Field test feedback · v0.1

We need your input!

Please fill this in after using the app for at least three days. There are no wrong answers. Unflattering answers are the most useful ones.

Before you start

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Dates used — from

Part 1 — Did you keep using it?

The single most important question. If it got closed, that tells us more than anything else.

1. How many days did you actually open it?

2. On the days you used it, roughly how long was it running?

3. Did you ever close it or hide it on purpose?

No Yes

If yes, what made you close it?

4. Did you ever forget to open it?

No Once or twice Most days

5. Be honest — did you keep using it because it helped, or because you were asked to test it?

It helped Mostly because I was asked Both

Part 2 — Did you notice the ring?

The ring is meant to work in the corner of your eye, without you looking at it. We need to know whether that actually happened.

6. While you were talking, did you notice the ring change?

Yes, without looking for it Only when I deliberately looked at it Not really Never noticed it

7. Did you ever catch yourself speaking up because of it?

Often A few times Once or twice Never

8. Did you find yourself staring at it instead of at the person you were talking to?

Never Sometimes Often

9. Was it distracting?

Not at all A little Quite Too distracting to use

Part 3 — Did it seem right?

10. When you spoke at what felt like a normal volume, was the ring lit?

11. Did the ring ever light up when YOU weren't the one talking? (check all that apply)

No Yes — when someone else in the room spoke Yes — from the television, radio, or music

Yes — from other noise (please say what):

12. Did the ring ever stay dark when you were sure you were being loud?

No Occasionally Often

13. Did the light feel encouraging, or like being nagged?

Encouraging Neutral Like being nagged

14. What percentage did it usually show at the end of a day? (roughly) If it was under about 40%, the target was probably set too high — worth telling us, because that's our problem to fix, not yours.

Part 4 — Setting it up

15. Did you install it yourself, or did someone do it for you?

Myself Someone helped Someone did it entirely

16. Did you do the "Measure the room" step?

Yes, on the first day Yes, later on I tried but couldn't find it No I don't know what this is

17. Did anything about getting started confuse you?

18. Was the ✕ / tray icon behaviour clear — that hiding it keeps it running?

Clear Confusing I never used it

19. Did you read the How To Use guide?

Read it all Skimmed it Didn't read it Didn't know there was one

Part 5 — How it looks

20. The size of the pill was:

Too small About right Too big Much too big

21. The ring's brightness was:

Too dim to notice About right Too bright

22. The green colour was:

Good Would prefer another colour

23. Where it sat on screen (bottom-right) was:

Fine In the way I moved it to

24. Did the words ("Heard" / "Louder") help?

Yes Didn't notice them I'd rather have just the ring

Part 6 — Did it make a difference?

25. Did anyone comment that you were easier to hear?

Yes No Not sure

26. Did you have fewer moments of being asked to repeat yourself?

Yes, noticeably Maybe slightly No change Not sure

27. Did using it make you more aware of your volume even when it was closed?

Yes A little No

28. Was it tiring to use?

Not at all A little Yes, tiring

29. Would you keep using it if we changed nothing?

Yes Only with changes No

30. Would you recommend trying it to someone else with Parkinson's?

Yes Maybe No

Part 7 — In your own words

These matter more than all the boxes above. Please write something, even briefly.

31. What was the single most annoying thing about it?

32. What, if anything, actually worked?

33. If you could change one thing, what would it be?

34. Where would you want this instead of on a computer screen? (At meals? In the car? On your wrist? Somewhere else?)

35. Anything else — including anything you didn't like but felt awkward saying

For a care partner or family member, if one was around

36. Did you notice a difference in how easily you could hear them?

Yes, clearly Slightly No Not sure

37. Did the app change the feel of your conversations, for better or worse?

38. Did you find yourself reminding them to speak up more, or less?

Less The same More

Thank you. Negative feedback is genuinely more useful than positive here — it's a first prototype, and the point of this test is to find out what's wrong with it.

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