9. The process of claim 2 , further comprising: presenting a collection buffer including, for each segment into which the sequence of key presses has been allocated, a preferred one of said recognized entries spelled out by the key presses of said segment; only for a first one of the segments in order of the sequence, performing operations comprising: presenting a selection list including some alternative dictionary entries spelled out by key presses of the first segment; presenting a list of some logographic Chinese text items phonetically represented by the preferred recognized entry corresponding to the first segment; responsive to receiving user selection of one of the presented logographic Chinese text items, entering the selected item into a displayed output buffer and removing from the collection buffer the letters corresponding to the first segment; responsive to receiving user selection of an entry from the selection list, revising the collection buffer to remove the preferred recognized entry for the first segment and to add the selected entry, and revising the list of logographic Chinese text items to present logographic Chinese text items representing the selected entry.
9. The process of claim 2 , further comprising: presenting a collection buffer including, for each segment into which the sequence of key presses has been allocated, a preferred one of said recognized entries spelled out by the key presses of said segment; only for a first one of the segments in order of the sequence, performing operations comprising: presenting a selection list including some alternative dictionary entries spelled out by key presses of the first segment; presenting a list of some logographic Chinese text items phonetically represented by the preferred recognized entry corresponding to the first segment; responsive to receiving user selection of one of the presented logographic Chinese text items, entering the selected item into a displayed output buffer and removing from the collection buffer the letters corresponding to the first segment; responsive to receiving user selection of an entry from the selection list, revising the collection buffer to remove the preferred recognized entry for the first segment and to add the selected entry, and revising the list of logographic Chinese text items to present logographic Chinese text items representing the selected entry. 10. The process of claim 9 , further comprising identifying the preferred entries by applying predetermined criteria as to historical use.