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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1987
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An electronic typewriter or a word processor with a spelling check function for speedier typing comprises a keyboard, a dictionary memory, a spelling checker, alarm means for issuing an alarm when the input word is determined to be incorrectly spelled, proper noun determination means for determining whether the input word is a proper noun and skip means for not activating the alarm means when the input word is determined to be a proper noun. The input word is determined to be a proper noun when the first letter is an upper case letter and the input word is not a first word in a sentence, or when the input word is composed of upper case letters and the preceding words are not composed of upper case letters.