Particularly compared to the touchpad, which falters at single-finger navigation, the pointing stick is impeccably precise when it comes to moving the cursor around screen.

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Navigation is enabled by a few simple finger movements in different directions.

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Touch navigation: Users can simply move their finger around the screen and the voice synthesis will read the text located under their finger.

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