The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer.

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Nevertheless, Teletec is offering up a similar service which doesn't require a special phone, but instead utilizes any internet-connected device to display text that an "online operator" channels to their screen.

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These wheels connected to a "display" on the top of the device which showed the result after each equation.

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