Usability testing tools
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Comparision or tools for usability testing, focusing on moderated, live usability.
Comparision or tools for usability testing, focusing on moderated, live usability.
Link | Morae | Camtasia Studio | Silverback | Jing | Noldus Observer XT | Google Hangouts |
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| Last update | Aug. 16th 2012 5:56:54 PM | Dec. 5th 2020 4:22:54 PM | Aug. 10th 2012 6:01:45 PM | Sep. 16th 2022 8:10:04 PM | Aug. 10th 2012 6:01:45 PM | Aug. 16th 2012 5:56:54 PM |
| Website | techsmith.com/... | techsmith.com/... | silverbackapp.com | techsmith.com/... | noldus.com/... | |
| Take screen capture (videos) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Maximum of five minutes | Yes | |
| Webcam synchronization | Yes | - The video, audio and pip (webcam) are not locked - might easily loose sync. | Yes | No It allows audio, though. | - There's the "hangout on air" option, but that implies that the youtube channel will be public for anyone to see. | |
| Screen sharing (other computers) | Yes | No May use it along with google hangouts | Yes | |||
| PC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| macOS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| System requirements | Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 Windows Media Player 9 or later Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or equivalent processor RAM: 2GB (Windows 7 / Vista), 1GB (Windows XP) Microsoft DirectX version 9.0c or later Windows-compatible sound card, microphone, and speakers 1 GB of hard-disk space for program installation Approximately 10-15 MB disk space per minute for recording and highlight video creation Networked computer with 10 Mbps (Required for Observer) Recommended: 100 Mbps or higher Microsoft Windows compatible FireWire (IEEE 1394) card for DV cameras Bluetooth-capable computer or Bluetooth adapter (Required for logging with a remote) Wii Remote (Required for logging with a remote) | Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 Microsoft DirectX 9 or later version Microsoft .NET 4.0 Client Profile (included, except with MSI installer) Dual-Core Processor minimum, Quad-Core Processor or better recommended 2GB RAM minimum, 4GB RAM or greater recommended 2GB of hard-disk space for program installation Display dimensions of 1024x768 or greater Dedicated Windows-compatible sound card, microphone and speakers recommended Camtasia Studio Add-in for PowerPoint requires PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 (32 bit) Import of .mov and production to .mov and .m4v requires Apple QuickTime 7.2 or later Camera video recording requires a USB Web camera. Recording live from a DV camera is not supported Integration with Camtasia Relay requires Camtasia Relay Client Recorder GPU acceleration requires DirectX 9 compatible video adapter with 128 MB of video memory or greater and Pixel Shader 2.0 or later | Silverback requires Mac OS X (10.5-10.8) | Windows System Requirements Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full Broadband recommended Mac System Requirements Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later QuickTime 7.5.5 or later Broadband recommended | ||
| Video Editing | Yes For dummies, not as many features and control as in Camtasia. | Yes For pros, lots of features. | ||||
| Price | $ 1,495 | $ 299 | $ 69.95 | $ 0 | $ 0 | |
| Free plan | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Free trial period | Yes 30 days | Yes 30 days | Yes 30 days | Yes Free forever | Yes | |
| Creator's comments | Used it many times, never a disappointment. Can be a little tricky to learn, but has a great set of feature for analising and comparing results. Video editing is really easy - for dummies, actually. | Great tool, but encountered lots of bugs - lost sync on the videos / audio / webcam and took me a lot of time to recover from it. | I´m a PC, haven't had the chance to test it. | I´m not sure if it works for long video sessions. | Not sure if it works for usability, yet. Just checking. | |
| Easy to use? | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating |
User reviews and comments
pour du gratuit, on ne va pas se plaindre
veritable studio, seul le prix peut être décourageant.
very good ergonomics but no interaction possible with the user