Microsoft Interview Question Program Managers
First and foremost the clock should be easily locatable by the blind. It should be able to respond with sound alerts, say read time on a single clap, few seconds of tone to locate it on double clap etc. Talking clock with large braille buttons to read time and set alarm. User should be able to set alarm (and time) using voice by pressing the 'set alarm' button.
First and foremost the clock should be easily locatable by the blind. It should be able to respond with sound alerts, say read time on a single clap, few seconds of tone to locate it on double clap etc. Talking clock with large braille buttons to read time and set alarm. User should be able to set alarm (and time) using voice by pressing the 'set alarm' button.
First and foremost the clock should be easily locatable by the blind. It should be able to respond with sound alerts, say read time on a single clap, few seconds of tone to locate it on double clap etc. Talking clock with large braille buttons to read time and set alarm. User should be able to set alarm (and time) using voice by pressing the 'set alarm' button.
First and foremost the clock should be easily locatable by the blind. It should be able to respond with sound alerts, say read time on a single clap, few seconds of tone to locate it on double clap etc. Talking clock with large braille buttons to read time and set alarm. User should be able to set alarm (and time) using voice by pressing the 'set alarm' button.
First and foremost the clock should be easily locatable by the blind. It should be able to respond with sound alerts, say read time on a single clap, few seconds of tone to locate it on double clap etc. Talking clock with large braille buttons to read time and set alarm. User should be able to set alarm (and time) using voice by pressing the 'set alarm' button.
Voice commands will be helpful, we can have buttons of different shapes so that the blind person can identify which button performs which function, for eg. up arrow shaped button will always set time greater than current time for example if it is 9pm now you can move upwards to 10pm and so on, down arrow shaped button will select 8pm of the next day(obviously) and it will also read the time being selected and set button will be a rectangular shaped button.
A huge rectangle button will be present on the top of the alarm clock which will be the button for snooze. The smaller rectangular button can also be used to stop the alarm or cancel the set alarm.
I dont think there should be a way to locate the alarm as blind people are good at listening and locating things and also everybody keeps the alarm clock close-by while sleeping. And if it is an alarm clock exclusively there will always be a fixed place for it.
Also there could be a battery indicator(voice indicator) which would indicate that the battery is low and the alarm could stop working after a day or two, I think batteries can be changed by shop keepers or the blind can always feel the flap of the battery cover and the indicators of the + / - side(indicators will be raised slightly over the normal level of the body of the alarm clock) of the battery slot(should be a single battery)
Yes talking alarm clock makes sense and also is possible to manufacture within a decent price range.
- Talking clock October 19, 2008Also it should have buttons for control instead of depending 100% on the voice commands. (The voice commands don't work all the time). So the buttons should be big with braille on them and placed well on the clock for ease of use.
We also need to think of other use-cases of the alarm. How is it powered ? If its through battery, how long can it run with the battery ? How easy it is to change the batteries by a blind person?
Also how does the blind user locate the alarm in the room ? It should answer to the call.
I read the description of PM role and its more related to thinking about how the user will use the product and making those features. Also the PM should be specific in the requirements. So If i were to answer this question, I would draw how the clock would look, what buttons would be there, what commands are there, approximate the cost etc.