Input Devices
Input devices allow us to enter data into the computer system –Mouse –Keyboard –Graphics Tablet –TrackPad –Touch-sensitive screen - Scanner - Digital Camera - Webcam - Microphone - Joystick
Used to point and select
Used to enter text and numbers
Used to draw freehand using a hand held pointer on a board
Track Pad User moves finger over plate to control movement of pointer on the screen Left Click Right Click
A screen with sensitive areas on it The user presses these areas to input instructions
Used to control actions usually when playing a game
Used to enter printed text or graphics Hand Held ScannerFlatBed Scanner Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Software is used to scan text
Used to take photos and store them digitally for transfer onto a computer
Used to record moving pictures and store them (on videotape, or a DVD, or a memory card)
Used to allow sound to be input
Small digital video camera used to capture and send images/video across the internet
User wears a headset and data gloves to interact with a digital (pretend/virtual) world. The input device is the data gloves. Credit