ForeUI: UI Prototyping Tool
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Edit: corrected the typo
The mute button would serve you pretty well in this case as the narrative isn't important.
You also missed the hilarious conclusion at the end of the video. Like "make this my ringtone" hilarious.
It depends. When I'm having an actual conversation, it usually means that I'm already interested in the topic and I don't mind asking someone to clarify / repeat if I don't understand them. It doesn't matter if I don't like someone's accent at that point (and I will try really hard to actually guess / understand the sentence). However, if someone wants to sell me something over the phone, or is there to provide me a service I paid for - I sometimes do that (i.e. say that I can't understand what they're trying to sell and hangup, or ask to speak to someone with better accent to avoid a misunderstanding).
On the other hand, your post struck me as loaded with racist and sexist overtones. If you don't want to come across that way, you should be more careful with your word choices.
Finally, unless I'm completely of base, the speaker has a Chinese accent. Nothing India about it.
Why no racism? I'm not a native speaker. I simply can't understand the demo in some places. It's not a problem of the language per se. I'd tell the same thing to people who can't speak in their own language clearly enough -- find the "best voice" for your target audience and use it instead. But those would be really rare cases - the most common problem is a native / not native accent. Every time I know I don't need a proper dialog with a customer, I pass the information back through the support people (native speakers). Customers have a better experience this way.
As for the Indian call centres - it was just an example of a case where we don't usually have a choice (banks, services, support, etc.) not a comment on this exact accent. Still - reality, not racism.
PS. My choice of words might be caused by not being a native English speaker myself <- these problems are also what you want to avoid making a public demo :)
As to "why racist," a big part of my impression came from the way you chose to present your experience as excruciatingly unpleasant, rather than an obstacle. Toss in a stereotype, mix well.
An example of sexism, beyond your desire for a sexually attractive presenter: it seems to me that in your world men are 'men' and women are 'girls.'
Edit to add: Your written English, at least, is just fine. :)
IT is dominated by men, so a girl is a practical choice if you want to be successful.
That's actually not true. When you switch on the tube you will notice that most commercials (except those that are supposed to have women identify themselves with) are dominated by male voices. Being forced to use a female voice in an ad is usually considered a weakness because male voices are more effective in binding your attention and suggesting "trust".
Regardless I don't think all of this plays much of a role in a tech screencast. I agree that I want to understand the damn thing, so get a pleasant speaker (of any gender) and don't make me suffer. From there my decision for or against a product will be influenced by so many details, I doubt "pleasant voice" affects it much.
1. How is this better than what people currently use? (Omnigraffle, Visio, Axure etc)? Answer: it's not, it looks worse. Why would I use a product that's worse?
2. How is this different from what people currently use? Answer: it's not. If not, you stood a chance.
3. The website is really badly designed. Fire your designer.
4. I agree with the comments about the accent (unfortunately). It's barely understandable.
5. Your pricepoint is wrong. If I'll pay 80$ for a tool, I'll pay 200$ for a much better tool too (see above).
Sorry, but I wouldn't use this and can't imagine a scenario in which anyone who is aware of the options would, at this stage. It's not better, and it's not different.
I thought the tool looked pretty interesting. Until I try it out and re-evaluate Balsamiq(or other products) I won't jump to conclusions as to which is better. Tools are tools everyone should be constantly exploring new ones to enhance their existing tools with new tricks or to switch when new tools are just that much better.
In a perfect world, I agree. But when you're marketing a product, you need to deal in the real world, and the first impression counts. Personally I think the worst problem is the visual design of the website, which doesn't look very slick/professional. This matters when your target market is people that design UIs! (The music is not great, and should probably be ditched, but I have no idea what the problem is with the accent, I can clearly understand the narration/.)
Sadly, I can't afford either.
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools?currentflippero...
IBM had something very similar for OS/2 back in 90s ("Interface Builder" ?), drag-drop, events, conditionals, script-like language, etc. Needless to say no one ever used it for any serious projects. It is trivial for simple cases and it was rather limiting for anything as complex as your average real world project.
This looks like it would be a pain to use, given the choice of ForeUI. Frankly, I'd rather use Illustrator (or pencil and paper, depending on the project).
It's the best Mockup tool out there currently.