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Input Devices
- Concept keyboard
- Each button on a concept keyboard relates to a
particular item or function. Buttons can be labelled
with text or a picture. Fast food restaurants often
use concept keyboards because very little training is
needed to operate them and they're efficient - a
single button can order an entire meal
- Each button on a concept keyboard relates to a
particular item or function. Buttons can be labelled
with text or a picture. Fast food restaurants often
use concept keyboards because very little training is
needed to operate them and they're efficient - a
single button can order an entire meal
- Trackball
- Used as an alternative to a mouse. To operate
it the user rotates the ball which moves the
pointer on screen. They are particularly easy
to use for those with limited movement in
their hands
- Used as an alternative to a mouse. To operate
it the user rotates the ball which moves the
pointer on screen. They are particularly easy
to use for those with limited movement in
their hands
- Joystick
- Joysticks used to be popular with gamers but have slowly
been replaced by other types of game controller. In
construction, joysticks are used to control machinery such
as cranes.
- Joysticks used to be popular with gamers but have slowly
been replaced by other types of game controller. In
construction, joysticks are used to control machinery such
as cranes.
- Digital camera
- A digital camera takes pictures and can usually
record video too. The pictures it takes and the
videos it records are stored in files.
- A digital camera takes pictures and can usually
record video too. The pictures it takes and the
videos it records are stored in files.
- Microphone
- Microphones are used to
input sound. In computing
they can be used with
voice recognition software
and a word processing
application to enter text.
Webcams commonly have
microphones built-in too.
- Microphones are used to
input sound. In computing
they can be used with
voice recognition software
and a word processing
application to enter text.
Webcams commonly have
microphones built-in too.
- Scanner
- A scanner can be
used to digitise
images. They're
similar to a
photocopier but they
make a digital copy
instead of a physical
copy.
- A scanner can be
used to digitise
images. They're
similar to a
photocopier but they
make a digital copy
instead of a physical
copy.
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