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 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
>
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Naresh Kumar
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Kamala Nehru College
(University of Delhi)
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