Relaxation-based word identification for removing the ambiguity in phonetic Chinese input

[[abstract]]The fact that there exists a large number of homonyms in Chinese characters is a problem for the phonetic input method which favored by most casual users for Chinese input into computers. A new approach to solving the problem is proposed. The input method is regarded as a process of assigning syllables to words. The proposed approach makes use of the fact that little or even no ambiguity exists in determining the characters in a multi-syllabic word. The formation relationships among the words in an input sentence are utilized to perform a relaxation-based word identification process. An advantage of the approach is that once the composing words of the sentence are identified, the desired characters are also correctly selected