1. Input Devices

2. 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

3. Used to point and select

4. Used to enter text and numbers

5. Used to draw freehand using a hand held pointer on a board

6. Track Pad User moves finger over plate to control movement of pointer on the screen Left Click Right Click

7. A screen with sensitive areas on it The user presses these areas to input instructions

8. Used to control actions usually when playing a game

9. Used to enter printed text or graphics Hand Held ScannerFlatBed Scanner Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Software is used to scan text

10. Used to take photos and store them digitally for transfer onto a computer

11. Used to record moving pictures and store them (on videotape, or a DVD, or a memory card)

12. Used to allow sound to be input

13. Small digital video camera used to capture and send images/video across the internet

14. User wears a headset and data gloves to interact with a digital (pretend/virtual) world. The input device is the data gloves. Credit