Data Entry Devices Split and tilted keyboards –Normal keyboards require the hands bend outward (Figure 11-22) –This can lead to tenosynovitis and eventually CTS –People become accustomed to the designs quickly, and prefer them Handwritten and Gestural Data Entry –The technology has become possible for computers to translate handwriting into computer text –At present, it is slow and more error- prone –Gestural inputs have been used for text-editing tasks –Figure 11- 24 –When successfully implemented, gestural inputs are faster than those with a keyboard Keyboards
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