| Computers have evolved in the last few | | | | without even realizing it! |
| decades from archaic scientific calculators | | | | |
| with lots of strange symbols on the buttons | | | | If you are new to the world of computers and |
| to point and click machines that a four year | | | | do not have or want to use voice commands, |
| old could master. People still claim to be | | | | what about touch commands? Touch command |
| 'computer illiterate' these days but such | | | | software means you can touch objects on the |
| people probably have not investigated the new | | | | monitor to tell the computer what to do. This |
| types of machines. You no longer have to | | | | kind of system is used a lot in ATM machines, |
| program a computer to get a response and | | | | known as ATM kiosks, around the world. They |
| machines are extremely user-friendly these | | | | are also used in health monitoring systems |
| days. Spending just thirty minutes with a | | | | and at employment centers. |
| computer could probably turn the most | | | | |
| self-confessed 'computer illiterate' into | | | | You do not need either a keyboard or a mouse |
| someone who understands how to get around the | | | | for a touch command enabled computer. You |
| internet, find new friends in chat rooms and | | | | just need to touch the boxes on the screen to |
| find all kinds of interesting information | | | | tell that computer what you want it to do. |
| online. | | | | The programming which makes it respond is |
| | | | advanced and sophisticated, but for the |
| To use a computer nowadays, you need to learn | | | | person using the touch screen, it is an easy |
| how to turn the machine on, push a few | | | | system to master. |
| buttons and use a mouse. Computers of this | | | | |
| generation nearly seem to run themselves! | | | | When we are talking about operating |
| These thousand dollar computers require very | | | | computers, we usually mean more than touching |
| little knowledge from the part of the user. | | | | screens or talking on the phone, but this |
| | | | does prove how far computer technology has |
| If you do not want to use a keyboard or | | | | come in only a few decades. Computers are so |
| mouse, you can set a computer up to be voice | | | | much more user-friendly now too. You will |
| activated. You can purchase voice command | | | | eventually need to learn how to use a mouse |
| software which lets you speak to the machine | | | | and keyboard if you want to get a home |
| and tell it what to do. This is very new | | | | computer, work with a cash register or |
| technology that is still being developed, but | | | | booking system, but it is fine to try out |
| is already being used in some consumer | | | | easier ways first to familiarize yourself and |
| service systems. | | | | get more confident. |
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| When you last paid a bill over the phone, did | | | | A lot of the software around today is |
| you speak to a human or an automated machine? | | | | designed with newbies in mind, so that anyone |
| The chances are it was a computer which | | | | can send an email, connect to the internet or |
| responded to the commands you gave it. You | | | | download a song in mp3 format a few hours |
| would have given your full name and perhaps a | | | | after plugging your new machine in for the |
| credit card number. If you have done this, | | | | first time. |
| you have used computer technology, perhaps | | | | |