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Chapter 5: Input Methods
The Dai-E zhuyin keyboard arrayFigure 5-9.
More detailed information about Dai-E can be found in a book coauthored by Timothy
Huang, entitled An Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing (World Sci-
entic Publishing, 1989).
Kana Keyboard Arrays
e keyboard arrays discussed in this section have kana imprinted on their keys. One
word of caution, though: simply because such keyboard arrays are considered standard
doesn’t mean that they have been widely accepted in the Japanese marketplace. Like the
QWERTY array in the West, the Japanese have a similar keyboard array called the JIS
array—one that is not very ecient, yet is the most commonly used and learned.
JIS array
e standard designated JIS X 6002-1985, Keyboard Layout for Information Processing
Using the JIS 7 Bit Coded Character Set ( jōhō shori kei kenban
hairetsu), species what is known as the JIS keyboard array (JIS JIS hairetsu).
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keyboard array is the most widely used in Japan (aer the QWERTY array, that is) and
can be found with almost every computer system sold there. is standard also denes
that the QWERTY array be superimposed on the keys of the keyboard. Incidentally, this
is how one accesses numerals.
e JIS array is not terribly ecient ...