A data entry system using a number of different input signals provided by
interacting with input means such as keys wherein to at least some of the
different input signals a number of symbols including substantially all
of the letters of the alphabet of one language are distributively
assigned such that at least two of the letters are ambiguously assigned
to at least one of the some input signals. The data entry system includes
a database of words and uses a word predictive system such that in order
to enter a word of the database the user provides a first input
information consisting of providing the input signals corresponding to
the characters, generally the letters, of the word, and an additional
input information corresponding to at least one of the characters of the
word and its corresponding input signal provided through the first input
information, and wherein the system precisely recognizes the character
among the ambiguous characters assigned to the input signal and provides
a word of the dictionary that corresponds to the first and the additional
input information.