Dear Sean/Jose It's nice of you to reply to the suggestions; However I was curious in your response to my comments, about the significance of the bingo caller being a young lady? > Geoff >>My guess is the only simple, cheap solution to this problem is the >>humble >>numeric keypad that the bingo ball operator uses to key in the number. >The problem is that the operator (who will be a young lady) who extracts >the ball, announces the number through the microphone and lights the >corresponding digit on a panel by pushing the right button.Consider the >case that a ball appears and she announces a different number than is on >the ball and lights a different light on the panel. We try to avoid such >errors by automating the process.