How Roman conversion works

From typing romaji to kanji-kana text

How Roman conversion works From typing romaji to kanji-kana text you type romaji kana appear as you type Nothing is converted yet. The text does not jump around while you keep typing on a pause, collect spellings for that reading candidates add the spellings you have chosen before candidates score them against the surrounding text scores close call: let a second AI decide Skipped when one candidate is clearly ahead, which keeps it fast chosen spelling kanji-kana text appears While you type Collecting spellings Choosing and showing You · typing romaji · Sequence participant You typing romaji Roman · Japanese input · Sequence participant Roman Japanese input Dictionaries · spellings for a reading · Sequence participant Dictionaries spellings for a reading What it learned · spellings you chose · Sequence participant What it learned spellings you chose AI scoring · fit with context · Sequence participant AI scoring fit with context AI decision · close calls only · Sequence participant AI decision close calls only Legend main conversion path what comes back only when the top two are close exchange

No conversion key

  • • Kana appear as you type; conversion happens when your hands pause
  • • No conversion key and no space bar needed
  • • Press space only when you want to see other candidates

How it chooses

  • • Dictionaries and what it learned from you supply the spellings
  • • AI scores them against the surrounding text and picks the best fit
  • • A second AI steps in only when the top two are close

All on your Mac

  • • Dictionaries, learning and AI all run on your own Mac
  • • What you type is never sent over the internet
  • • What it learns stays on your Mac