Romanized Thai input method editor

Abstract

Thai language is derived from Bali-Sanskrit which is a language based on sounds and tones. Foreigners need to converse using Thai. The phonology of this language causes mapping from one system of writing into another and data control to be complicated. The calibrating of sounds from one language into a workable writing system called transcription as opposed of transliteration, which maps the letters of the source script to letters pronounced similarly in the target script. This paper proposes a new algorithm, which allows users to use Roman characters to transliterate into some specific Thai words. As a result of this study, Thai Romanized Input Method Editor is a transliteration system when implemented has a success rate of up to 90%–10% being lost from different spelling or ambiguous of language.