Whatever you call them, these are hand-held devices that each participant uses to enter responses to projected questions. The responses are picked up by a base station (otherwise known as: transceiver, receiver, driver, etc.) and sent to the computer running the polling software. CompuTouch offers a variety of touchpads for different meeting environments. Which touchpad style is best for your meeting? That will depend upon:

• Meeting size. Radio frequency touchpads are robust and have a long history of reliability. They can be used for any style of meeting. For a period, infrared touchpad systems were available, but these have once again been supplanted by new radio frequency technology.
• Meeting requirements - Will multi-digit input be required? How many response options (keys) will be needed? 
• Touchpad size. Should the touchpad be part of the participants badge? Do participants need to keep the same touchpad all day or for multiple days?
• The particular audience response software being used since most are paired with a particular hardware platform for optimal operation.

We offer touchpads from two separate suppliers:

• Option Technologies Interactive, LLC
• CLiKAPAD - The smallest (credit-card sized) radio frequency voting keypad in the world!

If you are interested in purchasing a keypad polling system, Joanne Wolf (joannewolf@computouch.ca) would be pleased to recommend an appropriate touchpad system for your situation from among a range of products that we carry. If your interest is in renting a system, we primarily work with two touchpads:

OptionFinder SR – radio frequency touchpad –

• OptionFinder SR is a radio frequency touchpad suitable for small or large meetings. CompuTouch has been using this touchpad in rental meetings for more than a decade, and it has proven to be a very robust and reliable device. Up to 250 SRs can be used with a single base station, and eight separate channels are available allowing for up to 2,000 participants. This model has been the industry standard for more than a decade.

CLiKAPAD – credit card-sized radio frequency touchpad –

• These can be handed out as part of a delegate's kit so that the name badge and touchpad are both worn on a lanyard for the duration of the meeting. The small size means that shipping costs are minimized.