INPUT/CONVERSION DEVICE FOR CHARACTER AND THE LIKE IN WORD PROCESSOR AND THE LIKE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute simple and speedy input/conversion operations and to speed up the input/conversion operations by a beginner, and intermediate/ advanced learners by providing a keyboard for input by means of English characters required for inputting/converting Japanese characters by arranging ten consonant keys where consonants are individually represented and five vowel keys where vowels are individually represented. SOLUTION: The consonant keys 29 where ten consonants of H, K and M are individually represented are arranged in the arranging parts of the input key 1 inputting/converting the Japanese characters by using Kana (Japanese syllabary) 2 and the vowel keys 30 where the five vowels of A and the like are individually represented are arranged. For inputting the Japanese characters W Roman characters, they are inputted by using the consonant keys 29 and the vowel keys 30. For inputting voiced consonant and half-voiced consonant by using the consonant keys 29 and the vowel keys 30, a voiced consonant key 18 car a half-voiced consonant key 19 are inputted together. For inputting 'GA', for example, the voiced consonant key 18 is depressed and K and A keys are inputted.