14. The one or more computer storage media of claim 9 , wherein the selection area further includes one or more characters that are associated with the symbol selected.
9. One or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method, the method comprising: displaying a selection area of a mobile device including a plurality of symbols, wherein each of the plurality of symbols is a phonetic representation of one or more characters; receiving a user selection of a symbol of the plurality of symbols; and upon receiving the user selection of the symbol, replacing a first set of keys of the selection area with a plurality of tone keys, wherein each of the plurality of tone keys is associated with a tone marker.