TechSmith's Morae 1.1 Delivers Collaborative User Experience Testing for Organizations Throughout Application Development Lifecycle.OKEMOS, Mich. -- Application Developers, Design Teams and Usability Researchers Able to Observe and Analyze Dispersed Focus Groups and Remote Test Subjects Anywhere, Anytime TechSmith Corp., the world's leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions, today announced the availability of Morae 1.1, which enables organizations to conduct Collaborative User Experience Testing (CUET CUET Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Bangladesh) ) to observe and analyze usability sessions and focus groups regardless of location. Morae is the industry's first all-digital solution that records and synchronizes user and system data for usability analysis of desktop software, Web sites, intranets, and e-business applications. "TechSmith has delivered an all-digital solution that has opened the world of usability testing Usability testing is a means for measuring how well people can use some human-made object (such as a web page, a computer interface, a document, or a device) for its intended purpose, i.e. usability testing measures the usability of the object. so any business can better understand how users interact with their software and Websites," said Jared Spool, usability expert and founder of User Interface Engineering. "The beauty of Morae revolves around its Rich-Recording Technology which does all the heavy lifting, enabling us to conduct analysis in ways we never could before. Morae is light, fast, affordable, and cuts through the technical mumbo-jumbo so we can focus on what we do best -- improving usability and customer experiences." Through Morae's new Remote Viewer component, multiple users such as usability professionals, development and design teams, department heads, and other experts can connect simultaneously over a corporate network, Virtual Private Network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ), or broadband Internet See broadband. connection to conduct CUET. These stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. have access to a synchronized, movable Picture-in-Picture (PIP) window, displaying the test subject and audio as well as the test application. They can observe, insert notes, and place markers during a session that are automatically synchronized with application and system data so various expert feedback is represented during analysis. "The new release of Morae makes it easier for organizations to integrate collaborative user experience testing into the development process by eliminating time and location barriers," said Shane Lovellette, Morae Product Manager at TechSmith. "This further reduces hardware needs like one-way mirrors, eliminates manual note-taking, and closes the feedback loop faster with little disruption. Stakeholders can now easily observe user tests from their offices, whether they are across the hall or across the country." With Morae's CUET functionality, usability professionals can share sessions immediately with clients. Developers and designers can archive a personal digital copy of usability sessions for quick review, and key decision makers can reach consensus faster so their organizations can bring better products to market sooner. In addition to the Remote Viewer's new movable PIP with audio, and the capability for multiple users to connect to a single session, other significant features added to Morae 1.1 include: Query Search Editor -- Provides natural language searches and refined search results for maximum granularity. This speeds analysis so users can quickly and accurately find specific areas of interest within a long session. Cursor and Click Highlighting -- This adjustable setting highlights where the subject moves and clicks the cursor on the screen for easy viewing. Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. File Output - Provides the option to publish highlight videos in the Windows Media (WMV (Windows Media Video) A family of digital video compression technologies from Microsoft based on MPEG-4. Version 9 of the WMV codec was released to the SMPTE organization and became the SMPTE 421M standard, otherwise known as VC-1 (see VC-1). ) file format. This enhances the powerful sharing capabilities of Morae by leveraging the world's most ubiquitous media player. Additionally, this format maximizes video efficiency with smaller file sizes. About Morae Powered by TechSmith's patent-pending Rich-Recording Technology (RRT RRT Rapid Response Team RRT Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT Renal Replacement Therapy RRT Regional Response Team RRT Right Side (philately) RRT Relative Retention Time RRT Round Robin Test RRT Rating Region Table ), Morae synchronizes real-world actions, such as user speech and facial expressions, with detailed application and computer system data to present user experience professionals with a unique view into the way that desktop software, Web sites, intranets and e-business applications are seen and experienced. This makes Morae the only solution that captures the total user experience by recording and synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. the user, the application, and the events. All data is saved and indexed automatically and can be searched with ease. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. and Availability Morae supports Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. XP and Windows 2000. A standard single license for Morae includes upgrades, maintenance updates, and priority support for one year. The suggested retail price is $1,298.00. The software can be purchased by calling 888-750-0685. Visit www.techsmith.com for more information. About TechSmith Corporation TechSmith Corporation was founded in 1987 and is located in Okemos, Michigan Okemos (IPA: /ˈoʊkəmɨs/) is an unincorporated community in Meridian Charter Township, Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. . TechSmith provides practical business software tools to capture and manipulate images, voice and video from Windows desktops. The company's flagship software packages, SnagIt and Camtasia Studio  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , enable customers to create visually enhanced content for teaching, training, Web sites, documentation, and business presentations. Morae is the first and only all-digital solution for recording and analyzing human-computer interaction Human-computer interaction An interdisciplinary field focused on the interactions between human users and computer systems, including the user interface and the underlying processes which produce the interactions. . TechSmith products are used by all of the Fortune 100. For additional information, visit www.techsmith.com. TechSmith, Camtasia, SnagIt, Rich Recording Technology (RRT), Morae, EnSharpen, Dubit, and Camtasia Studio are trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective companies. |
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