Hi Sam, Your efforts really deserve appreciation. It would be great if you send the questions as attachment. That would be easy for me to fill. Best
On 12/6/10, Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visuall St. Xavier's College <xr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All > > The Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), > St.Xavier’s College, Mumbai seeks your inputs to identify some of the most > urgent needs in the arena of consumer access for the visually impaired. In > order to ensure that our work is always guided by the ground realities and > needs we seek your support. > > We are doing a baseline survey for this purpose and the questionnaire is > attached. We would be extremely grateful to you if you can spare 15 minutes > of your valuable time to give us your inputs and insights. Your thoughts > will help us form the base to identify the key areas of work that need to be > taken up in the area of Consumer Access and we hope that in the coming years > the centre will be able to meet some of these needs. > > Below this message we have given our questionnaire. You can copy and paste > it in a word / text file. Fill and send it to i...@xrcvc.org > > Look forward to your responses by 24th December 2010 > > Thanking you > Regards > Dr Sam Taraporevala, > Director, XRCVC > > XRCVC QUESTIONNAIRE ON CONSUMER GOODS ACCESS > > (Instructions to fill up the form - Please write your answer below the > questions. Give blank lines if necessary. Please send over the filled form > to i...@xrcvc.org latest by 24th Dec 2010.) > SECTION 1: DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE > > 1. Name (this field is Optional if you do not want to disclose we are okay) > > > 2. Would you like the XRCVC to keep you updated with our developments on our > project ‘Consumer Access’? > Yes / No (keep your choice and delete the other word) > > If Yes please provide below details. > > Email id: > > Contact Numbers residence and mobile: > > 3. Would you like to participate in group discussions and other processes of > project ‘Consumer Access’ so that the products that we begin work on meet > consumer needs more closely? > > Yes / No (keep your choice and delete the other word) > > 5. Age: > > 6. Gender: > > 7. Profession: > > 8. Annual Income: Below 1.5 Lakhs/1.5-3 lakhs/3- 5 Lakhs/5 Lakhs and above. > (keep your choice and delete the other options) > > > 9. Level of vision: Totally blind/Low vision. (keep your choice and delete > the other options) > > SECTION 2: CONSUMER GOODS USAGE: > > 1. Which electronic/electrical items do you use regularly? List 5 to 10. > (e.g.. T.V, ovens, watches, radio, calculators, switch boards, etc.) as > points a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, etc. > > > 2. Of the items listed above what are the specific problems that you find in > using the same independently? List 5 key concerns as points a, b, c, d and > e. > > > 3. Which electronic item(s) you wish you could use independently but have > always found it really hard to? > > > 4. What are the other goods and items that you can’t go to buy alone or > identify alone? (This could be anything ranging from clothes, books, > medicines, food items etc) > > > 5. During your day which are the items for which you have to almost always > use sighted help for identification? > > > 6. Do you go out to shop alone? Yes/No (keep your choice and delete the > other word) > > > 7. When you go out to shop in a supermarket or a mall what are things that > you find more difficult to locate? > > > 8. What are 3 main difficulties that you face when you go to shop alone? > > > 9. Which 3 consumer services you have found most difficult to access > independently? Please state reasons for each. Services and not products. > (E.g. dinning out, movies, Cable T.V service, telephone, banking, libraries, > transport etc) > > > 10. Do you have any specific company or product for whom you would like the > XRCVC to begin work to make the products accessible for the visually > impaired > > > 11. Personally while accessing labels, medicines etc besides asking for > sighted help what other methods do you use/identify them independently? > > > End of Questionnaire > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- Naresh Kumar Assistant Professor Department of History Kamala Nehru College (University of Delhi) To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
