Questionnaire: Word Scanner Re-Testing Responses

Paul Anderson
Tracy Burke
Freddie Ford
Joe Jackson
Kate Patterson

1. Did you find the device comfortable to use?
   Yes, I like the new grips because they make it easier to hold.
   The grip made the device a lot easier to hold. The extra length hasn't gotten in the way.
   Yes, the grip made it a lot easier to hold.
   Yes, I like the soft grip, it feels good to hold.
   Yes, it fits into my hands nicely.
   
   
2. If you didn't, why?
   NA
   NA
   NA
   NA
   NA
   
   
3. Would you make the device bigger/smaller or leave it the same size?
   I like it how it is now.
   The size is fine.
   The size is great.
   The size is okay, if it was any bigger it would be hard to hold.
   It is a better size now - I wouldn't change it.
   
   
4. Is the scan button big enough?
   Yeah.
   Yes.
   Yeah.
   Yes!
   Yes.
   
   
5. Is the scroll bar easy to use?
   It's easy after you have played with it.
   Yes, the extra size has not changed how easy it is.
   Yes, its really simple.
   Yes, it's like the one on my computer mouse.
   Yes.
   
   
6. Did you find scanning a word easy to do?
   Yes, now I have been shown how it is very easy.
   I know when its scanning by the sounds and messages it gives and I can hold it more like a pen now.
   Yeah its more simpler than last time as the sound shows when a scan has started and stopped.
   I found it useful that it beeped so I knew I had scanned the word correctly.
   Yeah, it's pretty obvious what you need to do.
   
   
7. If you didn't, what did you find hard?
   NA
   NA
   NA
   NA
   NA
   
   
8. Was the speech helpful in understanding the word you scanned?
   It is good for me because sometimes I don't know how words should sound.
   Yes. The speech was my favourite part about both.
   Yeah, I only tried it on words I did not get, and the speech showed me how to say it.
   Yes because with a lot of words, when I read them I don't recognise what they are but when someone says them out loud I do.
   Yes, it meant that words i didn't know were much easier.
   
   
9. Did you find the screen easy to read and understand?
   Yes, I like the new screen.
   The extra size means I can see more on the screen.
   Yes its OK, I can read every word fine.
   Yes it's better now it's bigger. It would be good if the screen could be even more bigger, but then I think the device would be too big for me to hold.
   Yes, now it's bigger it's a lot easier, and can have more things on it.
   
   
10. If you didn't, what didn't you like?
    NA
    NA
    NA
    NA
    NA
    
    
11. Did you find the Dictionary definition and the Thesaurus entries easy to understand?
    Some of them were quite hard and I needed help from mum and the man (the developer).
    Yes, just like last time.
    Yeah i found them a lot simpler than I have seen elsewhere.
    Some of the definitions for the words were a little complicated to understand but the Thesaurus was good because the similar words helped me understand more.
    Some were still a little bit hard, but most of them were easy.
    
    
12. Did you find them helpful in understanding the word you scanned?
    Yes.
    I liked learning about new words, its easy.
    The thesaurus was the most useful as there was always an alternative word which I understood already.
    The Thesaurus was really helpful, yes.
    Yes.
    
    
13. Did you find it easy to connect the device to the PC?
    It's easy now the wire is in.
    The same as before.
    Yes same as the previous pen you showed me.
    Yes, because it connects just the same as Dad's camera.
    Yes, dad showed me the first time and it was easy after that.
    
    
14. Do you prefer the new design over the old one?
    Yes.
    The new one is my favourite, I want one!
    Yes it does the job well.
    I like the new one better.
    Yes.
    
    
15. If so, why?
    Because I can change the screen so it isn's upside down and I like the new grips too.
    The new one is bigger and nice to hold.
    Mainly because it is a lot more comfortable to hold.
    Because it is bigger, and I can now make it louder so I can hear it better!
    It's better looking and feels nicer to hold. And the screen is easier to read.
    
    
16. What further improvements could be made?
    I would like it to read Italian too!
    I would like more sound.
    Can not think of any at the moment.
    It would be good if it came in different colours, I'd like a green one.
    I'm not sure - I can't think of anything else that it needs.
    

NB: The questionnaire has been engineered with the concept of having an adult talking through the questionnaire with the child, not for the questionnaire to be distributed amongst lots of children. The answers would also be filled in by the adult, and questions that have multiple possibilities or questions with a 'ranged' answer would all be dealt with by the adult, not the child.

Questionnaire: Word Scanner Re-Testing

The group decided that the new word scanner design would be tested on the personas using the same questionnaire as before, with only one slight alteration.

The additional questions at the end of the questionnaire will be summary questions, attempting to find out how much improvement has been made and how much more needs to be made:

1. Do you prefer the new design over the old one?


2. If so, why?


3. What further improvements could be made?