Type, Click and Talk: Unit 3

Unit 3
Type, click and talk

Read the description of input devices and then label the pictures
(1- 8) with words from the text.
Input devices are the pieces of hardware which allow us to enter information
into the computer. The most common are the keyboard and the mouse. We
can also interact with a computer by using one of these: a light pen, a
scanner, a trackball, a graphics tablet, a game controller or a microphone.
Describing functions and features
 for + gerund
This is a device for controlling the cursor and selecting items on the screen.
FUNCTIONS
 used + to + infinitive
It's used to control
 relative pronoun + verb
This is a device which controls ...
 relative pronoun + used + to + infinitive
This is a device which/that is used to control
 work by + gerund
 It works by detecting light from the computer screen.
An optical mouse has an optical sensor instead of a ball underneath.
FEATURES
It usually features two buttons and a wheel.

You can connect it to a USB port.
A wireless mouse works/operates without cables.
It allows the user to answer multiple-choice questions and...
MOUSE ACTIONS
A mouse allows you to (1)…………………. the cursor and move around the screen
very quickly. Making the same movements with the arrow keys on the keyboard
would take much longer. As you (2) ……………… the mouse on your desk, the pointer
on the screen moves in the same direction.The pointer usually looks like an l-bar,an
arrow, or a pointing hand, depending on what you are doing.
A mouse has one or more buttons to communicate with the computer. For
example, if you want to place the insertion point or choose a menu option, you just
(3) ………….. (press and release) on the mouse button, and the option is chosen.
The mouse is also used to (4) …………….. text and items on the screen. You can
highlight text to be deleted, copied or edited in some way.
The mouse is widely used in graphics and design. When you want to move an
image, you position the pointer on the object you want to move, press the mouse
button, and (5) …………….. the image to a new location on the screen. Similarly, the
mouse is used to change the shape of a graphic object. For example, if you want to
convert a square into a rectangle, you (6) ……………. one corner of the square and
stretch it into a rectangle.
The mouse is also used to start a program or open a document: you put the
pointer on the file name and (7) ………………………… on the name - that is, you rapidly
press and release the mouse button twice.
Speech recognition systems
A. Listen to an interview with Anne Simpson, an expert in voice input
technologies and tick () the features she mentions.
Speech recognition systems:
 need a good sound card and a microphone.
 can take dictation with accuracy.
 allow you to create and compile a computer program.
 allow you to execute programs and navigate around menus using voice
commands.
 allow you to surf the Web by speaking.
 allow you to design graphics.
B. Listen again and answer these questions.
1. What do people usually use to communicate with a computer?
2. How do you get the best results from speech recognition software?
3. What rate of accuracy is possible with the software?
4. How can you train the software to be more accurate?
5. What kinds of words aren't in the software's dictionary?
6/ Speech recognition systems
A Listen to an interview with Anne Simpson, an expert in voice input
technologies and tick () the features she mentions.
Speech recognition systems:
 need a good sound card and a microphone.
 can take dictation with accuracy.
 allow you to create and compile a computer program.
 allow you to execute programs and navigate around menus using
voice commands.
 allow you to surf the Web by speaking.
 allow you to design graphics.
6/ Speech recognition systems
B Listen again and answer these questions.
1. What do people usually use to communicate with a computer?
2. How do you get the best results from speech recognition software?
3. What rate of accuracy is possible with the software?
4. How can you train the software to be more accurate?
5. What kinds of words aren't in the software's dictionary?
homework
 3A
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