Touch Screens and Touch-sensitive pad
Kiosk A kiosk, which is a freestanding computer, usually includes a touch screen.
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Touch Screen
A touch screen is a touch-sensitive display device. Touch screens that recognize multiple points of contact at the same time are known as multi-touch.
Because touch screens require a lot of arm or hand movements, you do not enter large amounts of data using a touch screen. Instead, users touch words, pictures, numbers, letters, or locations identified on the screen. Microsoft Surface
A recently developed touch screen, called Microsoft Surface, is a 30-inch tabletop display that allows one or more people to interact with the screen using their fingers or hands. The Microsoft Surface display also allows devices that are not digital, such as an everyday paintbrush, to be used as an input device.
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Touch-sensitive pad
Portable media players that do not have touch screens typically have a touch-sensitive pad, which is an input device that enables users to scroll through and play music, view pictures, watch videos or movies, adjust volume, and/or customize settings
For example, users rotate a Click Wheel to browse through a portable media player’s song, picture, or movie lists and press the Click Wheel’s buttons to play or pause media, display a menu, and perform other actions. |
Pen Input
With pen input, you touch a stylus or digital pen on a flat surface to write, draw, or make selections.
The flat surface may be a screen on a monitor or mobile device, a signature capture pad, or a graphics tablet |
Stylus A stylus is a small metal or plastic device that looks like a tiny ink pen but uses pressure instead of ink. (a)
Digital pen
A digital pen, which is slightly larger than a stylus, typically provides more functionality than a stylus, featuring electronic erasers and programmable buttons. (b)
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