The PC model also adds a Tab key at the top of the numeric keypad to aid number crunchers.

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If I could get used to navigating via the numeric keypad with the num-lock key off, I'd be perfectly happy with the new keyboard.

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Fortunately for them, Hop-on has released yet another kid-tracking device known as the ChitterChatter, which eschews the standard numeric keypad for programmable, graphical buttons.

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Home Page Reader uses a 10-key numeric keypad interface so that blind and visually impaired users can interact with their computers and navigate the Internet.

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