[optacon-l] Optacon Tactile Display Intensity Survey
- From: Jim Bliss <jamescbliss@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:06:58 -0700
Optacon users,
Thanks for your participation in the survey. The results are very helpful
to our research. As promised, below are the results in table form.
I don't know if this listserv allows it, but I've attached a Excel of the
results also.
Jim Bliss
Tactile Display Intensity Survey No. Subject Min Best Max Comment
1 Ota 4 9 2 Weichbrodt 6 8 9 3 Arnold 5 6 8 4 Wallans 6 6
Uncomfortable at a higher intensity 5 Selfridge 5 9 10 would hurt my
finger 6 Sunshine 10 10 depends on text, have used lower 7 Rudys 10 10
8 Hippler 5 7 8 9 Kegg 8 10 10 If I read for a long time I might turn it
down 10 Johnson 9 10 10 I start reading at 10, then I might turn it down a
bit 11 Bishop R1D 5 10 10 at 5 speed lost and images recognition difficult
12 Bishop R2B 4 7 9 Can still recognize images at 4 13 Edmonds 4 10 10 My
numbers same as Emerson 14 Dotson 4 6 7 If my hands are cold 15 Handel 5 10
10 16 Metcalf 6 9 10 uses R1D, Age 70, Optacon 2 seemed les intense 17
Castner 8 I've read 3 books 18 Emerson 4 10 10 Feels like braille at 10
19 Blier 6 8 10 20 Luland 6 8 10 May vary with different types of print
and fonts 21 Huffman 5 8 10 22 Rachel 10 10 Lowers it a bit when finger
becomes fatigued 23 Karla 2 6 8 < 2 or 3, images blurred, > 8 finger tingles
uncomfortably 24 Shari 3 4 8 25 Phelps 4 6 10 Longer periods I push
intensity up 26 Wills 6 8 8 9 to 10 is too intense 27 Kent 7 10 10 10
especially if my hands are cold 28 Westjohn 2 6 <2 images blurred, > 8
finger tingles uncomfortably 29 Phelps 4 6 10 Never had difficulty with
intensity discomfort 30 Shari 3 4 8 31 Wills 6 8 9 10 is too intense and 9
is almost as bad 32 Robertson 4 6 10 On another R1D max is 9 33 Thomas 5 10
10 On both an R1D and Optacon 2 34 Englebretson 7 8 10 I wish it could go
higher 35 Handel 5 10 10 36 Reese 3 6 10 Can't use 10 for very long 37 de
Klerk 3 5 8 I turn it up when my hands are cold 38 Steve 6 8 10 Higher when
print is crappy, Lower decreases speed 39 Keithley 4 6 10 Totals 160 293
344 Average 4.8 7.7 9.3
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