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The document discusses various input devices, primarily focusing on keyboards, mice, and alternative input methods. It highlights different keyboard layouts (Alphanumeric, Dvorak, QWERTY), types of mice (mechanical, optical, touchpad), and other input technologies like stylus, eye gaze, and speech recognition. Each input method has its characteristics, advantages, and limitations, catering to different user needs and preferences.

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The document discusses various input devices, primarily focusing on keyboards, mice, and alternative input methods. It highlights different keyboard layouts (Alphanumeric, Dvorak, QWERTY), types of mice (mechanical, optical, touchpad), and other input technologies like stylus, eye gaze, and speech recognition. Each input method has its characteristics, advantages, and limitations, catering to different user needs and preferences.

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1- keyboard

Input Devices A – keyboards


The keyboard is still one of the most
common input devices in use today . It
Text Entry Devices issued for entering textual data and
commands.
Characteristic of Alphanumeric Layout
• 26 letters of the alphabet laid out in alphabetical order
Alphanumeric • keys arranged in alphabetic order
Layout • not faster for trained typists
• not faster for beginners either!
Characteristic of Dvorak Layout
- common letters under dominant fingers
Dvorak Layout - biased towards right hand
- common combinations of letters alternate between hands
- 10-15% improvement in speed and reduction in fatigue
Characteristic of QWERTY layout
- non-alphanumeric keys are placed differently
-accented symbols needed for different scripts
- QWERTY arrangement not optimal for typing
QWERTY Layout - large social base of QWERTY typists
- Put frequently used letter pairs far apar
B- Chord keyboards
- only a few keys - four or 5
- letters typed as combination of keypresses reflect letter shape
- compact size
- ideal for portable applications
- short learning time
- fast once you have trained
BUT - social resistance, plus fatigue after extended use
NEW – niche market for some wearable
C -Special keyboards

• designs to reduce fatigue for RSI


• for one handed use
EX. the Maltron left-handed keyboard
3 - Numeric keypads
- for entering numbers quickly:
- calculator, PC keyboard
- for telephones
not the same!! *ATM like phone
2- The Mouse

* Movement of mouse (x, y)


- Handheld pointing device
- very common
- easy to use
- planar movement
- buttons
- requires physical space
- no arm fatigue
Type of mouse
A- Mechanical
– Ball on underside of mouse turns as mouse is moved
– Can be used on almost any flat surface
B- Optical
light emitting diode on underside of mouse
C- Touchpad
Touchpads are touch-sensitive tablets, operated by
sliding the finger over it and are mostly used in
notebook computers.
D-Trackball and thumbwheel
a trackball is an upside-down mouse: instead of
moving the device itself, the ball is rolled to move
the cursor.
E-Joystick
There are two types of joysticks: absolute
sticks, in which the position of the cursor
corresponds to the position of the joystick
in its base, and isometric sticks, in which
the pressure on the stick (in a certain
direction) controls the velocity of the
cursor in that direction
F-Touch-sensitive screens (touchscreens)
Touchscreens detect the position of the
user’s finger or stylus on the screen .
They work by having the finger/stylus
interrupting a matrix of light beams
G-foot mouse
* controlling mouse movement with feet …
foot controls are common elsewhere:
– car pedals
– sewing machine
– piano pedals
3- Stylus and light pen Stylus

– small pen-like pointer to draw directly on


screen
– may use touch sensitive surface or magnetic
detection
– used in PDA, tablets PCs and drawing
tables
– Light Pen uses light from screen to detect
location
4- Eye gaze
Eye gaze or eye tracking is a way of accessing
your computer or communication aid using a
mouse that you control with your eyes. The eye
tracker follows your eyes with amazing
accuracy to see where you are looking on the
screen. You can then select the item you are
looking at by dwelling (staring at the screen for
a length of time), blinking or clicking with a
switch
• Four keys (up, down, left, right) on keyboard.
• Very, very cheap, but slow.
5- Cursor keys • Useful for motion for text- editing tasks.
• No standardized layout, but inverted “T”, most
common
6- Speech
Speech recognition still does not match the
fantasy of science fiction:
- Background noise problematic
- Variations in user speech performance
impacts effectiveness
- Discrete word recognition
- Recognize individual words spoken by a
specific ( Speaker-dependent training, in which
the user repeats the full vocabulary once or
twice)
- Been successful in enabling bedridden,
paralyzed, or otherwise disabled people

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