Text Entry Interface

A Text Entry Interface is an User Interface that is used to input text to an electronic device.

• Example(s):
  • a Computer Keyboard,
  • a TU-T Text Entry,
  • a Virtual Keyboard,
  • a Voice Recognition System,
  • a Handwriting Recognition System,
  • a Individual Letter Selection,
  • a Light Pen,
  • a Touch Screen,
  • a Digital Pen,
  • a Graphics Tablet,
  • a Punched Card Input.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Digital Camera,
  • a Microphone,
  • a Printer,
  • a Video Player.
• See: Text Processing System, Typesetting System, Text Encoding-Decoding System, Text Encoding Initiative.

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References

2020

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_entry_interface Retrieved:2020-2-16.
  • A text entry interface or text entry device is an interface that is used to enter text information an electronic device. A commonly used device is a mechanical computer keyboard. Most laptop computers have an integrated mechanical keyboard, and desktop computers are usually operated primarily using a keyboard and mouse. Devices such as smartphones and tablets mean that interfaces such as virtual keyboards and voice recognition are becoming more popular as text entry systems.

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