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4 Listen to this interview with Tom Bryan, a writer with a computer
magazine. Write True (T) or False (F) next to each sentence.
1 A pen-based interface uses an electronic stylus as an input device.
2 Pen computers do not require specialized operating systems to
recognize pen gestures and characters.
3 Pen computers come with operating systems that can be trained to
recognize handwriting.
4 Some pen computers are more powerful than desktop PCs.
5 A personal digital assistant is a hand-held pen computer designed to
organize and communicate personal information.
6 You cannot transmit data from pen computers to desktop PCs and
peripherals.
7 Business people will make up a large section of the pen computer
market.
Read this extract from the interview and fill in the missing words. The first
letter of each missing word is given.
Interviewer: Can you explain how a 1) _________________ computer works?
Tom Bryant: Sure. A pen computer usually 2) _________ on rechargeable
batteries. You hold the computer with one hand and with the other you use an
electronic 3) ________ to write, draw and make selections on a flat LCD 4)
_________ .
Interviewer: That means it doesn’t have a keyboard.
Tom Bryant: That’s right. You write 5) ___________ with the stylus like a pen.
Interviewer: And how does the computer 6) ______________ what you write?
Tom Bryant: It reads the 7) ________ of the pen and sends signals to the
screen. The computer then translates the movements of the pen into characters
or performs the functions like ‘delete’. The operating system recognizes specific
gestures like drawing a circle or crossing out a 8) __________
Interviewer: Can these operating systems really recognize 9) ______________
Tom Bryant: Yes, they can be trained to recognize 10) ________ written in your
own handwriting. A lot of hand-held computers use Microsoft Windows CE or the
palm OS from Palm Computing.
6 Now listen again and check your answers.
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