Hardware and Software

Hardware and Software

1. Hardware

   • Hardware for physically disabled
     • Puff-suck
       • Either suck or puff on the tube to use it. Specialist software converts it into the computer
     • Braille printer
       • Prints out braille, Raised dots on a paper used for blind people to read.
     • Microphone
       • A microphone is used for people who find it hard to type. The user speaks clearly into the mic and it converts it to text ion the computer
   • Input and Output Devices
     • Input
       • Mouse
         • Used as a pointer and clicker. A mouse is used to point at what you want and to select it with the click function.
       • Keyboard
         • Used to type out commands and also words used to communicate.
       • Web camera
         • Can be used as a pointer and clicker such as an Xbox Kinect
     • Output
       • Printer
         • It can turn words from a computer into words on a page.
       • Speaker
         • Can be used to convert music on your computer to music that everyone can hear. Can also be used to speak the words you have just typed.
       • Moniter
         • Shows you what you are doing on your computer. It displays everything that you have open.