3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: continuing processing of the current character input upon occurrence of a finalization event, wherein the finalization event includes at least one of a detection of another input by a different input key within a predetermined period of time after the current input, and an expiration of the predetermined period of time after the current input without detecting another input.
1. A method comprising: detecting one or more character inputs in a first character alphabet as a preceding character string, the preceding character string corresponding to one or more valid characters in a second alphabet according to a transliteration operation; detecting a current character input in the first character alphabet following input of the preceding character string; determining, via a processor, whether the current character input is an ambiguous input; and selectively suspending processing of the current character input by the transliteration operation.