1. An input-output typing machine for selecting and printing desired ideographs from a list of available ideographs comprising means for storing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of the commonly used names of the ideographs and for storing information representing a descriptive characteristic of each ideograph in the list of available ideographs to uniquely identify each available ideograph, means for inputing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of a desired ideograph, means for inputing information representing the descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph, means for comparing the information representing the phonetic spelling and descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph with the stored information of the available ideographs, means for selecting the desired ideograph based on the stored information and the input information and means for visually reproducing the selected ideograph thereby permitting the use of a conventional keyboard by a person without special training to uniquely identify and print each desired ideograph.
1. An input-output typing machine for selecting and printing desired ideographs from a list of available ideographs comprising means for storing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of the commonly used names of the ideographs and for storing information representing a descriptive characteristic of each ideograph in the list of available ideographs to uniquely identify each available ideograph, means for inputing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of a desired ideograph, means for inputing information representing the descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph, means for comparing the information representing the phonetic spelling and descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph with the stored information of the available ideographs, means for selecting the desired ideograph based on the stored information and the input information and means for visually reproducing the selected ideograph thereby permitting the use of a conventional keyboard by a person without special training to uniquely identify and print each desired ideograph. 15. The machine of claim 1 wherein the descriptive characteristic includes the names of parts of the ideographs and the descriptive information includes the phonetic spelling of said names.