Input and Output
(to the tune of "My Sweet Lord" and "He's So Fine")
John Dougherty		Summer 2005

My keyboard, my keyboard,
My, my keyboard, my keyboard.

I use it for text input,
Alphanumeric input,
Punctuation marks and other symbols 

On my keyboard, my keyboard,
With a mouse and keyboard, mouse and keyboard.

I point and click on targets,
Drag and drop on objects,
Pull-down menus and icons are the metaphors, ...

Tablet PC, Tablet PC, 
With a nice touch screen, Tablet PC.

Handwriting recognition,
Borders on cognition,
Helps a person injured who cannot use a keyboard.

Assistive tech, adaptive tech,
Alternative ways, even use eye gaze.


Computers help enable,
Can help if you're disabled,
If the mind is capable
Custom made solutions for those who cannot use a keyboard.


Text to speech, text to speech,
It's in our reach, text to speech.

You want to read a story,
Hear it read in all its glory.
Helpful to the blind and visually impaired ...

Speech to text, speech to text,
That's coming next, speech to text.

Talk into a microphone,
Presently in monotone,
Program then converts the tones into words

As if typed on a keyboard, 
Like my keyboard, 
Started with a keyboard,
Old QWERTY keyboard, 
And new Dvorak keyboard,
Wireless keyboard,
Bluetooth keyboard,
Infrared keyboard,
Joystick and keyboard,
Trackball and keyboard ....