What's New In Version 5.80 (27 October 2009)
- MovAlyzeR® can now be installed on any supported Microsoft Windows operating system in any language.
- The Device Setup Wizard has been significantly improved for increased ease in understanding.
- An increase in warnings for adding data to the example user (UU1) has been added in order to assist in ensuring users do not add data that be lost with new installations.
What's New In Version 5.70 (15 October 2009)
- Users now have the option to remove the trailing pen lift during trial processing (which is ON by default). This can be particularly useful during word extraction analysis. The setting can be found in the experiment properties -> Processing -> Time Functions.
- The sequence of conditions now can be manually set to a specified order, giving the user full control over the sequence of tasks. This option can be found in the experiment properties -> Running Experiment -> Procedure.
- Multiple conditions can now be generated in one step. After selecting a template condition, users can specify how many conditions to generate with duplicate settings of the template condition. This is particularly useful in generating word-extraction conditions for words 2-n (assuming the template condition is for word 1). This option can be found by right-clicking a condition -> Generate Multiple Conditions.
- Discontinuities are now extracted to individual DIS files corresponding to the HWR files that are created during word extraction. This enables proper discontinuity detection for word-extraction experiments, where the recorded trial can have a recording up to 1800 seconds. This is not a new option, it occurs automatically.
- A new system has been established to assist in identifying causes of abnormal terminations. If a user experiences an unexpected termination of MovAlyzeR®, the next time the software is run, MovAlyzeR® will detect it, inquire about the series of events that lead to the termination, and prompt the user to submit the information to the development team.
- Experiment and condition settings can now be quickly identified as deviating from the default values. When visiting the experiment or condition properties, you will notice an orange highlight (or text) for those settings that do not match the default settings.
- You can validate the integrity of your experiment and condition settings via experiment -> Validate Experiment Settings. This validation will include all conditions of that experiment and notify you of any settings that are out of range or invalid. This will enable you to ensure your experiments will run as expected and help you to identify any problems with imported experiments.
- The application help (F1 or menu: Help->Application Help) is now opened as a separate window. This produces an additional window in the task bar and allows you to ALT + TAB between MovAlyzeR® and the help.
- New sample experiments have been added.
What's New In Version 5.60 (31 August 2009)
- Matlab® (ver 2007+) and other external application processing can now be done from within MovAlyzeR®. After all processing steps, an external application script can be executed on the raw, time-function, segment, and extracted data. Go to experiment properties -> Processing -> External Apps. Matlab scripts (.M) and batch files (.BAT) are currently supported. Macro expansions are available for Matlab scripts (please, see Help for details).
- Data Import Wizard now supports column selection and ordering, line skipping, and delimiter selection (comma, space, tab) for CSV files to import.
- New Office 2010, Visual Studio 2010, and Scenic themes available. Go to View -> Application Look to check them out.
- Instructions now have a default character size of 24 points for increased legibility. Go to experiment and condition properties to edit your instructions.
- Hint added to condition properties indicating how to set how the condition instructions are used during an experiment.
What's New In Version 5.50 (30 July 2009)
- The accuracy of the reported sampling rate in the recording window has been improved. It was previously reporting a sampling rate 2-3 Hz in excess of the hardware's capacity.
- Gain and rotation transformations during recording are now are now around the first recorded sample of a trial instead of the first pen-down sample.
- "Rapid View" has been renamed to "Detailed Output". To optimize processing speeds, switch "Detailed Output" off.
- "Detailed Output" and "Logging" have been removed from the toolbar, since they were already prominently present in the lower-right status bar.
- Detailed Output and Logging are now off by default. They can be switched on during most processes.
- The speed of summarizing an experiment has been increased on average by 70%!
- Consistency checking while summarizing is now only done if the user specifies that the consistency settings have been altered.
- Missing data handling while summarizing has been improved, including the addition of the output of missing strokes.
- All operations deleting/removing raw data files now send files to the Recycle Bin to further ensure data safety.
- Drag and drop of files has been extended to support multiple files and importing of other raw data.
- The Data Import Wizard now supports importing multiple CSV files at once where the file name ends with at least two numerals.
- The Device Setup Wizard now displays the physical device of all input types when acquiring the settings.
- Stimulus elements that are animations now share the same positioning logic as elements using raw data patterns. This allows for animated tracing of raw data patterns.
- The maximum recording time for a trial has been increased to 30 minutes (1800 seconds).
- Processing output files are now displayed like other data in the tabular data window and can be opened in Excel from MovAlyzeR®.
What's New In Version 5.40 (17 June 2009)
- Automatic processing and display of dropped (drag-and-drop) recording (HWR) and image (PCX) files.
- Experiments can now be duplicated. Right-click an experiment and select "Duplicate..."
from the drop-down menu. The experiment, its conditions, groups and subjects will all be copied
to a new experiment. Trials are not duplicated.
- Online Updater significantly improved including the ability of the updater to update itself
(Help->Check for Updates...).
- You can now exclude strokes with or without pen-lifts based upon a relative pen-down duration
threshold while summarizing (Experiment->Summarize->Settings).
- The number of collapsed trials/strokes is now presented in the output while collapsing during summarize.
- Number of Strokes per trial is now calculated and presented during extraction.
- You can now exit MovAlyzeR® without having the system remember and reload the last user (File-> Exit - No Last User).
- Stimuli elements using raw data patterns now draw the first point of the pattern at the center point of the element.
- Stimuli elements can now be used for drawing lines by specifying a 0 width (vertical line) or a
0 height (horizontal line).
- Stimuli elements that are shapes are now drawn such that all lines and fill color are completely
within the bounding rectangle. This will help improve the accuracy as targets.
- Image processing has been enhanced for more accurate pattern extraction and legibility.
- Knowledge of Results has been improved by centering, enlarging and including additional, pertinent
information (Condition->Properties->Knowledge of Results).
- Word extraction has been significantly improved and, now, includes a WRD file with the word extraction summary
accessible from the trial sub-menu and charts.
- Chronological sorting of trials has been extended to milliseconds for improved accuracy.
- The MovAlyzeR® Suite database engine has been upgraded to the latest version for improved speed.
- Trials are now active for 30 days.
What's New In Version 5.30 (05 May 2009)
- Stimulus Editor: New and improved edition!
- Multiple elements and targets can be selected simultaneously in order to move them
as a group.
- Selected elements and targets can now be moved using the keyboard's arrow keys.
Each press of an arrow key will move an element 0.1 centimeters (cm) according to
the mapping of your tablet dimensions. Holding the SHIFT key down while pressing
an arrow key will move the element 0.5 cm. Holding the CONTROL (CTRL) key down
will result in a movement of 2.0 cm. Multiple elements can be moved simultaneously.
- You can now edit and visualize all 3 states of elements/targets: Main/Initial,
successfully reached, and unsuccessfully reached. To change the state with which
you are viewing or editing, select it from the drop-down at the top of the
properties window.
- Exporting now uses the same technology and methodology as MovAlyzeR®,
assisting managing overwriting existing stimuli and elements.
- The Y-axis has been inverted to match that of digitizers and MovAlyzeR®.
- The scaling accuracy is now within ± 1 mm.
- The grid guide has been enhanced for easier viewing and aligning of elements.
- Target sequence can now be defined. To define the sequence, select MENU: Action ->
Target Sequence or right-click a stimulus and select Target Sequence from the popup menu.
- You can now open an existing MovAlyzeR® user to view all stimuli and elements/targets
contained within that user. To open a user, select MENU: File -> Open -> Open User.
Stimuli opened from a user can be directly saved to that user's database for immediate
usage in MovAlyzeR®.
- The Stimulus Editor can now be accessed directly from within a condition's stimulus properties page.
- Images of image experiments can, now, be printed and converted to another image type from the
control menu of the image viewer. To view the image in the image viewer, you would double click \
an image trial or right-click and select Chart -> Chart Raw/Processed Image. The control menu
is accessed from the icon in the upper left corner of the image viewer.
- Segmentation points are now moved to the nearest absolute velocity minima. Prior to
version 5.3, some segmentation points were incorrectly moved. You will need to reprocess
your data to verify the results.
What's New In Version 5.20 (08 Apr 2009)
- Image experiment added to sample user.
- Schizophrenia handwriting experiment added to sample user.
- Example experiments have been thoroughly updated and are comprehensive. Each experiment has at least one subject
with a complete set of data and one empty subject where the user can begin recording immediately.
- Analysis graph interface changed to ease navigation of features.
- Experiment attachments are now shown in the tree view (left view) for quick perusal in addition to the experiment properties.
- MovAlyzeRx™ now includes UU1 sample user with sample experiments.
- Tutorial videos are now available on our webiste (see http://www.neuroscript.net/movalyzer.php).
What's New In Version 5.10 (18 Mar 2009)
- Stimulus element images are now stored in a central repository and are included with exports/imports.
- Condition event sounds are now stored in a central repository and are included with exports/imports.
- Maximum pen pressure added to experiments.
- Discontinuity checking and reporting improvements
- Discontinuities during the trailing pen lift do not signal a discontinuous trial. Consistency checking will no longer discard such trials.
- Option for notification of discontinuity during recording added to experiments.
- There is now only one device setup (wizard) - it is no longer part of user properties.
- Windows cursor changes including hiding of cursor when recording with tablet to eliminate dual cursors in certain situations.
- After exporting, the user can now choose to immediately open a folder to the export file.
- Image processing settings added to experiment.
- MovAlyzeR® Quick Reference added.
- Attachments can now be added to experiments. These attachments can then be exported with the experiment for others to import.
- Improved sample experiments.
- Enhanced tutorial. The tutorial is now available as a PDF which can be printed.
- Paypal added as a payment option for purchasing MovAlyzeR® Suite programs.
- Experiment and condition instructions are now printable from within instruction dialog.
- Warning added to inform user if input device has not been setup for the loaded user.
- MovAlyzeRx™ now supports full screen while running experiments.
- MovAlyzeRx™ now supports stimuli.
- Baseline added to the the time function charts.
What's New In Version 5.00 (02 Feb 2009)
- MovAlyzeRx™ patient-centered experiment and data analysis interface added to the MovAlyzeR® Suite: See File > MovAlyzeRx
- Absolute velocity segmentation segments are now on every velocity dip. Option to move points to nearest pen-down point within a half-stroke duration. Points during pen lifts are removed. See Experiment > Properties > Processing > Segmentation
- Discontinuity correction can be based on measured delays due to high pen lifts. See Trial >View Numerical Data >Discontinuity file.
- Missing data value: See Experiment > Properties > General
- Sub-movements included in test data generation: See File > Data Generate Wizard
- Consistency error shown in each processed data chart: See Trial > Chart Data
- Raw and processed data chart options combined into one "Action" menu: See Trial > Chart Data
- User, site and date information added to each chart: See Trial > Chart Data
- Segment annotations are customizable in processed data charts: See chart, Action > Annotations
- The ID of a subject can be changed: See Subject > Properties
- Importing experiments lists imported subjects with an option to process the imported raw data: See File > Import > Import Experiment
- Remote Data Import Wizard: Specify the remote location to download, import and process: See File > Import > Remove Data Import Wizard
- GripAlyzeR™ resets input device interface for each trial
- GripAlyzeR™ checks consistency of the trials with the magnet force set in the condition properties: See Condition > Properties
- Customize MovAlyzeR® Suite application colors: See View >Application Look >Customize
- Extended trouble shooting screen when no data are recorded
- Authorization Code Exchange dialog and purchase (Activation) dialog have been simplified
- View subjects, extracted stroke features and questions to be excluded: See Experiment > Summarize
- Charts can be extended while letter sizes remain constant: Double click trial and drag the left or right sides away
What's New In Version 4.90 (05 Nov 2008)
Running Experiments:
- Pen tilt can now be recorded (only with devices that support it -- e.g. Wacom's Intuos 3). The option to record is an experiment setting, the default of which is OFF.
- Additional hints added to settings dialogs to assist in quickly determining where other related settings exist, as well as what steps are necessary after changing settings.
- Grip-force experiments have been improved.
- The questionnaire has been improved to be more intuitive and time-efficient.
Import/Export:
- Export files (for import) now have a new extension, MEF, to avoid confusion with ZIP files.
- The overwrite dialog (for import conflicts) has been combined with the details dialog for quicker referencing of conflicting data properties.
User Interface:
- Progress meters have been improved. As well, additional progress meters have been added to assist in determining how far along are lengthy processes.
- The application splash screen (when starting MovAlyzeR®) now indicates the status of your application license and what products have been purchased and activated.
- Trial "Quick Links" added. This allows you to add selected trials from various experiments to a quick-link folder in left view. Currently not persistent.
What's New In Version 4.80 (08 Oct 2008)
Running Experiments:
- Knowledge of Results has been added to conditions/tasks. Two separate KR feedback are available per condition. If specified, the feedback is presented in the recording window after each trial and represents a specified segment of a selected feature between settable minimum and maximum values. Red, yellow, green color-coding is used to quickly indicate location within the range.
- Summarization data-collapsing options added to the experiment settings. There are options to collapse all strokes OR collapse even/odd strokes AND/OR collapse trials using averages or medians.
Charting/Graphing:
- Minimize and maximize are now available for the graph windows (NOTE: Minimizing will place the icon on the bottom of the desktop, not the application window nor desktop).
- Spectral graphs have been enahanced with a larger viewable area.
User Interface:
- Additional shortcuts added to the application. E.g. F10 for stop action or experiment.
- Database update dialogs are now child windows of the application in order to avoid overlooking the messages.
- Wizards are now skinned to match the application look.
- Message boxes are now skinned to match the application look.
- Leftview (tree structure) now has bolded folders to help better distinguish items.
What's New In Version 4.70 (17 Aug 2008)
Running Experiments:
- Full-Screen option (sub-option of "Maximize") while running an experiment, where the menu, status bar and all toolbars are hidden, and all windows other than the recording window are hidden. The recording window, thus, nearly consumes the entire desktop.
- Trial sequence file generated while running an experiment, regardless of randomization settings. For older experiments, this file is auto-generated (based on the chronological sequence of the raw data files) when needed. The sequence is accessible through the subject right-click menu.
- Advanced settings pages in experiment properties now with a button to return to the associated basic settings page.
Charting/Graphing:
- Left view (tree view) trial selection (highlight) now moves syncronously with charts when Next and Previous Trial buttons are used. As well, when switching between multiple chart windows, the associated trial is also selected in the tree view.
- Chronological sequencing (Next/Previous) in processed (TF) data charts is now based upon the true chronological sequence of the raw data files.
- "Chart All Raw Data" is now "Chart Selected Raw Data" allowing the user to choose which trials to be charted simultaneously in an overlay chart.
User Interface:
- "Quick" buttons to the right of the status bar have been separated and contain new icons for easier isolation and recognition.
What's New In Version 4.60 (08 Aug 2008)
Running Experiments:
- Condition sequencing option added to apply rules to randomization.
- Option to run an experiment without overwriting subject device settings.
Processing:
- Improved accuracy in feature extraction.
- Velocity scaling score added (View Related Articles).
- Spectral analysis changed to include position, velocity and acceleration, both filtered and unfiltered.
Questionnaire:
- Rapid answer input (spreadsheet) added with textual paste support (including data from MS Excel).
Summarization and Analysis:
- Submovement analysis results are now on one line (MovAlyzeR only).
- Subject sorting added.
Charts/Graphs:
- Layout improvements: All action buttons are now grouped on top.
- Line thickness enhancements.
- X and Y axes are now individually selectable for processed data charts.
- Additional spectral analysis charts added.
Import/Export:
- Enhanced notifications for overwriting existing items while importing.
- NICI data import added.
Application and User Interface:
- Updated to the latest Microsoft libraries.
- All dialogs are now skinned to match the application look.
What's New In Version 4.50 (09 Jun 2008)
- Subject report enhanced and improved.
- Sampling rate & device resolution now always stored for each subject.
- Summarization expanded to allow for increased feature sets.
- "Clinical data" [questionnaire] can now be added to the summary and analysis.
- Locale recognition added to Excel reports.
- Gripper graphs enhanced.
- Questionnaire now has a column header (for analysis) and can be designated numeric or alphanumeric.
- Questionnaire questions/answers ("clinical data") can now be added to the summary and analysis.
- Questionnaire report enhancements.
What's
New In Version 4.40 (08 May 2008)
- You can now view PCX, BMP, JPG, GIF and PNG files within MovAlyzeR®
- Images (PCX) are now processed to forked PCX, HWR and EXT (features) files.
- Handwriting image experiments are now supported.
- The data import dialog allows for importing images (BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, and PCX).
- You can, now, drag-and-drop images to experiments and to view.
- Dragging-and-dropping source files (HWR and FRD) to experiments is now supported.
- Several wizards have been improved.
- A new tabular data view using a gird now allows for viewing large files more quickly.
- Gripper Task types added: (1) Standard task, (2) Repetitive Pressure Task, (3) Maximum Pressure Task.
- Roadlength added to extraction features.
What's
New In Version 4.30 (05 Mar 2008)
Running Experiments:
- Subject Code can now have up to 25 characters
- User can define Site Code and Site Description which will be copied to subject properties
- Automatic unique generation of up to 46000 different subject IDs with settable ranges per user
- New search mechanism for ID/code/description with Find Next to allow for more flexibility in searches
- Subject questionnaire fully functional and improved
- Automatic detection when device not set for this user and start of Device Setup Wizard
- Vary line thickness while recording based upon pen pressure
Import/Export:
- Export/import use now 1 zip file which is encrypted & secure, no private info displayed. Old export files can still be imported
- Warning when import overwrites a subject used in another experiment with option to view associations
- It is no longer necessary to respond for overwriting for exact duplicates when importing
Security:
- Private subject information can be safely stored without known security leaks
- Fields displaying private information are yellow
- Encryption of database and export files containing private data and passwords
- Each subject carries a password that may differ from the user password for safe export of personal data
- User & subject password recovery/restore service (fee-based)
- Subject and user database signatures to distinguish original from copied data
Help:
- Start page with quick links and search
What's
New In Version 4.20 (08 Nov 2007)
Import/Export:
Rapid-view is now remembered between sessions
Reprocess trials changed to: (1) Reprocess
ALL Trials - which will reprocess every trials for that subject or experiment and
(2) Process NEW Trials - which will process only those trials that have yet to be
processed
Redo trial now includes condition transformation
and processing
Discontinuity (caused by pen lifts resulting
in missed samples) is now checked and added as an option for consistency checking
(Exp. properties->Processing->Consistency)
Run Experiment: When a trial fails consistency
checking, the user is given the option to view a chart of the trial before redoing/accepting
Subject report improved with more information
Charts/Graphs:
- Analysis chart: Subject sorting added
- Analysis chart: Checks for out of range data, informs
user, and recommends offset/scaling
- Charts: Visually changed to smaller buttons to improve
appearance, reduce clutter, and increase room for more functionality
- Charts: Added chart (image or data) export feature/button
- Charts: Added consistency error checking feature/button
- Charts: Added view extracted data feature/button
- Charts: Added open identical chart feature/button
- Charts: Added line thickness pick list
- Charts: As Next/Previous trial is used, leftview scrolls
to associated trial
- Charts: Summary information (sample, stroke, etc.)
improved to increase area for graph
User
Interface:
- Experiment/condition/subject/group Notes fields
are now scrollable and with wrapping
- Import experiment now displays accurate available
disk space
- * removed as a reserved character. Can now be used
for IDs and descriptions
- MS Excel added as default report viewer (will use
notepad if not available)
- Tabular data view can now be shown in MS Excel if
available
- Added feedback for mouse when device settings are
acquired
- Experiment Settings: Added hyperlinks from processing
pages to advanced pages
- System tray icon added with menu and notifications
What's
New In Version 4.10 (12 Sep 2007)
Import/Export:
- Export
- Wizard for multiple-subject
export and automatic website
(FTP) uploading (File -> Export
Wizard or click Experiment
Export Wizard toolbar button)
- Import
- Show database contents that
will be altered by the import
and enable user to decide whether
to overwrite or not (File >Import >Experiment)
Charts/Graphs:
- Chart
settings for raw and processed
charts are now remembered between
charts (e.g., colors, line
styles, etc.)
User
Interface:
- User
Management - User icons show
whether the data directories
are compliant with Windows
Vista (see help for a legend).
Last user run opens automatically
(File >Users)
- Left
tree-view item delimiters -
Delimiter options with checks
to ensure compatibility (File >Users >Properties >Settings)
What's
New In Version 4.00 (19 Feb 2007)
Application:
- Certified
for Windows VISTA
- New
look and feel for
the application
that is customizable
(not yet persistent)
User
Interface:
- User
management improved
with icons indicating
access levels
- Instruction
control window
cleaned up and
now only contains
the instruction
- Improved
icons for toolbars
- More
intuitive graphics
for the left-view/tree
items
- Improved
status bar with
quick-access buttons
and an improved
progress meter
- Results
window now has
a right-click menu
for copy and clear
- Menus
items have been
regrouped to be
more intuitive
Extensions:
- Device
setup wizard added
(Settings -> Device
Setup Wizard)
- Improved
help
- Improved
installation technology
- A
new "side-kick" program
called the Stimulus
Editor for visually
designing your
stimuli (Support
-> Stimulus
Editor)
- User
data locations
adhere to Vista
guidelines. Movement
(copying) of user
data is now available
via the interface
(User Management
dialog).
- Discontinuity
correction has
been added (Right-click
Experiment -> Properties
-> Advanced
-> Time Functions)
Charts/Graphs:
- Suppression
of segmentation
points available
in processed data
charts
- Analysis
chart symbols extended
for larger data
sets
- Analysis
chart legend text
size improved for
more charting room
- Analysis
chart sorting options
have improved scrolling
- Analysis
chart identity
codes now sorted
numerically
Experiments/Trials:
- Experiment
and condition instructions
are now in rich-text
format (RTF) for
enhanced text formatting
such as bold, italics,
bullet points,
etc.
- "Calculate
loop area between
every consecutive
2 strokes, instead
of every consecutive
stroke" added to
extraction
- Subject's
last experiment
run added (via
popup menu)
- Device
resolution and
sampling rate are
now at the subject
level to ensure
that processing
can accommodate
different input
devices within
the same experiment
- Drawing
options (for the
recording window)
have been added
to the experiment
settings. This
includes such items
as line size, color,
etc.
Import/Export:
- Import
and export now
with reduced steps
(and more intuitive)
- Individual
subjects can now
be exported
- Subject
privacy improvements
Conveniences:
- Experiment
properties, experiment settings,
instruction and notes now combined
into one location (dialog)
- Experiment
processing settings
have been regrouped
to be more intuitive
- Subject
name is now longer
obligatory (it
now defaults to
-,- : this supports
experiments where
privacy is critical)
What's
New In Version 3.9x (03 Feb 2006, 06 Jul 2006)
Charts/Graphs:
- Segmentation
precision improved
- Chart
speed and efficiency improved by
a factor of up to two * # of segmentation
points
Experiments/Trials:
- Individual
subject can now be exported
- Importing
experiments now has Yes/No/Yes To
All/No To All options for overwriting
existing items. Deletion option of
import files has been removed.
Import/Export:
- Handwriting
images (PCX) are now importable (like
HWR files) and viewable. Coming
in 4.0: Handwriting image processing
and research into the possibility
of comparative analysis between images
and recorded samples.
- Individual
trials can now be imported (handwriting,
grip-force and handwriting images)
from the Data Import Wizard
Conveniences:
Data
Generation Wizard now retains all settings
during a given session of MovAlyzeR
What's
New In Version 3.80 (14 Dec 2005)
Charts/Graphs:
Improvements
to stroke, sample, pressure and slant
indicators.
Crosshairs
now begin at the first point on processed
charts.
Spectrum
removed from feedback features
(as they were not applicable).
Proportional
scaling maintained and dialog components
moved properly while resizing.
Charts
(and data views related to a given
chart) are now synchronous as you move
your data crosshair. I.e., if you select
a certain point on ONE chart, all OTHER
open charts and data views (of the
same trial) will be synchronous.
Recording/Drawing
Options:
Via
MENU: View->Drawing Options (on
the toolbar, as well, appearing like
a bar chart), a user can change line
and ellipse size and color. Additionally,
pen-up (less than minimum pen pressure)
color can be changed. These settings
are currently NOT persistent. You will
be required to change them each time
you run the program. In version 3.9,
this new system will be improved and
become persistent. NOTE: Line colors
#2 and #3 apply to Grip-Force experiments
(GripAlyzeR).
Improved
Installation:
Previously,
users were required to uninstall then
reinstall when downloading the entire
MSI installation (as opposed to using
the online update mechanism). Now,
when you choose (or cannot) use the
online update feature and must download
the full install, uninstalling of previous
versions will no longer be required.
What's
New In Version 3.70 (09 Nov 2005)
Charts/Graphs:
Both
raw data charts and processed charts
now include sample #, stroke #, pen
pressure, and slant (in degrees) in
the upper right hand corner of the
chart. If you click on a location in
the chart with your mouse (the cursor
will change from an arrow to a hand),
it will place the chart's cursor (crosshair)
at that point. You can move it around
using your left and right arrow keys.
As you move the mouse, the values mentioned
above will reflect your current position.
Online
Update (MENU: Support->Check for
Updates):
The
online update mechanism is now fully
functional as of version 3.70. Users
will no longer be required to uninstall
the previous version and download and
install the new versions. NOTE: You
must be online to accomplish this.
If you are not, you must download the
full install from a computer that is
online and follow the normal procedure
(copy the new MSI to the desired computer,
uninstall the previous version, install
the new version).
Experiment
Reports :
The
previously existing experiment reports
(subjects, experiment settings, questionnaires)
have been improved. They all now include
the user to which the experiment belonged.
The subject questionnaire now, also,
includes summaries of subjects per
group and for the experiment. Device
settings have been added to the experiment
settings report.
A
new report has been added called "Summary
(Brief)...". It is a summary of
the experiment consisting of the ID's
and names/descriptions of all groups,
subjects, conditions, stimuli, elements,
and feedback that is part of the experiment.
The detailed version will possibly
be available at a later date to include
all information if users show a high
enough demand for it.
Conveniences:
- Importing
an experiment will now no longer
give an error if the trials and settings
files were not included. As well,
the leftview (tree on the left) is
now refreshed after an experiment
is imported, thus allowing access
to it immediately without a manual
refresh. If you choose to import
an experiment WITH it's trials and/or
settings and the files are not there,
you will now be informed.
- Important
warnings have been added when switching
between devices (eg., mouse to tablet
or vice versa).
- The
number of elements and targets available
to a given stimulus has been increased
to 50. You can also no longer exceed
the maximum # of elements accidentally.
- Conditions
can now have the # of trials set
to 0. This will allow users of experiments
with multiple conditions to single
out certain conditions for testing.
- When
adding a new user, if your user list
is long, the last added user is now
scrolled into view and highlighted.
- When
redoing an individual trial, it is
now immediately processed.
- In
the device settings, if you do not
select a COM port (which most people
apparently do not use), you receive
a warning that it was not set. This
has been removed.
- The
default minimum and maximum # of
strokes for a condition has been
changed to be more consistent with
typical usage of the software.
- Frequency
Spectrum chart is now dynamic. It
now reflects which method was chosen
in the experiment settings and the
name of the chart is now generic
(Frequency Spectrum).
- Experiment
and condition experiment instruction
screens have been modified. The "Click
OK to continue" at the bottom
has been removed (leaving more room
for instructions) and the "OK" button
has been changed to "Continue".
As well, drawing of the instructions
has been improved to avoid word separations.
Overall:
Program
performance and efficiency has been
improved. All known deficiencies have
been resolved.
What's New In Version 3.60 (16 Sep 2005)
View
Raw Data Directly from the Chart
(Chart >View Data):
The
button "View Data" will now show
you either raw input data (for
raw data charts) or time
function data for processed data.
Processed data will utilize MS
Windows Notepad...while raw data
will be displayed in our tabular
format.
International
Sales and Support Around
the Globe:
Partnering organizations will
provide local, personal sales
and user support. Help around
the globe will become available
after a quick phone call. Customers
in Europe can contact www.kikosoft.com.
Additional local organizations
for sales and user support will
follow.
Downloads from
NeuroScript are safe as they
are digitally signed by Verisign
using Microsoft
Authenticode™:
This
means that users can be sure
that all files downloaded from NeuroScript have
not been tampered with and are free
of viruses and spyware.
Beware of downloads displaying
the warning that the publisher
could not be verified!
What's
New In Version 3.50 (14 Aug 2005)
Update
MovAlyzeR With One Mouse-Click (Support->Check
for Updates):
As
a result, update times will be greatly
reduced. Your personal computer needs
to be connected to the Internet in
order or use this feature. If not,
please continue to use the old method:
Uninstall old version of MovAlyzeR, download the
new version, then reinstall.
Remember,
always back up your data and databases
before you update. If you wish
to download a beta version, updates
might not be available until after
it has been officially released.
Online
and Automatic Copy Release Protection:
As
a result, the unlock code will
be entered automatically
when starting MovAlyzeR for the
first time. Your personal computer needs
to be connected to the internet.
If not, please continue to use
the old method: Go to the copy
protection release system,
login, manually input the
Activation Request Code and manually
copy and paste the Activation/Unlock
Code into MovAlyzeR.
Experiment
Settings Enhancement:
The
experiment settings report has been
enhanced and now includes all settings.
As well, the default settings for each
setting is included in the report.
The window where you edit the experiment
settings now has the default values
included in each field's tooltips.
What's
New In Version 3.40 (24 Jun 2005)
New
Stimulus Targets Options:
Users
can now opt to have a trial begin upon
reaching the first target in an experiment
that uses stimulus targets. This means
that the actual data recording begins
upon successfully reaching the first
(correct) target. As well, users can
also opt to end the recording upon
reaching the final target. At that
point, drawing can continue, but data
will no longer be collected.
The
option to begin recording upon reaching
the first target is mutually exclusive
with beginning recording when the pen
touches the tablet. Ie, only one or
the other can be selected.
New
recording completion/beginning addition:
Now,
after a trial has completed, the next
trial will not begin until the pen
has actually been lifted from the tablet
(this works for the mouse as well using
the mouse 1 button). This new feature
is most noteable when using targets
and opting to end a recording upon
reaching the last target or an incorrect
target.
New
importation method :
Comma-delimited
files (CSV) are now available for import
via the Import -> Data Import Wizard.
Improved
experiment importation/exportation:
Improved
support for importing and exporting
experiments has been added. Particularly,
both newer and older versions of the
application can import experiments
from other versions with a less-liklihood
of any inconsistent data (a warning
is still in place if the versions differ).
Tablet/Mouse
linearity testing now available directly
from existing trials:
In
addition to the original menu option
Settings->Test/Record Input Device,
users can now select an existing trial,
right-click with the mouse on the trial,
and select "Test Linearity".
New
example experiments :
Several
new experiments (without trials) have
been added. They can be run immediately,
exported to another user and customized.
Shared
modules :
Supporting
modules for MovAlyzeR have been moved
to the MS Windows "Common Files" folder.
This will allow for easy integration/additions
of other and future NeuroScript products.
Improved
licensing support:
With
version 3.30, a new license was introduced
which allowed for pay-per-use features.
Now, users of previous versions who
have already unlocked their trial and
purchased features will automatically
be up and running as they were with
their previous version. Eg., if you
purchased MovAlyzeR with client-server
support in version 3.20, installing
version 3.40 will automatically recognize
those features.
What's
New In Version 3.30 (09 May 2005)
Pay
per use:
Users
can now activate specific number of
instances of using the program (points),
according to their experiment requirements
and resources, instead of purchasing
the entire program. One (1) point
corresponds to data collection or re-processing
of a subject data. Users
can activate pay-per-use instances
for MovAlyzeR/ScriptAlyzeR/GripAlyzeR
simultaneously. The user is given the option to choose which to use upon execution
of the program.
New
segmentation method:
A
new procedure for segmentation has
been implemented, namely 'Segment at
pen-down trajectories'. This adds segmentation
points at a transition between a pen-down
and pen-lift.
New
option to customize segmentation
points:
An
option "Move segmentation point
to nearest absolute velocity minima
within stroke" has been implemented.
Checking this option leads to the
segmentation points that are originally
segmented by vertical velocity zero
crossings to be moved to a minima if
present within stroke duration.
Extended/more
organized report while testing the
input device:
The
results window and the actions.log
file will now contain more organized
and extended information with the results
of testing the input device, allowing
the user to instantly catch any discrepancies.
Automatic
activation code for trial from our
website:
During
trial version installation, the user
will be automatically taken to our
website with an authorization request
code from the activation window to
unlock the copy protection of the software.
The user has to just input the ID and
password to instantly receive the activation
code.
What's
New In Version 3.20 (01 Apr 2005)
*
New parameters included for feature
extraction including average pen pressure
and number of peak acceleration points.
*
Consistency checking for more alphabetic
characters including c, d, m, n, u,
v, and y.
*
Default experiment settable per subject
under a given user...thus, allowing
for running an experiment from a subject
without directly traversing the left
tree to begin an experiment.
*
Gripper module enhancements including
visual feedback.
What's
New In Version 3.10 (22 Dec 2004)
Feedback
color coding
A feedback item can be added to the condition,
by which, a color spectrum can be
introduced to the processed data
charts of the trials under that
condition. The feedback can be based
on any of the raw and processed
data parameters (eg., pen pressure,
vertical velocity). A maximum and
minimum color can be assigned to
the maximum and minimum values of
the selected data parameter. All
the intermediate data will thus be
displayed in the intermediate color
spectra values of maximum and minimum
colors.
In
addition, the x-y processed data chart
can be displayed in real-time, which
particularly is useful in observing
the positional data with color-coding
attached (great real-time indicator
of fluency).
Serial
Port Communication
MovAlyzeR/GripAlyzeR
have been enhanced to allow synchronization
of the program with external hardware
or software. A trigger pulse can be sent
through the DTR and RTS pins of the serial
(communications) port of your computer.
What's
New In Version 3.00 (27 Aug 2004)
Data
sharing over LAN or internet connection: Version
3.0 comes with an optional Client/Server
module that can be added to MovAlyzeR.
This allows an efficient way of sharing
experiment items or data among the users
in a workgroup or research team or between
connected computers.
A
shared user account UUU is provided with
the software download. The main user or
person who installs can then choose a
centralized location on a network computer
(server), where all the experiment and
data files for the shared account will
be stored.
The
users can then upload individual items
at any level (stimulus, condition, group,
subject, trial or whole experiment) to
the user account UUU. The uploaded items
can then be downloaded to any MovAlyzeR
user on any of the client computers. Additional
benefits of the client/server will be
realized in future versions.
The
subject infomation and questionnaire can
also be selectively and securely shared.
Consistency
checking for target order/sequence: A new optional switch per condition enables
the user to impose additional consistency
checking based on whether targets were
reached correctly or not. The required
target sequence is as defined by the user
in the target use/sequence list of the
associated imperative stimulus.
For
each trial, the order of reached targets
is checked against the requirement set
per condition, and the trials that do
not meet the order during recording are
discarded. This option enables the user
to effectively filter out the trials that
did not meet the target sequence.
ButterWorth
filter: A new 4th-order zero-lag
ButterWorth filter has been added to the
software. The user can choose to use the
FFT low pass filter or Butterworth low
pass filter, per experiment, to be applied
to the trial data.
A
sharpness factor can also be set to the
required level in addition to the filter
cut-off frequency.
New
segmention method - Segment at absolute
velocity stops (will be available in the
first update for V3.0): A new
option to segment movements independently
of orientation based on absolute velocity.
This produces segmentation points at absolute
velocity minima, taking into account the
stops between strokes. Therefore, it has
results different from the existing method
'segment at absolute velocity minima',
which produces segmentation points all
the locale mimina.
The
new method also allows for the calculation
of dwell time (usually spent in the targets).
Customizable
execution order of conditions during an
experiment (will be available in the first
update for V3.0): The user/experimenter
is allowed to set the required sequence
of conditions to be executed during an
experiment, providing greater flexibility
and control. This option is provided in
addition to the existing options of randomizing
conditions only (blocks of trials) or
randomizing both conditions and trials.
In
addition, when the user chooses to randomize
conditions only, there is an option to
eliminate the first and last conditions
in the list from randomization. Therefore,
the first condition (pre-test) will be
executed at the beginning and last condition
(post-test) will be recorded in the end,
and all conditions in between are randomized.
Move
segmentation points to a pen-down sample: If segmentation points occur during pen-ups,
the user can choose to move the specific
points on pen-up to the nearest pen-down
point, eliminating the error percentage
and introducing increased accuracy.
Selecting
output data columns: Users will
be able to select desired features (columns)
of data from the extracted features, which
currently show 20 different features for
strokes and submovements and additional
columns of item codes.
For
example, if the user wants to see the
duration and peak vertical velocity only,
they can choose to print only those columns
to the output file. This facilitates customization
of the output file.
Exporting
output data file: The users can
use the output file (ASCII) to import
from other applications such as SPSS.
In addition, it will provide an option
to automatically convert the MovAlyzeR
output format to a format supported by
standard statistical packages in order
to import the resulting text file.
Normalized
jerk: The features 'Normalized
Jerk' and 'Absolute Jerk' per stroke/segment
will both be available to view, chart
and export.
Circular
targets/elements: In addition
to the existing square/rectangular targets
with several customizable features, circular
targets with consistency checking per
condition will be available.
What's
New In Version 2.85/2.90 (24 Feb 2004 - 06 Apr 2004)
Event
sounds are now per condition (they are now in the condition properties
as opposed to the former experiment settings)
- Additional event sounds added (precue
& warning stimuli start and stop)
- Imperative stimulus event sounds (start
& stop) removed...as they currently
coincide with start/end of recording
Condition instructions
added
- "In-between" trial
delays have been enhanced: Condition instruction per trial or
condition instruction for the first trial of that condition
- Condition instruction for first trial + ENTER for subsequent
trials added
- Accept/Redo trial options added (experiment settings ->
recording -> procedure)
- Ask to redo (or not) or auto-redo trials on consistency error
New features/info for
statistics available from analysis graph
Grip-force experiments
are now always maximized during recording
- Settable magnet force now available
per condition for grip-force experiments
- Gripper Data importation enhanced
- Configurable # of skipped lines
and optional headers
- Multiple trials can be imported
simultaneously
Questionnaire improved
- Questions are now deemable as "private" or not (a
"***" mask is used for answers to private questions
unless the maintain privacy option has been removed [MENU: View->Maintain
Privacy])
- NEW experiment report: all questionnaires for that experiment
(importable via spreadsheet - tab delimited)
- NOTE: Refer to the forum section movalyzer->report
bugs/quirks/glitches for information on troubles that you
might have
Stroke Counting during recording added
- You can elect to end a recording upon reaching the condition's
maximum number of strokes
Feedback Visibiliy
Options Added
- You can now hide the "ink" until the end of the
recording
- Optionally, you can hide or show the "ink" after n seconds or strokes from the beginning of the recording
Recording Transformation Available
- Change the x or y axis (or both) gain & rotation to transform
the recordings
- Target-reaching is determined via the transformed coordinate
- Raw data is not transformed
IMPORTANT: We have a new copyright & security system employed.
You will be required to request a copyright protection code
to activate the demo.
What's New In Version
2.80 (21 Jan 2004)
- Windows XP® certified!
- Statistics enhanced and improved
- Column headers/descriptions added to output files
- New actions.log email-to-NeuroScript technology
- New installation technology (InstallShield)
- Updated help and a new tutorial
- New sample experiments
What's New
In Version 2.70 (13 Oct 2003)
Stimuli
- Stimuli elements are
now drawn to exactly represent dimensions (eg. a 1 cm wide element
displays as 1 cm wide on your monitor - ensure your display dimension
settings are correct)
Analysis
- Summarization consistency error report
now available
- Analysis speed enhanced (changing
viewed information takes less time)
- Sub-movement analysis added
- Analysis and extracted features are now dynamic and have been enhanced
- Analysis/extract feature names are
now less cryptic and are now more informative
Import/Export
- Import/Export now includes ALL experiment-related
settings as well as analysis information (if available)
Gripper/DAQPad
- Gripper/DAQPad now has two (2) data
acquisition methods...single-buffer and double-buffer. Single-buffer
acquisition yields the results after every sample has been collected.
The double-buffer technique provides real-time display of the acquired
display (NOTE: the workable number of samples for real-time, double-buffered
technique can be influenced by your computer speed...currently, 20
samples (default) seems to be the best setting)
Experiments/Interface
- Raw data are now presented
in a custom, tabular view with column headings
- Results (recording) can now be viewed after a trial is completed
until ENTER is depressed (NOTE: this option is currently not persistent)
- More informative subject deletion/removal
warning added (re: data is NOT removed when removing a subject)
- Menus are now collapsed, initially
displaying only more-commonly used functionality (the double-down
arrow indicates expanding the menu to show lesser used functionality)
What's New
In Version 2.60 (04 Sep 2003)
Stimuli
- Stimuli elements can
now be hidden upon successful/unsuccessful reach of a target
- Other stimuli elements can now be displayed upon the successful/unsuccessful
reach of a target
- Stimuli can now be animated (this is an initial version that is
not flicker-free/fluent...animation is based upon a pattern, and the
speed at which the stimulus can traverse the pattern is currently
limited to about 5 Hz)
- Stimuli elements now have a start time and duration
- A warning stimulus has been added to conditions (with duration and
latency)
Experiments
-
Formatted experiment instructions have been added
(at beginning of each experiment)
- Tablet (digitizer) information can now be queried
- Mouse aspect ratio (virtual tablet) can now
be set to assist in display of stimuli
Devices
- Tablet and display dimensions
are now settable to assist in drawing and calculations
- Device "Quick-Select" added to toolbar (NOTE:
If you do not see this, right-click on any toolbar and select "Customize...",
select the "Toolbars" tab and click "Reset All"
button. Toolbar and menu "memory" is not functional in this release).
Import
- Accelerometer data can
now be imported (transformed into position data)
What's
New In Version 2.50
- Extended processing control
with persistence
- Settings for running an experiment are now persistent for each experiment
- Multimedia: Sounds now available to attach to events for running an
experiment (like starting, stopping, pen-down, pen-up, etc)
- NeuroScript example users and data introduced
What's New In Version
2.40
- Monochrome option added
to charts
- Printing option added to charts
- Progress meter added to analysis charts (to help with large experiments)
- New help and tutorial system
- New property sheet style implemented (to aid in navigation)
- Import/Export enhanced
What's
New In Version 2.30
- Charting enhancements
- Tooltips for everything now
- Driver availability (notifications and warnings) added
- Condition properties enhanced for easier use/understanding
- New toolbar/status bar technology added with progress and device indicators
What's
New In Version 2.20
Stimuli
- Stimuli incorporated into experiments
(recording).
- Stimuli and elements can be tested for visual accuracy.
- Stimuli can now be comprised of interactive targets.
NOTE: The previous
method of managing/using stimuli is no longer present.
What's New In Version
2.15
Stimuli
- New stimulus construction (stimulus
comprised of elements).
- An element can be a customizable shape or a pattern (from recordings).
- Stimuli comprised of n elements with m elements as targets.
- Usable stimulus files (STI) can be generated with this new architecture.
NOTE: The previous
method of managing/using stimuli is still present. This new architecture will
be used in the next version.
What's
New In Version 2.14
Input
- Digitizer accuracy test added.
- Test signal generation added.
Features
- Multiple trials can now be charted
together.
- Multiple-word trials can now be split for separate processing.
- Statistical analysis is now available.
What's
New In Version 2.13 (26 Sep 2002)
Importation
- Data Importation Wizard enhanced
to allow importation of Force Recognition Data.
- Data Importation Wizard enhanced to increase importation speeds.
Input
- Grip-Force input device added
(not required).
- Experiment recording/display enhanced to include Grip-Force input device.
- Customizable stimuli added for handwriting experiments.
- Analysis enhanced to include Grip-Force data.
- Settable time-delay between trials added.
Privacy
- Subject privacy added with options.
- Protection of subject information provided in all aspects of application.
NOTE: To be able to use
the Grip-Force features of the application, you need to install the latest NiDAQ
drivers.
What's
New In Version 1.00 (12 Aug 2001)
Wizards
- Wizard for adding a new experiment
added and enhanced.
- Data importation wizard (from other programs, etc) added and enhanced.
- Wizard for easily running an experiment added.
Interface
- Menus modified to be more logical
and grouped.
- Experiment recording window updated with more recording-time features.
- Dialogs enhanced for experiment recording.
Program Requirements
- Necessity for tablet driver (wintab.dll)
removed.
What's
New In Release Candidate 2 (19 Dec 2000)
Speed and efficiency
- The program has been streamlined
for smaller files and faster run-times.
- The program is now in full-release mode.
User-interface enhancements
- More information text has been
added to the application to help the user.
- The menus have been modified in order to better represent the application
and to make it easier (more logical) for users to locate.
What's New
In Release Candidate 1 (26 Sep 2000)
Analysis chart options extended
- Chart not only mean and SD of
each stroke feature but also Standard Error, Mean of the within- subject mean
and SD.
- Any of these statistics can be plotted along the y axis against any other
for the x axis
- Additional chart export options, e.g., for other graphics programs.
- Sorting, selecting Groups, Conditions to chart and their identities can be
shown
Trial charts
- Option to show times and data
in of the segmentation points
- Option to show a writing movement in real time.
- Showing jerk signal in x, y, and absolute