" character and wherein the means for defining the stroke symbol translation comprises: means for doubling the last letter of the stroke symbol translation when the lexical stroke symbol includes a double symbol; and means for selectively altering the stroke symbol translation when the lexical stroke symbol includes a vowel whose translation ends in a "Y" character.

Claim 24

The method of claim 19 comprising the further steps of: combining each language part identified as a suffix with the immediately preceding language part in accordance with a first predefined language rule set; and combining each language part identified as a prefix with the immediately following language part in accordance with a second predefined language rule set.

Claim 25

The method of claim 19 wherein the step of generating the series of lexical stroke symbols comprises the step of manually depressing a steno keyboard in accordance with the predefined stenographic stroking format.

Claim 26

The method of claim 19 or 20 further comprising the steps of: generating a list of stroke subsequences, each subsequence comprising at least one lexical stroke symbol, each subsequence having associated therewith a language part defining a translation of the subsequence; applying the series of lexical stroke symbols first to the list of subsequences to identify any unique matches between a combination of at least one lexical stroke symbol, the language part associated with the uniquely matched subsequence defining the translation of the combination of lexical stroke symbols; the step of selecting a set of lexical stroke symbols for application to the contents of the scan chart comprising the step of selecting all lexical stroke symbols for which no match exists in the list of subsequences.

Claim 27

The method of claim 22 comprising the further steps of: segregating the list of stroke subsequences into a fix dictionary, a personal dictionary, a job dictionary, and a master dictionary, and independently arranging the stroke subsequences in each of the fix, personal, job and master dictionaries in accordance with the predefined stroke subsequence order the step of applying the series of lexical stroke symbols comprising the steps of searching sequentially and in order through the personal dictionary, the job dictionary, the fix dictionary, and the master dictionary to find a match between a stroke subsequence in the dictionary and a generated stroke subsequence.

Claim 28

The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of: manipulating the stroke symbol translation in a utilization means in response to the application of control stroke symbols different from the defined lexical stroke symbols.

Claim 35

The method of claim 25 further comprising: storing a list of exception dictionary entries, each exception dictionary entry comprising a subsequence which includes at least one lexical stroke symbol and an associated language part defining a translation of the subsequence of that exception dictionary entry; and comparing subsequences of lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means, first against the dictionary entries to identify a match, said match defined as a subsequence translation, and if no match is located in the exception dictionary memory, next applying individual lexical stroke symbols to the scan chart memory to define stroke symbol translations.

Claim 36

The method of claim 25 or 26 or 27 further comprising: categorizing each stroke symbol translation, derived from the scan chart memory, as a suffix, prefix or word part by applying the predefined identifier rule set to the lexical stroke symbol.

Claim 37

The method of claim 29 wherein the step of combining comprises the steps of: combining each stroke symbol translation defined as a suffix with the stroke symbol translation of the immediately preceding stroke symbol translation in accordance with a first predefined language rule set; and combining each stroke symbol translation of the next succeeding stroke symbol in accordance with a second predefined language rule set.

Claim 38

The method of claim 25 further comprising the steps of: generating a series of stroke symbols including the step of generating the sequence of lexical stroke symbols, from a set of lexical stroke symbols, and the step of generating at least one control stroke symbol, from a defined set of control stroke symbols, the control stroke symbols being different from the set of lexical stroke symbols, the control stroke symbols defining an instruction set for controlling operation of a steno translator system; and identifying the stroke symbols as either lexical stroke symbols or control stroke symbols and applying the control stroke symbols for controlling operation of the steno translator system.

Claim 39

The method of claim 31 further comprising the steps of using a stenographic keyboard to generate the series of stroke symbols and controlling the operation of a utlization means interconnected to the steno translator system in response to depression of the keys on the stenographic keyboard to generate control stroke symbols.

Claim 40

The method of claim 28 further comprising the step of selectively altering the composition of the list of the exception dictionary entries comprising the substeps of: (a) generating a predefined first control stroke symbol, to enable alteration access to a memory in which the exception dictionary entries are stored, (b) entering a selected language part; (c) generating a predefined second control stroke symbol to define the end of the entered language part; (d) entering a plurality of lexical stroke symbols selectively defined to correspond to the entered language part; (e) generating a predefined third control stroke symbol to define the end of the entered lexical stroke symbols; and (f) storing the entered language part and the corresponding entered lexical stroke symbols in the memory in association with each other.

Claim 41

The steno translator system of claim 25 wherein the step of comparing the left consonant part against the left consonant sublist occurs first, the step of comparing the vowel/right consonant part against the vowel/right consonant list occurs next, and the step of comparing the vowel against the vowel sublist occurs last and then only if there is no right consonant part of the lexical stroke symbol.

Claim 42

The method of claim 25 wherein the character set further comprises a flag symbol and at least a sublist of the vowels are defined as short vowels and wherein the step of combining the stroke symbol translation comprises: associating a first flag with the stroke symbol translation of each lexical stroke symbol which includes a flag symbol character; associating a second flag with the stroke symbol translation of each lexical stroke symbol having a left consonant part; associating a third flag with the stroke symbol translation of each lexical stroke symbol having a vowel part which is a short vowel; associating a fourth flag with the stroke symbol translation of each lexical stroke symbol having a vowel part and a right consonant part; and defining the stroke symbol translation as a suffix, prefix, or word in response to the associated settings of the first flag, second flag, third flag and fourth flag.

Claim 43

The method of claim 35 wherein the step of defining the stroke symbol translation as a suffix, prefix, or word comprises applying the following identifier rule set: ______________________________________ Firstflag Secondflag Thirdflag Fourthflag I.D. ______________________________________ not set not set not set not set invalid not set not set not set set prefix not set not set set not set invalid not set not set set set suffix not set set not set not set word not set set not set set word not set set set not set prefix not set set set set word set not set not set not set invalid set not set not set set prefix set not set set not set invalid set not set set set prefix set set not set not set invalid set set not set set prefix set set set not set word set set set set prefix ______________________________________

Claim 44

The method of claim 35 or 36 wherein the character set further comprises a double symbol and the sublist of vowels further includes a sublist of vowel characters whose translation has a "Y" ending, and wherein the step of combining the stroke translation comprises: doubling the last letter of the stroke symbol translation when the lexical stroke symbol includes a double symbol, and selectively altering the stroke symbol translation when the lexical stroke symbol includes a vowel from the sublist of "Y" ending vowels, the alteration occurring according to a predefined set of alteration rules.

Claim 45

The steno translation system of claim 4 further comprising: means for defining each stroke symbol translation, derived from the scan chart memory as a suffix, prefix or word root by applying the predetermined identifier rule set to the lexical stroke symbol.

Claim 46

The steno translation system of claim 38 wherein the means for combining comprises: means for combining a stroke symbol translation defined as a suffix with the stroke symbol translation of the immediately preceding stroke symbol translation in accordance with a first predefined language rule set; and means for combining each stroke symbol translation next succeeding a lexical stroke symbol in accordance with a second predefined language rule set. .Iadd.

Claim 47

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 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 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 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. .Iaddend. .Iadd.

Claim 48

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 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 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 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. .Iaddend. .Iadd.

Claim 49

A steno translator system for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology comprising: stroke symbol means for providing a sequence of lexical stroke symbols; 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, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, the chart entries in the scan chart memory being selected as those whose translation is a liberal translation according to a predefined reference chart, the stored language part for each chart entry in the scan chart memory defining the literal translation of the stroke entry according to the reference chart; comparing means for applying each lexical stroke symbol to the scan chart memory to find a match between the lexical stroke symbol and a combination of one or more chart entries to define a stroke symbol translation; and means for combining the translation of the chart entries combined to match the stroke symbol to define a stroke symbol translation. .Iaddend. .Iadd.42. A steno translator system for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology, the lexical stroke symbols 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 plurality of subparts in accordance with predefined grouping criteria, each subpart having an identified grouping criterion associated therewith; 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 plurality of sublists, the chart entries in each sublist selected to conform to one of the grouping criteria, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, translation means comprising means for comparing each subpart of a lexical stroke symbol against the sublist having the conforming grouping criterion associated therewith to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the sublist defining the translation for that subpart of the lexical stroke symbol; and means for combining the translation of all the subparts of a lexical stroke

Claim 50

A steno translator system for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology comprising: stroke symbol means for providing a sequence of lexical stroke symbols; 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, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, the chart entries in the scan chart memory being selected as those whose translation is a liberal translation according to a predefined reference chart, the stored language part for each chart entry in the scan chart memory defining the literal translation of the stroke entry according to the reference chart; comparing means for applying each lexical stroke symbol to the scan chart memory to find a match between the lexical stroke symbol and a combination of one or more chart entries to define a stroke symbol translation; and means for combining the translation of the chart entries combined to match the stroke symbol to define a stroke symbol translation. .Iaddend. .Iadd.42. A steno translator system for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology, the lexical stroke symbols 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 plurality of subparts in accordance with predefined grouping criteria, each subpart having an identified grouping criterion associated therewith; 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 plurality of sublists, the chart entries in each sublist selected to conform to one of the grouping criteria, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, translation means comprising means for comparing each subpart of a lexical stroke symbol against the sublist having the conforming grouping criterion associated therewith to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the sublist defining the translation for that subpart of the lexical stroke symbol; and means for combining the translation of all the subparts of a lexical stroke

Claim 51

symbol to define a stroke symbol translation. .Iaddend. .Iadd.43. A method for translating lexical stroke symbols consisting of at least one character comprising the steps of: defining a stenographic stroking format whereby lexical stroke symbols are defined by a plurality of stroke parts, each part having predefined characteristics associated therewith; generating a scan chart including a list of stroke parts, each stroke part having associated therewith a language part defining a translation of the stroke part, the format being such as to enable individual stroke symbols, translated by reference to the scan chart, to be categorized as a suffix, a word root or a prefix by reference to the predefined characteristics of the stroke parts of the lexical stroke symbol and by further reference to the presence or absence of a particular stroke part in a lexical stroke symbol, and by application of a predefined stroke part identifier rule set; generating a series of lexical stroke symbols according to the predefined stenographic stroking format; selecting a set of the generated lexical stroke symbols for application to the contents of the scan chart; and identifying and combining the language parts of the stroke parts of each lexical stroke symbol in the selected set to define a stroke symbol

Claim 52

symbol to define a stroke symbol translation. .Iaddend. .Iadd.43. A method for translating lexical stroke symbols consisting of at least one character comprising the steps of: defining a stenographic stroking format whereby lexical stroke symbols are defined by a plurality of stroke parts, each part having predefined characteristics associated therewith; generating a scan chart including a list of stroke parts, each stroke part having associated therewith a language part defining a translation of the stroke part, the format being such as to enable individual stroke symbols, translated by reference to the scan chart, to be categorized as a suffix, a word root or a prefix by reference to the predefined characteristics of the stroke parts of the lexical stroke symbol and by further reference to the presence or absence of a particular stroke part in a lexical stroke symbol, and by application of a predefined stroke part identifier rule set; generating a series of lexical stroke symbols according to the predefined stenographic stroking format; selecting a set of the generated lexical stroke symbols for application to the contents of the scan chart; and identifying and combining the language parts of the stroke parts of each lexical stroke symbol in the selected set to define a stroke symbol

Claim 53

translation. .Iaddend. .Iadd.44. A method 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 set comprising consonants and vowels, the method comprising the steps of: generating 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; applying the lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means to a processor comprising the steps of: storing a selected list of chart entries in a scan chart memory, 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; comparing the left consonant part of a selected lexical stroke symbol against the left consonant sublist to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the left consonant sublist defining a left consonant translation; comparing the vowel part of the selected lexical stroke symbol, each 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; comparing the combined vowel part and right consonant part of the selected lexical stroke symbol 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 combining the left consonant, vowel and vowel/right consonant translations to define a stroke symbol translation derived from the scan chart memory. .Iaddend. .Iadd.45. A method for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology comprising: generating a sequence of lexical stroke symbols; applying the lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means to a processor comprising the steps of: storing a selected list of chart entries in a scan chart memory, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, the chart entries in the scan chart memory being selected as those whose translation is a literal translation according to a predefined reference chart, the stored language part for each chart entry in the scan chart memory defining the literal translation of the stroke entry according to the reference chart; applying each lexical stroke symbol to the scan chart memory to find a match between the lexical stroke symbol and a combination of at least one chart entry; and combining the translations of the chart entries matching the stroke symbol

Claim 54

translation. .Iaddend. .Iadd.44. A method 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 set comprising consonants and vowels, the method comprising the steps of: generating 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; applying the lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means to a processor comprising the steps of: storing a selected list of chart entries in a scan chart memory, 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; comparing the left consonant part of a selected lexical stroke symbol against the left consonant sublist to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the left consonant sublist defining a left consonant translation; comparing the vowel part of the selected lexical stroke symbol, each 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; comparing the combined vowel part and right consonant part of the selected lexical stroke symbol 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 combining the left consonant, vowel and vowel/right consonant translations to define a stroke symbol translation derived from the scan chart memory. .Iaddend. .Iadd.45. A method for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology comprising: generating a sequence of lexical stroke symbols; applying the lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means to a processor comprising the steps of: storing a selected list of chart entries in a scan chart memory, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, the chart entries in the scan chart memory being selected as those whose translation is a literal translation according to a predefined reference chart, the stored language part for each chart entry in the scan chart memory defining the literal translation of the stroke entry according to the reference chart; applying each lexical stroke symbol to the scan chart memory to find a match between the lexical stroke symbol and a combination of at least one chart entry; and combining the translations of the chart entries matching the stroke symbol

Claim 55

to define a stroke symbol translation. .Iaddend. .Iadd.46. A method for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology, the lexical stroke symbols defined by at least one character from a character set comprising consonants and vowels, the method comprising: generating a sequence of lexical stroke symbols, each lexical stroke symbol defined by at least one of a plurality of subparts in accordance with predefined grouping criteria, each subpart having an identified grouping criterion associated therewith; applying the lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means to a processor means comprising: storing a selected list of chart entries in a scan chart memory, the list comprising a plurality of sublists, the chart entries in each sublist selected to conform to one group criterion, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, comparing means for comparing each subpart of a lexical stroke symbol against the sublist having the grouping criterion conforming to that of the subpart associated therewith to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the sublist defining the translation for that subpart of the lexical stroke symbol; and combining the translation of all subparts of a lexical stroke symbol to define stroke symbol translation. .Iaddend.

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to define a stroke symbol translation. .Iaddend. .Iadd.46. A method for translation of lexical stroke symbols to language format in accordance with a predefined stenographic methodology, the lexical stroke symbols defined by at least one character from a character set comprising consonants and vowels, the method comprising: generating a sequence of lexical stroke symbols, each lexical stroke symbol defined by at least one of a plurality of subparts in accordance with predefined grouping criteria, each subpart having an identified grouping criterion associated therewith; applying the lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means to a processor means comprising: storing a selected list of chart entries in a scan chart memory, the list comprising a plurality of sublists, the chart entries in each sublist selected to conform to one group criterion, each chart entry having stored in association therewith a language part defining a translation of the chart entry, comparing means for comparing each subpart of a lexical stroke symbol against the sublist having the grouping criterion conforming to that of the subpart associated therewith to find a match, the language part associated with the matched member of the sublist defining the translation for that subpart of the lexical stroke symbol; and combining the translation of all subparts of a lexical stroke symbol to define stroke symbol translation. .Iaddend.