Everything about Japanese input method

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Japanese input methodA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: The Conspirators HierarchyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Read the landmark paper: Evaluation of Japanese Green Tea Extract Using GC/O with Original Aroma Simultaneously Input to the Sniffing Port Method (OASIS)Cited 36 times
4. Go sideways: Language input keysA closely related topic
5. Go sideways: Thumb-shift keyboardA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Evaluation of Japanese Green Tea Extract Using GC/O with Original Aroma Simultaneously Input to the Sniffing Port Method (OASIS)

  Shoji HATTORI, Hitoshi TAKAGAKI, Takane FUJIMORI · 2003 · Food Science and Technology Research · 36 citations

• Hybrid method for modeless Japanese input using N-gram based binary classification and dictionary

  Yukino Ikegami, Setsuo Tsuruta · 2014 · Multimedia Tools and Applications · 2 citations

• Evaluation method for the Japanese Kanji dictionary using frequency information －For knowledge base kanji input syetem－

  Yukio Hori, Masaya Ikemura · 2001 · Proceedings of Annual Conference, Japan Society of Information and Knowledge · 0 citations

• A Study for Relation between Performance of Input Method for Mobile-phone in Japan and Capacity of Japanese Working Memory

  R. HOSAKA, K. HEI-ANNA, S. HOSONO · 2004 · Journal of Life Support Engineering · 0 citations

• 1P1-F07 R&D of the Japanese Input Method with eye-control and evaluation with NIRS for users with disabilities

  Shinji KOTANI, Kazuhiro OHGI, Hiromi WATANABE · 2010 · The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
• Intelligent Technologies and Engineering SystemsJengnan Juang · 2013
• Cross-Cultural Design. Methods, Practice, and Case StudiesP. L. Patrick Rau · 2013
• Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Modalities and TechniquesMasaaki Kurosu · 2013
• Second language acquisition and task-based language teachingMichael H. Long · 2015
• 📕The Use of Thermodynamic Databases in Performance AssessmentOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development · 2002
• International encyclopedia of human geographyN. J. Thrift, Rob Kitchin · 2009

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